Dr Branko V. Latinkic - PhD
Position:Lecturer
Email:LatinkicB@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 75784
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74116
Extension:75784
Location:Cardiff School of Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Telephone:+44 (0)29 208 75784
Fax:+44 (0)29 208 74116
Extension:75784
Location:Cardiff School of Biosciences, Biomedical Sciences Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
Research Overview
My group studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms of early heart development in vertebrates. Our focus is on the first step in heart development, cardiac specification by inductive signals from the anterior endoderm in embryos of two frog species, Xenopus leavis and Xenopus tropicalis.