Ted Erclik

Ph.D., University of Toronto (2007)

Research

Our lab’s goal is to understand how complex neural circuits develop from an initial population of stem cells. Current projects in the lab investigate two areas:

1. the mechanisms by which neural stem cells generate diversity and     
2. the rules that govern the reorganization of neurons during circuit development.

Lab Opportunities

The Erclik Lab is currently recruiting graduate students. Serious candidates should email a CV and contact details for three references directly to Dr. Erclik (ted.erclik@utoronto).

Recent Publications

To see a complete list of publications, visit Dr. Erclik's Google Scholar page.

• Arain, U.*, Islam, I. M.*, Valentino, P.*, & Erclik, T. (2022). Concurrent temporal patterning of neural stem cells in the fly visual system. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.13.512100​
• Valentino, P., & Erclik, T. (2022). Spalt and disco define the dorsal-ventral neuroepithelial compartments of the developing Drosophila medulla. Genetics, 222(3). https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyac145​
• Islam, I. M., & Erclik, T. (2022). Imp and Syp mediated temporal patterning of neural stem cells in the developing Drosophila CNS. Genetics, 222(1), iyac103.​​ https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyac103​
• Islam, I. M.*, Ng, J.*, Valentino, P., & Erclik, T. (2021). Identification of enhancers that drive the spatially restricted expression of Vsx1 and Rx in the outer proliferation center of the developing Drosophila optic lobe. Genome, 64(2), 109-117. https://doi.org/10.1139/gen-2020-0034​
• Arain, U., Valentino, P., Islam, I. M., & Erclik, T. (2021). Dissection, Immunohistochemistry and Mounting of Larval and Adult Drosophila Brains for Optic Lobe Visualization. JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments), (170), e61273. DOI:10.3791/61273