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
5/13/2025Ku’s paper on metalloproteases shaping ECM and morphogenesis published!
10/15/2024Jung’s paper on paraneoplastic renal dysfunction published!
10/01/2024Technician Sofia Mendez Lopez joins lab!
10/01/2024Master’s student Kuancheng Cai joins the lab!
6/20/2023Jack and Katy collaborative paper on tumor-induced coagulopathy published!
10/15/2024Jung’s paper on paraneoplastic renal dysfunction published!
10/01/2024Technician Sofia Mendez Lopez joins lab!
10/01/2024Master’s student Kuancheng Cai joins the lab!
6/20/2023Jack and Katy collaborative paper on tumor-induced coagulopathy published!
@bilderlab.bsky.social – @bilderlab- Untitled"...given to the most striking image that clearly conveys a point of important biological information in Drosophila research…Because the Award is tied closely to science as well as aesthetics, only images that have been published in a primary research journal... are eligible." drosophila-images.org [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- UntitledThis incident @nikonsmallworld brings to mind rules we set for the Drosophila Image Award in 2004. We didn't want to reward pretty pictures generated for their own sake, but celebrate the amazing images that emerge from everyday science, where beauty and discovery are inseparable. 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- UntitledNow out in Annu Rev Cancer Biol: "Beyond Mice and Men." We think of cancer as a disease of humans, as well as pets 🐈⬛ 🐕 & lab mice. But cancer is found across the animal tree of life, including clams and fruit flies. Comparative oncology has a lot to teach us. 🧵 https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-cancerbio-070524-040234
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