Christine Charvet

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Christine is a graduate student in the Striedter lab. She's interested in the complex relationships between brain development, evolution, behavior. Her main dissertation work consisted of measuring embryonic brain region growth and maturation in various species, including parakeets, zebra finches, bobwhite quail, chickens, pheasants, turkeys, ducks, geese, emus, and alligators. Chrstine has also examined cell death in embryonic chicken brains and measured the rates of cell division in the brains of embryonic parakeets and quail. In 2008 she went on a DAAD fellowship to Berlin, Germany, where she studied vertebrate embryos in a collection at the Naturkundemuseum. In the summer of 2009 she will probably travel on an NSF fellowship to New Zealand, where she will have the opportunity to study the brains of many Southern Hemisphere birds. She is currently writing the last few chapters of her dissertation and looking around for postdocotoral opportunities. The picture here shows her at one of her favorite places in France.