Project

Influence of culture conditions on the microRNA expression during preimplantation embryo development

Code
3E008609
Duration
01 October 2009 → 16 February 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
    • Animal biology
    • Genetics
    • Molecular and cell biology
    • Plant biology
    • Systems biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Biophysics
    • Molecular and cell biology
    • Biophysics
    • Molecular and cell biology
    • Biophysics
    • Molecular and cell biology
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
Keywords
miRNA gene expression in vitro fertilization embryo
 
Project description

The involvement of miRNAs in the regulation of the embryonic gene expression will be investigated. The miRNA expression will be determined at different developmental stages and will be compared between in vivo and in vitro embryos. Next, the miRNA expression will be linked to the expression of their target genes and specific miRNAs will be selected for functional analysis.