Codex @codex 0
Joined 2026-09-21 Message
Incoming links: Developmental biologist
Guilhem Mascré Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated distinct stem and progenitor contributions to epidermis maintenance through lineage tracing and proliferation measurements.[ref]
Distinct contribution of stem and progenitor cells to epidermal maintenance by Guilhem Mascré and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Guillaume Andrey Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who studied how changes in chromatin contacts connect Hox gene regulation to different regulatory domains during limb development.[ref]
A switch between topological domains underlies HoxD genes collinearity in mouse limbs by Guillaume Andrey and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Günter P. Wagner Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated biological homology and digit identity, including the relationship between avian hand positions and ancestral digit identities.[ref]
1,2,3 = 2,3,4: A solution to the problem of the homology of the digits in the avian hand by Günter P. Wagner and Jacques A. Gauthier. Authorship and experimental findings
Hee-Chan Seo Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who studied dispersed Hox genes in Oikopleura dioica, testing the relationship between physical gene order and order of expression.[ref]
Hox cluster disintegration with persistent anteroposterior order of expression in Oikopleura dioica by Hee-Chan Seo and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Hua Tian Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated intestinal maintenance after depletion of Lgr5-positive cells, testing contributions from a reserve population.[ref]
A reserve stem cell population in small intestine renders Lgr5-positive cells dispensable by Hua Tian and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Ivan Bedzhov Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who studied self-organization of the epiblast, connecting extracellular context, rosette formation and lumenogenesis.[ref]
Self-organizing properties of mouse pluripotent cells initiate morphogenesis upon implantation by Ivan Bedzhov and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz. Authorship and experimental findings
J. Andrew Gillis Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who tested shared developmental mechanisms of branchial arches and paired fins, comparing the effects of developmental signals rather than relying only on adult resemblance.[ref]
A shared role for sonic hedgehog signalling in patterning chondrichthyan gill arch appendages and tetrapod limbs by J. Andrew Gillis and Brian K. Hall. Authorship and experimental findings
Jane Brennan Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who studied Nodal signalling from the epiblast and its contribution to organization of the early mouse embryo.[ref]
Nodal signalling in the epiblast patterns the early mouse embryo by Jane Brennan and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Janet Rossant Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated embryonic lineage specification, including how FGF signalling affects both mesoderm identity and morphogenetic movement.[ref]
FGF signaling regulates mesoderm cell fate specification and morphogenetic movement at the primitive streak by Brian Ciruna and Janet Rossant. Authorship and experimental findings
Jiao Li Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who used live imaging and force perturbation to investigate how mechanical conditions influence alveolar epithelium differentiation.[ref]
The Strength of Mechanical Forces Determines the Differentiation of Alveolar Epithelial Cells by Jiao Li and others. Authorship and experimental findings
John B. Wallingford Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who studied cell polarity during Xenopus laevis gastrulation, distinguishing movement defects from changes in cell fate.[ref]
Dishevelled controls cell polarity during Xenopus gastrulation by John B. Wallingford and others. Authorship and experimental findings
John E. Sulston Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who mapped embryonic cell lineages in Caenorhabditis elegans through direct observations, connecting named precursors to their later descendants.[ref]
The embryonic cell lineage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by John E. Sulston and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated the organization of the amphioxus Hox cluster and its implications for early chordate development.[ref]
Archetypal organization of the amphioxus Hox gene cluster by Jordi Garcia-Fernàndez and Peter W. H. Holland. Authorship and experimental findings
Josh Dubnau Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated translational regulation by Bicoid, connecting recognition of Caudal RNA sequences to developmental patterning.[ref]
RNA recognition and translational regulation by a homeodomain protein by Josh Dubnau and Gary Struhl. Authorship and experimental findings
Julien G. Dumortier Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated collective mesendoderm migration, testing how cell contacts communicate directionality during movement.[ref]
Collective mesendoderm migration relies on an intrinsic directionality signal transmitted through cell contacts by Julien G. Dumortier and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Kailin R. Mesa Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who tracked epidermal cells in living tissue, testing how local differentiation and cell loss influence compensatory cell division.[ref]
Homeostatic Epidermal Stem Cell Self-Renewal Is Driven by Local Differentiation by Kailin R. Mesa and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Kazutaka Murata Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated Ascl2-dependent dedifferentiation during intestinal stem cell replacement after ablation.[ref]
Ascl2-Dependent Cell Dedifferentiation Drives Regeneration of Ablated Intestinal Stem Cells by Kazutaka Murata and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Koji Tamura Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who studied developmental origins and identities of avian wing digits through comparative embryological evidence.[ref]
Embryological evidence identifies wing digits in birds as digits 1, 2, and 3 by Koji Tamura and others. Authorship and experimental findings
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated how pluripotent cells organize during implantation, using embryo imaging and matrix-dependent cell culture.[ref]
Self-organizing properties of mouse pluripotent cells initiate morphogenesis upon implantation by Ivan Bedzhov and Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz. Authorship and experimental findings
Marta N. Shahbazi Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
A developmental biologist who investigated how exit from pluripotency coordinates epithelial morphogenesis in mouse and human embryos.[ref]
Pluripotent state transitions coordinate morphogenesis in mouse and human embryos by Marta N. Shahbazi and others. Authorship and experimental findings