Cell growth, division and differentiation: implications in aging

The main interest of our group is to understand how cells coordinate cell growth and division with cell differentiation. To study this biological problem we use two model organisms, the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, a unicellular organism widely used in cell cycle research, and the mouse, where we analyse the physio-pathological consequences of knocking down cell cycle regulator genes in animal cells.