2. iPSC neuroepithelial models by @hpscenthusiast.bsky.social identifying a patient mutation in VANGL2 which diminishes apical constriction in this human model
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

1. Laser ablation study of the mouse cranial neuroepithelium, led by Juana de la O in Adam Martin's lab (MIT), identifying regional differences in apical tension and anisotropy in the lateral neural folds (consistent with a recent paper from Eric Brooks' lab)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#ApicalConstriction and #DevBio afficionados - we've got two new pre-prints you may be interested in, below:

A lateral tension model for cranial mouse neural tube closure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.15.654327v1

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To mark Black Friday, we are excited to share our latest work, "Planar polarized force propagation integrates cell behavior with tissue shaping during convergent extension." Now online in Current Biology. authors.elsevier.com/a/1kATd3QW8S...

Congrats to Fernanda - she really came up with some really creative solutions to our questions!

Happy to share our new preprint with Vernanda Perez-Verdugo, @shilabanerjee.bsky.social @glgalea.bsky.social We show that mechanical feedback drives shape and spatial order of the surface ectoderm in hindbrain neuropore closure.

How do physical forces influence spatiotemporal cell patterning during tissue morphogenesis? Our latest preprint integrates theoretical modeling with live imaging of mouse embryos to reveal how mechanosensitive feedback drives self-organized cell patterning during hindbrain neuropore morphogenesis.