Our group studies the molecules and mechanisms that govern the polarity, growth, and morphogenesis of epithelia, the fundamental tissue of all animals and the major constituent of human organs. We also use Drosophila cancer models as a simple system to understand both how epithelial organization prevents tumor formation and how tumors actually kill their hosts.
Latest News
8/1/2022 Yoshiki Sakai joins the lab as a visiting student
6/30/2022 Jung departs to start his lab at Hong Kong University!
5/25/22 Mark off to postdoc with Hsu lab at Harvard — https://hscrb.harvard.edu/labs/hsu-lab/
5/20/2022 PhDone! Dr. Jack Hsi and Dr. Mark Khoury graduate.
4/15/2022 Stephan and Geert’s paper on epithelial monitoring published in Science!
9/7/2021 Jung’s paper on tumor and BBB published in Dev Cell!
8/17/2021 Lab review on tumor-host interactions published in Nat Rev Cancer