The Jennifer Zallen Lab | Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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

Pictured: Jennifer Zallen

Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD

Professor

Research Focus

Developmental biologist Jennifer Zallen focuses on the generation of tissue structure through the collective action of cell populations.

Education

PhD, University of California, San Francisco

zallenj@mskcc.org

Office Phone: 212-639-8937
Office Fax: 212-717-3623
Lab Phone: 212-639-2784

Lab Members

Eric Brooks — Eric Brooks

Research Fellow

Maria E. Bustillo — Maria E. Bustillo

Graduate Student

Pooja Naik — Pooja Naik

Graduate Student

Adam Paré, PhD — Adam Paré

Research Fellow

William Razzell, PhD — William Razzell

Research Fellow

Germán Sabio — Germán Sabio

Graduate Student

Masako Tamada, MD, PhD — Masako Tamada

Research Fellow

Marissa Gredler

Tarek Islam

Karl Palmquist

Jay Shi

Huapeng Yu — Huapeng Yu

Research Fellow

Affiliations

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.

Career Opportunities

Former Lab Members