Justin Bosch BS, PhD

Justin Bosch beefore attending graduate school, He conducted research as an undergraduate studying the evolution of floral architecture, and later as a technician studying the developmental genetics of the zebrafish pancreas. For his PhD, he worked with Iswar Hariharan at the University of California – Berkeley, where he used genetics and cell biology to investigate the molecular mechanisms of tissue growth in Drosophila. In the Perrimon lab, he was interested in discovering fundamental signals used by animal cells to communicate. In particular, he was developing methods to study the biological functions of an extraordinary class of intercellular messages — those that transfer directly into the interior of recipient cells.