Congratulations, Franck!

I had to adjust the blinds in my office! I forgot I have blinds!

Judges were on our side!

Thanks Vishank! Hope things are going well at Duke!

And new QSB grad student German Paniagua will examine how CIL changes (or doesn’t???) as endodermal cells transition from dispersal to convergence movements. 6/6

Physics grad student Nolan Brown in Ajay Gopinathan’s group is looking at whether endodermal cell dispersal can be described by hyperuniformity and motility-induced phase separation. 5/6

This paper has pushed my lab in lots of new and unexpected directions. Things to stay tuned for: Jesselynn is working on ways to use topological data analysis to assess morphogenesis defects in collaboration with applied mathematician Mikahl Banwarth-Kuhn. 4/6

Jaxson Ramirez, an undergrad, performed the @hcrimaging.bsky.social fluorescent in situs of EphA expression. We wish him best of luck as he starts pharmacy school at UCSD! 3/6

This paper was truly elevated by our computational collaborator Tom Wyatt. We owe our collaboration to @vgzt2021.bsky.social (Tom got in touch after I gave a talk). We also received early support and feedback from the Finding Your Inner Modeler meetings. 2/6

Finally, we used a combination of transcriptomics, pharmacological inhibition, and CRISPR gene editing to show that endodermal cells are likely using EphA receptors to recognize each other and initiate CIL.

Please have a read and tell us what you think! 9/9