New publication with Joe Shawky
Shawky, J. H., Balakrishnan, U. L., Stuckenholz, C., & Davidson, L. A. (2018). Multiscale analysis of architecture, cell size and the cell cortex reveals cortical F-actin density and composition are major contributors to mechanical properties during convergent extension. Development, 145(19), dev161281.
Testing a multiscale model for the material properties of cellular solids. See link.
New publication with Sarah Smith and Mark Rebeiz
Smith, S. J., Rebeiz, M., & Davidson, L. (2018). From pattern to process: studies at the interface of gene regulatory networks, morphogenesis, and evolution. Current opinion in genetics & development, 51, 103-110.
Perspective / review on ways to connect Evolution with the emergence of novelty and new structures. See link.
Sommer Anjum joins lab
Jing Yang joins lab
Special Issue on “Developmental mechanisms, patterning and evolution”. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. With Gwyneth Ingram.
David Denberg wins top BMES poster prize for undergrads at 8th World Congress of Biomechanics in Dublin
James Oosten joins lab
New publication with Beatrice Lopez-Escobar and Patricia Ybot-Gonzalez
López-Escobar, B., Caro-Vega, J. M., Vijayraghavan, D. S., Plageman, T. F., Sanchez-Alcazar, J. A., Moreno, R. C., … & Ybot-González, P. (2018). The non-canonical Wnt-PCP pathway shapes the mouse caudal neural plate. Development, 145(9), dev157487. See link.
New publication with Dave Shook and Ray Keller
Shook, D. R., Kasprowicz, E. M., Davidson, L. A., & Keller, R. (2018). Large, long range tensile forces drive convergence during Xenopus blastopore closure and body axis elongation. Elife, 7, e26944.