Giselle Thibaudeau
		Associate Professor; Director, Microscopy Center
		Education B.S. Biology, Daemon College M.S. Zoology, Mississippi State University Ph.D. Developmental & Cell Bio., University of Kansas Postdoctoral Research Princeton University
				Contact Information
		Statement of Research Interests		323 Harned Hall 662.325.7572 662.325.7939 Fax giselle@ra.msstate.edu Lab Web Page
		Research in my laboratory concerns questions of early embryonic development and developmental processes. We are interested in learning more about the mechanisms involved in embryonic cell migration and differentiation. The embryonic neural crest, and in particular the pigment cell lineage of the crest, of the Axolotl (an aquatic salamander) and Zebrafish are model systems used in these studies. The pleuripotential nature of the neural crest cell population gives us the opportunity to ask questions about stem cell biologies and transdifferentiation events, all in the attempt to understand more about cell-decision making processes during development.
		Selected Publications
		Jin, E-J., and G. Thibaudeau. 1999. Effects of LiCl on the pigmentation of the embryonic Zebrafish. BBA, Molecular Cell Research 144:96-99.
		Thibaudeau, G., S. Holder, and P. Gerard. 1999. Anterior-posterior influences on neural crest-derived pigment cell differentiation. Pigment Cell Research 11:189-197.
		Thibaudeau, G., and S. Holder. 1998. Cellular plasticity among axolotl neural crest-derived pigment cell lineages. Pigment Cell Research 11:38-44.
		Rhim, H., P. Savigner, G. Thibaudeau, J.P. Thiery, and W.J. Pavan. 1997. Localization of a neural crest transcription factor, Slug, to mouse chromosome 16 and human chromosome 8. Mammalian Genome 8:872-873.
Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, 130 Harned Hall, Lee Blvd., Mississippi State, MS 39762