Morphogenesis and cell separation in yeasts

Cell growth does not occur continuously or at all points of the cell surface. Growth is usually stricitly controlled, both in time and space, and is coupled to cell division. Yeasts are a good model system morphogenesis studies because ot their simplicity and the possibility using genetic approaches to understand the problem. The interest of our group focuses on the study of the regulation of morphogenesis using different yeast and as models. In particular, we intend to study the mechanisms that control temporally and spatially the cell separation process.