Current Appointments & Affiliations
Lecturer of Biology
·
2023 - Present
Biology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Specification to biomineralization: following a single cell type as it constructs a skeleton.
Journal Article Integrative and comparative biology · October 2014 The sea urchin larva is shaped by a calcite endoskeleton. That skeleton is built by 64 primary mesenchyme cells (PMCs) in Lytechinus variegatus. The PMCs originate as micromeres due to an unequal fourth cleavage in the embryo. Micromeres are specified in a ... Full text CiteSub-circuits of a gene regulatory network control a developmental epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
Journal Article Development (Cambridge, England) · April 2014 Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a fundamental cell state change that transforms epithelial to mesenchymal cells during embryonic development, adult tissue repair and cancer metastasis. EMT includes a complex series of intermediate cell state cha ... Full text CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
2012
Ph.D.