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17-164 Moos Tower
515 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Tel: 612-625-3974
Fax: 612-626-2651
Email: mncrest@umn.edu


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An innovative interdisciplinary program designed to develop a cadre of scientists who explore the frontiers of craniofacial, dental, and oral health research.

The Minnesota Craniofacial Research Training (MinnCResT) Program provides interesting scientific and career development programming for aspiring scientists who wish to explore novel interdisciplinary research careers in craniofacial, oral health and dental research. Supported by a major grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the MinnCResT Program provides full fellowship support for graduate students, DDS/PhD students and postdoctoral fellows wishing to begin, continue, or expand their research careers. The MinnCResT Program is putting into practice the new National Institutes of Health (NIH) road map by forming cross-disciplinary teams of trainees and mentors from such fields as biology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics, immunology, engineering, psychology, dentistry, medicine, and other disciplines that contribute to its research training mission. The MinnCResT Program seeks the best and the brightest to contribute to cutting-edge craniofacial, dental and oral health research. MinnCResT Program fellows can look forward to multiple years of support, favorable employment prospects, and fascinating scientific challenges in a community that fosters interdisciplinary research.

 Featured Research

Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish: what genes control development?

MinnCResT Postdoctoral Fellow, Mara Robu uses zebrafish as a model system to study craniofacial development. A useful technique is staining of craniofacial structures in 5-day old zebrafish larvae with Alcian blue. By knocking down expression of Wnt5 gene with a targeted morpholino (MO), the extension of craniofacial structures along the anterior-posterior axis is disrupted, as compared to the control (C).

 

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