Studying the Color of Life
At the Patel Lab, we study the degree to which developmental pathways have been conserved or altered between various arthropods. Insights into the nature of developmental and molecular alterations will help us to understand the evolutionary changes in the mechanisms of pattern formation and provide a molecular basis for analyzing the diversification of body morphologies and developmental mechanisms.
Meet Nipam Patel
Nipam Patel, Ph.D., is Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and a Professor at the University of Chicago. He joined the MBL in 2018 from University of California, Berkeley, where he was Professor and Co-chair of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology. Patel is the 20th scientist to serve as MBL Director since its founding in 1888.
Meet the team
We are a diverse and interesting group of researchers, spanning from first-time undergraduate researchers to our top-of-the field PI.
We thrive in a lab supported by friendship, camaraderie, and overall good spirits among our entire lab family. If you are interested in joining (we highly value our undergraduates), check out our opportunities page.
