Developmental Biology Program

The Jennifer Zallen Lab

Research

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 Highlights

Brooks ER, Moorman AR, Bhattacharya B, Prudhomme IS, Land M, Alcorn HL, Sharma R, Pe’er D, Zallen JA. A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate. bioRxiv. 2024. Dec 12:2024.08.25.609458.

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.

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People

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: Office Phone

Members

Masako Tamada

Senior Research Scientist

Bhaswati Bhattacharya

Research Fellow

Tessa Devoe

Research Technician

Meg Distini

Administrative Assistant

Corey Elowsky

Computer Analyst

Ashlynn Harlow

Research Technician

Lila Neahring

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Carlos Patiño Descovich

Research Fellow

Jason Punskovsky

Research Technician

Nathan Shugarts Devanapally

Research Fellow

Nilay Taneja

Research Fellow

Todd Blankenship

Eric Brooks

Research Fellow

Kia Bourdot

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

Graduate Student

Avantika Mainieri

Adam Paré

Research Fellow

Emily Marcinkevicius

William Razzell

Research Fellow

Zachary Mirman

Germán Sabio

Graduate Student

Jacqueline Sanchez-Shabazz

Sandra L. Schnakenberg

Gillian R. Siegal

Sérgio Simões

Marina Soares e Silva

Alison K. Spencer

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Athea Vichas

Cenk Akiz

Research Technician

Heather Alcorn

Research Assistant, Sr.

Wilaysha Evans

Research Technician

Marissa Gredler

Research Fellow

Kazi Hossain

Research Technician

Tarek Islam

Difei Jiang

Research Technician

Brian LaFleche

Research Technician

Claire Looney

Research Technician I

Meriel McGovern

Research Technician

Michael Moubarak

Computer Analyst

Karl Palmquist

Ian Prudhomme

Research Technician

Jay Shi

MD/PhD Student

Abigail Shilvock

MD/PhD Student

Carolyn Ton

Weill Cornell Graduate Student

Hannah Ulman

Computer Analyst I

Josephine Wong

Administrative Assistant

Kenji Yeoh

Research Technician

Huapeng Yu

Research Fellow

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