Delida

Biography

Christos Delidakis IMBB Group Leader (Full Professor, Univ. of Crete)

Research Interest

Multicellularity is based on cell communication for the correct allocation of cell fates and the maintenance of tissue homeostasis. We study cellular behaviour in the context of developing animal tissues, trying to understand how external signals interface with cell-intrinsic processes, primarily transcription. Our main areas of focus are: (a) the transcriptional regulation of neural development and its interface with Notch signalling and (b) the mechanism of Notch activation by its ligands. Our main model system is the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, which enables us to use the most sophisticated molecular genetic technologies available today.