Mike Bate
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Christopher Michael Bate (born in [[1943]]) is a Professor of [[developmental biology]] at the Department of [[zoology]] at the [[University of Cambridge]]. His research is concerned with the way in which the machinery underlying coordinated movement is assembled during [[embryo|embryonic]] development. On the one hand this involves an analysis of the way in which [[muscle]]s are assembled, specified and patterned and on the other an investigation of the way in which [[motor circuits]] are generated and begin to function.
His group works with the fruitfly, ''[[Drosophila melanogaster]]'' and brings a combination of genetic, molecular and cellular techniques to bear on the issues of [[neuromuscular development]]. At the moment Mike Bate is working on the genetic basis of [[myoblast]] recruitment and fusion and on an [[electrophysiology|electrophysiological]] and structural analysis of the way in which functional properties are acquired by embryonic neurons.
He is a fellow of [[King's College, Cambridge]]
==External links==
Website at the Department of Zoology: [http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/bate.htm]
[[Category:English biologists|Bate, Mike]]
[[Category:1943 births|Bate, Mike]]
[[Category:Living people|Bate, Mike]]
[[Category:Fellows of King's College, Cambridge]]