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Research
Developmental Skin Biology Unit
Investigator
Phone: 301-435-7842
Building: 50, Room: 1525
E-mail: morassom@mail.nih.gov
Maria I. Morasso, Ph.D., started as a tenure-track investigator in the Laboratory of Skin Biology in May 2000. Her graduate studies were completed at the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Investigations (IVIC), Venezuela. In 1991, Dr. Morasso moved to the United States and worked at the National Institutes of Health in the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics with Dr. Thomas Sargent.
Selected Publications
Radoja, N, Guerrini, L., LoIacono, N., Merlo, G.R., Constanzo, A., Weinberg, W., LaMantia, G., Calabro, V., Morasso, M.I. Homeobox gene Dlx3 is regulated by p63 during ectoderm development: relevance in the pathogenesis of ectodermal dysplasias. Development. 2007; 134, 13-18.
Hwang, J., Hwang, M., Kalinin, A., Anderson, D.E., Stojadinovic, O., Tomic-Canic, M., Kim, M. J., Lee, S. and Morasso, M.I. (2007) Role of Scarf and its target proteins in epidermal calcium homeostasis. J. Biol. Chem. 282, 18645-18663.
Mukhopadhyay, M., Gorivodsky, M., Shtrom, S., Grinberg, A., Niehrs, C., Morasso, M.I. and Westphal, H. Dkk2 plays essential role in the corneal fate of ocular surface epithelium. Development. 2006; 133, 2149-2154.
Hassan, M.Q., Tare, R.S., Lee, S., Mandeville, M., Morasso, M.I., Javed, A., van Wijnen, A.J., Stein, J.L., Stein, G.S., and Lian, J.B. BMP2 commitment to the osteogenic lineage involves activation of Runx2 by Dlx3 and a homeodomain transcriptional network for control of gene expression. J. Biol. Chem. 2006; 281, 40515-40526.
Depew, M.J., Simpson, C.A., Morasso, M.I. and Rubenstein, J.L.R. (2005) Reassessing the Dlx code: the genetic regulation of branchial arch skeletal pattern and development. J. Anat. 2005; 207, 501-561.
