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vilaiwan.fernandes@ucl.ac.uk
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University College London
Rockefeller 515, 514

Vil Fernandes

Fernandes Lab

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The Fernandes Lab studies how gilial cells shape the developing brain.

Research Themes

• Neurogenesis
• Gliogenesis
• Neuronal fate specification
• Glial diversity
• Signal transduction
• Morphogenesis

Techniques

• Genetics
• light microscopy
• 2-Photon microscopy
• Molecular biology
• Bioinformatics

Model System

• Drosophila melanogaster

Past and Current Funders

Team Members

•Inês Baldaia (Postdoc)
•Matthew Bostock (PhD Student)
•Anadika Prasad (PhD student)

Collaborators

Lewis Wolpert Memorial Lecture

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Media Coverage

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How Glial Cells Wire up a Fly's Eye