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Pictured: Jennifer Zallen
Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD


Professor

Our lab focuses on the generation of tissue structure through the collective action of cell populations.

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Publications

Paré AC, Vichas A, Fincher CT, Mirman Z, Farrell DL, Mainieri A, Zallen JA. A positional Toll receptor code directs convergent extension in Drosophila. Nature. 2014.

Kasza KE, Farrell DL, Zallen JA. Spatiotemporal control of epithelial remodeling by regulated myosin phosphorylation. PNAS. 2014; 111(32):11732-11737.

Simões S, Mainieri A, Zallen JA. Rho GTPase and Shroom direct planar polarized actomyosin contractility during convergent extension. J Cell Biol. 2014; 204(4):575-89.

Fernandez-Gonzalez R, Zallen JA. Wounded cells drive rapid epidermal repair in the early Drosophila embryo. Mol Biol Cell. 2013; 24(20):3227-3237.

Marcinkevicius E, Zallen JA. Regulation of cytoskeletal organization and junctional remodeling by the atypical cadherin Fat. Development. 2013; 140(2):433-43.

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Pictured: Jennifer Zallen

Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD



Professor

  • The Zallen laboratory focuses on the generation of tissue structure through the collective action of cell populations.
  • PhD, University of California, San Francisco
zallenj@mskcc.org
Email Address
212-639-8937
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Members

Eric Brooks
Eric Brooks

Research Fellow

Masako Tamada, MD, PhD
Masako Tamada

Research Fellow

Bhaswati Bhattacharya

Research Fellow

Wilaysha Evans

Research Technician

Marissa Gredler

Research Fellow

Ian Prudhomme

Research Technician

Jay Shi
Abigail Shilvock

MD/Ph.D. Graduate Student

Nilay Taneja

Research Fellow

Josephine Wong

Administrative Assistant

Huapeng Yu
Huapeng Yu

Research Fellow

Lab Alumni
Todd Blankenship
Kia Bourdot
Maria E. Bustillo
Maria E. Bustillo

Graduate Student

Dene Farrell

Research Technician

Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez
Christopher Fincher
Omar Gutierrez-Ruiz
Karen Kasza

Research Fellow

Matthew Laurie
Pooja Naik
Pooja Naik

Graduate Student

Avantika Mainieri
Adam Paré, PhD
Adam Paré

Research Fellow

Emily Marcinkevicius
William Razzell, PhD
William Razzell

Research Fellow

Zachary Mirman
Germán Sabio
Germán Sabio

Graduate Student

Jacqueline Sanchez-Shabazz
Sandra L. Schnakenberg
Gillian R. Siegal
Sérgio Simões
Marina Soares e Silva
Alison K. Spencer, PhD
Alison K. Spencer
Athea Vichas
Tarek Islam
Karl Palmquist
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Doctors and faculty members often work with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology, and life sciences companies, and other organizations outside of MSK, to find safe and effective cancer treatments, to improve patient care, and to educate the health care community.

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Jennifer A. Zallen discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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