Developmental Biology Program

The Jennifer Zallen Lab

Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD

Member, Developmental Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Our lab focuses on the generation of tissue structure through the collective action of cell populations.

Publications Highlights

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.

Paré AC, Zallen JA. Cellular, molecular, and biophysical control of epithelial cell intercalation. Curr Top Dev Biol. 2020;136:167-193.

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People

Jennifer A. Zallen, PhD

Member, Developmental Biology Program, SKI; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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, MD, PhD — Masako Tamada
Senior Research Scientist

Difei Jiang

Research Technician

Claire Looney

Research Technician I

Meriel McGovern

Research Technician

Lila Neahring

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Nathan Shugarts Devanapally
Research Fellow

Carolyn Ton

Weill Cornell Graduate Student

Hannah Ulman

Computer Analyst I

Lab Alumni

Todd Blankenship

Kia Bourdot

Dene Farrell

Research Technician

Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez

Christopher Fincher

Omar Gutierrez-Ruiz

Karen Kasza

Research Fellow

Matthew Laurie

Avantika Mainieri

Adam Paré, PhD — Adam Paré
Research Fellow

Emily Marcinkevicius

William Razzell, PhD — William Razzell
Research Fellow

Zachary Mirman

Jacqueline Sanchez-Shabazz

Sandra L. Schnakenberg

Gillian R. Siegal

Sérgio Simões

Marina Soares e Silva

Alison K. Spencer, PhD — Alison K. Spencer

Athea Vichas

Wilaysha Evans

Research Technician

Karl Palmquist

Jay Shi

MD/PhD Student

Abigail Shilvock

MD/PhD Student

Josephine Wong

Administrative Assistant

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Lab Head Email
212-639-8937

Office Phone
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Disclosures

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Jennifer A. Zallen discloses the following relationships and financial interests:

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