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Michael T. Veeman is an Associate Professor in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University, with a dual affiliation at the Johnson Cancer Research Center. His research focuses on understanding the cellular mechanisms of morphogenesis using the ascidian Ciona as a model organism.
Dr. Veeman received his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Washington in 2003. His research interests center on chordate development, particularly examining how controlled cell behaviors during embryonic development relate to cancer processes when misregulated.
His laboratory employs a multidisciplinary approach combining advanced imaging techniques, functional genomics, developmental biology, and computational image analysis to study morphogenesis. A key focus is on notochord development, which represents one of the defining features of the chordate body plan. His work bridges fundamental developmental biology with potential cancer research applications, exploring how normal cellular control mechanisms become dysregulated in tumorigenesis.
Dr. Veeman has published extensively in developmental biology journals, with research spanning from fundamental signaling pathways to advanced imaging techniques for studying embryonic development. His publications demonstrate a consistent focus on chordate morphogenesis, particularly using the Ciona model system to understand basic cellular behaviors relevant to both development and cancer.
His laboratory develops and applies quantitative imaging methods to extract detailed information from developing embryos, allowing for both subcellular precision and embryo-wide analysis simultaneously - a unique advantage of the Ciona model system.
