TITLE: "Building an integrated framework for tissue morphogenesis with the zebrafish inner ear" ABSTRACT: How simple tissues give rise to geometrically complex organs with robust shapes and functions is a fundamental question in biology with important implications in disease and translational medicine. The current mechanistic framework explains how upstream genetic and biochemical information pattern cellular mechanics […]

TITLE: "Understanding how environmental cues regulate Neuro-Mesodermal progenitor cells in development and disease" ABSTRACT: The trunk and tail of vertebrates arise from the addition of mesodermal (i.e., muscle and vertebrae) and neural (i.e., spinal cord) cells from the progenitor zone in the tailbud. This developmental program is critical for the proper formation of the posterior body […]