Teachers and students who tune in to the lectures will learn about the cutting-edge research of David C. Page, M.D. , an HHMI investigator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Barbara J. Meyer, Ph.D. , an HHMI investigator at the University of California, Berkeley.
Page studies the genes that control the development of sperm and eggs in mice and humans.
Meyer studies sex determination in a much smaller organism, the worm Caenorhabditis elegans . Together, they will cover topics such as the evolution of the sex chromosomes, the genetic cues that affect sex determination, the advantages of studying sex in a worm, human infertility, and ethics. Continue to visit this website for more information on the topic of sex determination.