Abigail Gerhold

Abigail Gerhold is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at McGill University. Her research focuses on Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, specifically investigating how fundamental mitotic processes are adapted to the native environment during cell division. She uses the adult germline stem cells and embryonic blastomeres of C. elegans as a model system. Her work combines live-cell imaging, quantitative image analysis, and genetic approaches to explore mitosis in different developmental and physiological contexts.

Abigail R. Gerhold is a researcher at McGill University specializing in Cell Biology, with a focus on Mitosis and the model organism C. elegans. Her work explores the molecular mechanisms governing cell division, particularly the regulation of stem and progenitor cell mitotic progression. Gerhold employs advanced light microscopy techniques to study these processes in vivo, contributing to understanding how spindle assembly checkpoint strength influences cell fate in C. elegans embryos. Her research also extends to gene function in developmental patterning, such as the role of the milkweed pod1 gene in maize leaf adaxial/abaxial polarity. Through these studies, she investigates the genetic and cellular basis of growth and development.