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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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Jennifer A. Zallen, a member of the Developmental Biology Program in the Sloan Kettering Institute, has been selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) as an Early Career Scientist.

Publications

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. 

Paré AC, Naik P, Shi J, Mirman Z, Palmquist KH, Zallen JA. An LRR Receptor-Teneurin System Directs Planar Polarity at Compartment Boundaries. Dev Cell. 2019;51(2):208-221.e6. 

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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

Heather Alcorn
Heather Alcorn

Research Assistant, Sr.

Bhaswati Bhattacharya

Research Fellow

Wilaysha Evans

Research Technician

Marissa Gredler

Research Fellow

Ian Prudhomme

Research Technician

Jay Shi

MD/PhD Student

Abigail Shilvock

MD/PhD 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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Disclosures

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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