Nancy Marie Hollingsworth

Biography

Nancy Marie Hollingsworth joined as Professor of Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology,The Stony Brook University School of Medicine.

Research Interest

Meiosis is a specialized type of cell division used by sexually reproducing organisms to produce haploid gametes from diploid cells. Errors in meiosis in humans result in chromosomal imbalances that result in infertility and birth defects such as Down and Turner syndromes. Meiosis is highly conserved through evolution. The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, has been an excellent model organism in which to study meiosis due to its sophisticated genetics and ease of biochemical, molecular and cytological analyses. Many genes known to cause sterility in mammals were first identified in yeast.