Margaret (Maggie) De Cuevas

Margaret (Maggie) De Cuevas, Ph.D.

Research Associate (Matunis Lab)

410-502-0013

Department of Cell Biology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
725 N. Wolfe Street, G1 Hunterian
Baltimore, MD 21205


Research Topic

Stem cell regulation in Drosophila

Current Lab

Matunis Lab

Publications

  • Ma Q, de Cuevas M, Matunis EL. Chinmo is sufficient to induce male fate in somatic cells of the adult Drosophila ovary. Development. 2016 Mar 1;143(5):754-63. doi: 10.1242/dev.129627. 

  • Greenspan LJ, de Cuevas M, Matunis E. Genetics of gonadal stem cell renewal. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2015;31:291-315. doi: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100913-013344. 

  • Hetie, P., de Cuevas, M. and Matunis, E.  2014.  Conversion of Quiescent Niche Cells to Somatic Stem Cells Causes Ectopic Niche Formation in the Drosophila Testis. Cell Reports 7, 715-721.

  • Matunis EL, Stine RR, de Cuevas M.  2012.  Recent advances in Drosophila male germline stem cell biology.  Spermatogenesis 2: 137-144.  PMID: 23087833.

  • de Cuevas, M., Matunis, E. L.  2011.  The stem cell niche: Lessons from the Drosophila testis.  Development 14:2861-2969.  

  • Issigonis, M., Tulina, N., de Cuevas, M., Brawley, C., Sandler, L., Matunis, E. 2009.  JAK-STAT signal inhibition regulates competition within the Drosophila testis stem cell niche.  Science 326:153-6.