Person
Kelsh, Robert
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Biography and Research Interest
Current Position:
December 2005 – present day. Reader, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.
Previous Positions:
September 2003 – November 2005. Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.
March 1996 - Aug 2003. Lecturer, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK (on unpaid leave to University of Oregon, March 1996 - February 1997).
October 1994 - February 1997. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, in laboratory of Dr. Judith Eisen.
May 1992 - September 1994. NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, in laboratory of Professor Christine Nüsslein-Volhard.
January 1991 - May 1992. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, in laboratory of Dr. Michael Akam.
September 1987 - December 1990. Ph.D. research student. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge. Thesis title: Some aspects of bithorax complex expression in Schistocerca gregaria embryogenesis. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Akam.
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of neural crest fate specification and patterning in zebrafish, with particular focus on pigment cell derivatives. Also, Medaka neural crest development.
Chemical genetics.
December 2005 – present day. Reader, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.
Previous Positions:
September 2003 – November 2005. Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath.
March 1996 - Aug 2003. Lecturer, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK (on unpaid leave to University of Oregon, March 1996 - February 1997).
October 1994 - February 1997. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, in laboratory of Dr. Judith Eisen.
May 1992 - September 1994. NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, in laboratory of Professor Christine Nüsslein-Volhard.
January 1991 - May 1992. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Wellcome/CRC Institute of Cancer and Developmental Biology, in laboratory of Dr. Michael Akam.
September 1987 - December 1990. Ph.D. research student. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge. Thesis title: Some aspects of bithorax complex expression in Schistocerca gregaria embryogenesis. Supervisor: Dr. Michael Akam.
Research Interests:
Mechanisms of neural crest fate specification and patterning in zebrafish, with particular focus on pigment cell derivatives. Also, Medaka neural crest development.
Chemical genetics.
Non-Zebrafish Publications
Antonellis, A., Bennett, W.R., Menheniott, T.R., Prasad, A.B., Lee-Lin, S.-Q., NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Green, E.D., Paisley, D., Kelsh, R.N., Pavan, W.J. and Ward, A. (2006) Deletion of long-range sequences at Sox10 compromises developmental expression in a mouse model of Waardenburg-Shah (WS4) Syndrome. Human Mol. Genetics, in press. First published on December 5, 2005, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi442