About

Michelle Nina Arbeitman

Gabilan Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Contact Information
E-mail: arbeitma@email.usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3653
Office: RRI 219A

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Molecular and Computational
Neuroscience
Michelle Arbeitman
Michelle Arbeitman
 

Education
Ph.D. Developmental Biology, Stanford University
B.A. Molecular Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
 

Postdoctoral Training
Postdoctoral, Stanford University Biological Sciences, 2001-2002   
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Arbeitman studies how sex-specific development and behavior are specified on a molecular-genetic level, using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. The lab uses molecular, genetic, genomic and computational techniques to identify and functionally analyze genes that underlie sex-specific development and adult physiology. In particular, the lab is interested in identifying genes that specify the potential for male-specific courtship behaviors. Very little is known about how behaviors are specified on a molecular-genetic level and so these studies serve as a general model for understanding the molecular basis of behavior.
 

Research Specialties
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell and Developmental Biology, Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, Genetics, Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation, Neurobiology & Computational Neurobiology
 

Publications

Journal Article
Lebo, M. S., Sanders, L. E., Sun, F., Arbeitman, M. N. (2008). Somatic, Germline and Sex Hierarchy Regulated Gene Expression During Drosophila Metamorphosis. BMC Genomics.
Sanders, L. E., Lebo, M. S., Dalton, J., Sun, F., Arbeitman, M. N. (2008). Ecdysone Receptor mediates courtship behaviors in Drosophila by acting in the fruitless circuit in an isoform-specific manner. Current Biology.
Sanders, L. E., Arbeitman, M. N. (2008). Doublesex establishes sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila central nervous system in an isoform-dependent manner by directing cell number. Developmental Biology. Vol. 320 (2), pp. 378-90.
Goldman, T. D., Arbeitman, M. N. (2007). Genomic and Functional Studies of Drosophila Sex Hierarchy Regulated Gene Expression in Adult Head and Nervous System Tissues. Plos Genetics.
Zhidong, T., Wang, L., Arbeitman, M. N., Chen, T., Sun, F. (2006). An integrative approach for causal gene identification and expression regulatory pathway inference. Bioinformatics. Vol. n/a
Arbeitman, M. N., Fleming, A., Siegal, M., Null, B., Baker, B. (2004). A genomic analysis of Drosophila somatic sexual differentiation and its regulation. Development/The company of biologists. Vol. 2004 May;131(9), pp. 2007-21. Epub 2004 Mar 31..
Arbeitman, M. N., Furlong, E. E., Imam, F., Johnson, E., Null, B., Baker, B., Krasnow, M., Scott, M. P., Davis, R. W., White, K. P. (2002). Gene expression during the life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster. Science. Vol. 297 (5590), pp. 2270-5.
Arbeitman, M. N., Hogness, D. S. (2000). Molecular chaperones activate the Drosophila ecdysone receptor, an RXR heterodimer. Cell. Vol. Mar 31; 101(1), pp. 67-77.
 

Honors and Awards
USC Gabilian Assistant Professor Award, 2003-  
Endowed Professorship, Gabilan Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences, 9/1/2003-5/15/2008  
NIH National Research Service Award, 1999-2002  
National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Award, 1992-1995  
I.L. Chaikoff Award, University of California, Berkeley, 1990  
 
 
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