Research in our lab is focused on understanding the evolution of multicellularity in animals.
In particular, we study the evolution and function of cell adhesion proteins to understand how animal tissues are built.
To do this, we utilize a broad range of methods in comparative embryology, cell biology, protein biochemistry, and bioinformatics to explore how cells stick together in non-bilaterian animals (cnidarians, placozoans, sponges and ctenophores).
Recent Posts
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We recently published “Characterization of the Cadherin–Catenin Complex of the Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis and Implications for the Evolution of Metaz...
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We recently published “The deuterostome context of chordate origins” in Nature.
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We recently published “The Evolutionary Origin of Epithelial Cell–Cell Adhesion Mechanisms” in Current Topics in Membranes.
