We are interested in understanding the design principles of morphogen signalling and conserved mechanisms of sequential embryo patterning.
Design Principles of Somitogenesis
How do vertebrate embryo cells make repetitive decisions? What controls the robustness of embryo patterning during somite segmentation?
Systems Control of Morphogen Signalling
How do cells sense their position in an embryo? How do cells both create and interpret positional information through diffusive morphogens?