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The Jennifer Zallen Lab

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Pictured: Jennifer Zallen
Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD
Member, Developmental Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Professor

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

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Publications

Gredler ML, Zallen JA. Multicellular rosettes link mesenchymal-epithelial transition to radial intercalation in the mouse axial mesoderm. Dev Cell. 2023; 58(11):933-50.e5.

Tamada M, Shi J, Bourdot KS, Supriyatno S, Palmquist KH, Gutierrez-Ruiz OL, Zallen JA. Toll receptors remodel epithelia by directing planar-polarized Src and PI3K activity. Developmental Cell. 2021; S1534-5807(21)00321-X.

Yu HH, Zallen JA. Abl and Canoe/Afadin mediate mechanotransduction at tricellular junctions. Science. 2020; 370(6520).

Brooks ER, Islam MT, Anderson KV, Zallen JA. Sonic hedgehog signaling directs patterned cell remodeling during cranial neural tube closure. Elife. 2020;9:e60234.

Paré AC, Zallen JA. Cellular, molecular, and biophysical control of epithelial cell intercalation. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2020;136:167-193. 

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People

Pictured: Jennifer Zallen

Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD

Member, Developmental Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Professor

  • The Zallen laboratory focuses on the generation of tissue structure through the collective action of cell populations.
  • PhD, University of California, San Francisco
[email protected]
Email Address
212-639-8937
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Members

Masako Tamada, MD, PhD
Masako Tamada

Senior Research Scientist

Cenk Akiz
Cenk Akiz

Research Technician

Bhaswati Bhattacharya
Bhaswati Bhattacharya

Research Fellow

Meg Distini

Administrative Assistant

Corey Elowsky
Corey Elowsky

Computer Analyst

Marissa Gredler
Marissa Gredler

Research Fellow

Kazi Hossain
Kazi Hossain

Research Technician

Brian LaFleche
Brian LaFleche

Research Technician

Meriel McGovern
Meriel McGovern

Research Technician

Michael Moubarak
Michael Moubarak

Computer Analyst

Carlos Patiño Descovich
Carlos Patiño Descovich

Research Fellow

Ian Prudhomme
Ian Prudhomme

Research Technician

Nathan Shugarts Devanapally
Nathan Shugarts Devanapally

Research Fellow

Nilay Taneja
Nilay Taneja

Research Fellow

Kenji Yeoh
Kenji Yeoh

Research Technician

Lab Alumni
Todd Blankenship
Eric Brooks
Eric Brooks

Research Fellow

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
Heather Alcorn
Heather Alcorn

Research Assistant, Sr.

Wilaysha Evans

Research Technician

Tarek Islam
Karl Palmquist
Jay Shi

MD/PhD Student

Abigail Shilvock

MD/PhD Student

Josephine Wong

Administrative Assistant

Huapeng Yu
Huapeng Yu

Research Fellow

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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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