UMBC An Honors University in Maryland
UMBC Biological Sciences
Michelle Starz-Gaiano
Contact Information
Office: BS 212
Phone: 410-455-2217
Michelle Starz-Gaiano
Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2008; PhD, New York University, 2002; BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994
Selected publications

Starz-Gaiano M, Melani M, Meinhardt H, Montell D. Interpretation of the UPD/JAK/STAT morphogen gradient in Drosophila follicle cells. Cell Cycle 2009 Sep 15;8(18):2917-25.
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Renault AD, Ricardo S, Kunwar PS, Santos A, Starz-Gaiano M, Stein JA, Lehmann R. Hedgehog does not guide migrating Drosophila germ cells. Dev Biol. 2009 Apr 15;328(2):355-62
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Starz-Gaiano M, Melani M, Wang X, Meinhardt H, Montell DJ. Feedback inhibition of Jak/STAT signaling by apontic is required to limit an invasive cell population. Developmental Cell. 2008 May;14(5):726-38.
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Prasad M, Jang AC, Starz-Gaiano M, Melani M, Montell DJ. A protocol for culturing Drosophila melanogaster stage 9 egg chambers for live imaging. Nature Protocols 2007;2(10):2467-73.
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Jang AC, Starz-Gaiano M, Montell DJ. Modeling migration and metastasis in Drosophila. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia. 2007 Sep;12(2-3):103-14. Review.
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Starz-Gaiano M, Montell DJ. Genes that drive invasion and migration in Drosophila. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2004 Feb;14(1):86-91. Review.
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Kunwar PS, Starz-Gaiano M, Bainton RJ, Heberlein U, Lehmann R. Tre1, a G protein-coupled receptor, directs transepithelial migration of Drosophila germ cells. PLoS Biol. 2003 Dec;1(3):E80.
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Renault AD, Starz-Gaiano M, Lehmann R. Metabolism of sphingosine 1-phosphate and lysophosphatidic acid: a genome wide analysis of gene expression in Drosophila. Mech Dev. 2002 Dec;119 Suppl 1:S293-301.
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Starz-Gaiano M, Lehmann R. Moving towards the next generation. Mech Dev. 2001 Jul;105(1-2):5-18. Review.
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Starz-Gaiano M, Cho NK, Forbes A, Lehmann R. Spatially restricted activity of a Drosophila lipid phosphatase guides migrating germ cells. Development. 2001 Mar;128(6):983-91.
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Verona R, Moberg K, Estes S, Starz M, Vernon JP, Lees JA. E2F activity is regulated by cell cycle-dependent changes in subcellular localization. Mol Cell Biol. 1997 Dec;17(12):7268-82.
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Moberg K, Starz MA, Lees JA. E2F-4 switches from p130 to p107 and pRB in response to cell cycle reentry. Mol Cell Biol. 1996 Apr;16(4):1436-49.
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