Dave Ornitz’s New Publication

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Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz’s Lab on their recent publication! Proliferation of Early and Mature Osteoblasts Is Required for Bone Fracture Healing in Mice. Gould NR, Coello AF, McKenzie JA, Li T, Hixon KR, Chen L, Barwick K, Lee T, Obaji M, Zhang B, Ornitz DM, Silva MJ. bioRxiv [Preprint]. 2025 May 31:2025.05.27.656371. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.27.656371. PMID: […]

Andrew Yoo, Ph.D., has won the 2025 Jeffrey L. Morby Prize

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yoo! Andrew Yoo, Ph.D., Phil and Sima Needleman Distinguished Professor of Developmental Biology, has won the 2025 Jeffrey L. Morby Prize for his paper entitled ““Modeling late-onset Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology via direct neuronal reprogramming.”

Helen McNeill’s New Publication

Congratulations to Helen McNeill’s Lab on their recent publication! Regulation of Hippo signaling and planar cell polarity via distinct regions of the Fat intracellular domain. Julick CR, Thanintorn N, Zhang H, Tsatskis Y, Glaeser M, Qu Y, Rusch J, McNeill H. Development. 2025 May 16:dev.204694. PMID: 40377178

Thor Theunissen’s New Publication

Congratulations to Thor Theunissen’s Lab on their recent publication! Stem cell models of human embryo implantation and trophoblast invasion Liu P, Mattis S, Theunissen TW. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2025 May 20;93:102357. PMID: 40398076

Kerry Kornfeld’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Kornfeld’s Lab on their recent publication! A single high-zinc activation enhancer can control two genes oriented head-to-head in Caenorhabditis elegans. Liu H, Earley B, Mendoza A, Hunt P, Teng S, Schneider DL, Kornfeld K. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 May 23:jkaf089. PMID: 40408183

Dave Ornitz and Jeanna Nerbonne’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Ornitz’s and Dr. Nerbonne’s Labs on their recent publication! Loss of intracellular FGF14 (iFGF14) increases excitability of mature hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Ransdell JL, Carrasquillo Y, Bosch MK, Mellor RL, Ornitz DM, Nerbonne JM. J Gen Physiol. 2025 Jul 7;157(4):e202413597.PMID: 40323232

Aaron DiAntonio’s New Publication

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Congratulations to Dr. DiAntonio’s Lab on their recent publication! Diverse cell types establish a pathogenic immune environment in peripheral neuropathy. Choi J, Strickland A, Loo HQ, Dong W, Barbar L, Bloom AJ, Sasaki Y, Jin SC, DiAntonio A, Milbrandt J. J Neuroinflammation. 2025 May 23;22(1):138. PMID: 40410792

Stacy Rentschler’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Rentschler’s Lab on their recent publication! STAR Locally Prolongs Effective Refractory Period and Increases Ventricular Tachycardia Cycle Length Without Short-Term Scar Formation or Functional Decline: Insights From a Translational Porcine Model Study Zenger B, Smith TW, Hicks S, Ng S, Pavek T, Knutson N, Samson P, Zheng J, Berberet C, Ibrahim EH, […]

Lilianna Solnica-Krezel’s New Publication

Congratulations to Dr. Solnica-Krezel’s Lab on their recent publication! Dendritic atoh1a+ cells serve as Merkel cell precursors during skin development and regeneration. Craig EW, Black EC, Fernandes SZ, Ferdous AS, Goo CEA, Sargent SM, Quitevis EJA, Swearer AA, Yee NG, Shin J, Solnica-Krezel L, Rasmussen JP. Development. 2025 Jun 2:dev.204810.PMID: 40446213

Sabine Dietmann’s New Publications

Congratulations to Dr. Dietmann on their recent publication! The emergence of human primordial germ cell-like cells in stem cell-derived gastruloids. Neupane J, Lubatti G, Gross-Thebing T, Ruiz Tejada Segura ML, Butler R, Gross-Thebing S, Dietmann S, Scialdone A, Surani MA. Sci Adv. 2025 Mar 28;11(13):eado1350. PMID: 40138398