Welcome to the LaMunyon Lab Web Site

The LaMunyon Lab focuses on the study of sperm developmental genetics in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. We also investigate vitamin transporters in C. elegans.

For more information on Craig LaMunyon's research and teaching click here

Lab Research Oportunities

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Lab News

We have welcomed a new lab member: RISE student Nicole Lynn, who is using CRISPR/Cas9 to recreate a mutation that affects sperm activation. Welcome to the worm community, Nicole!

Lab location: Building 4 Room: 3-780 Phone: (909) 869-2465

cross-section of the stele of Macfadyena unguis-cati

Macfadyena unguis-cati, the “cat’s claw vine”. The wedges of soft, food-conducting tissue (the yellow phloem cells) are embedded in the harder xylem tissue (with red walls). Such variant growth is common in flexible woody vines. Photo by Frank Ewers.