This is the part of the website where I will tell you a little about myself!
I completed my undergraduate degree in
Molecular Genetics and Molecular Biology (MGB)
at the
University of Toronto
, graduating in 1996.
I then went on to do a PhD at the university of Toronto in the lab of
Dr. Ulrich Tepass
working on cell polarity in the fly. My work there led to a number of publications:
Tanentzapf et al., 2000
;
Pellika, Tanentzapf, at al., 2002
;
Tanentzapf & Tepass, 2003
;
Tepass et al., 2001.
For my post doctoral work I went to Cambridge, U.K. as a Human Frontiers Science Program Long-Term post doctoral fellow at the
Gurdon Institute
in the lab of
Dr. Nick Brown
. During my post doctoral work I studied how the integrin adhesion complex is assembled and regulated. My work led to a number of publications including:
Becam et al., 2005
;
Tanentzapf et al., 2006
;
Tanentzapf & Brown, 2006
;
I then spent some time in the lab of
Dr. Dorothea Godt
at the University of Toronto, looking at the development of a stem cell niche in the fly testes. The resulting manuscript is
Tanentzapf et al., 2007
.
Some other non science related things about me: I am the lucky father of three wonderful daughters: Naomi, Ida and Margot. My wife Alison is a midwife and a partner at
westside midwives
. When not spending time with my family you'll find me running the trails of
pacific spirit regional park
.