Melinda Larsen

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences, SUNY Albany


Research Interests

Molecular basis of salivary gland development and application towards tissue engineering approaches. More information on SUNY Albany page


Selected Publications

Self-Organization and Branching Morphogenesis of Primary Salivary Epithelial Cells (2007), C. H. Wei, M. Larsen, M. P. Hoffman, and K. M. Yamada, Tissue Engineering, 13, 721-735 (more ...)

Morphogenesis and Branching of Salivary Glands: Characterization of New Matrix and Signaling Regulators (2005), T. Sakai, M. Larsen, and K. M. Yamada, Oral Biosci. Med., 213, 105-113 (more ...)

Fibronectin Requirement in Branching Morphogenesis (2003), T. Sakai, M. Larsen, and K. M. Yamada, Nature, 423, 876-881 (Featured in Journal of Cell Biology Research Roundup and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Research Highlights) (more ...)

Gene Expression Profiles of Mouse Submandibular Gland Development: FGFR1 Regulates Branching Morphogenesis in Vitro Through BMP- and FGF-Dependent Mechanisms (2002), M. P. Hoffman, B. Kidder, Z. Steinberg, S. Lakhani, S. Ho, H. K. Kleinman, and Melinda Larsen, Development, 129, 5767-5778 (more ...)


Lab Members with RNA-related projects

Will Daley (graduate student)

Sarah Peters (graduate student)