Ioannis Théodorou

The paper studies early embryogenesis in Saccharina latissima, finding radical cell identity changes and gene expression patterns linked to evolutionary novelty.

This paper investigates the role of a maternal signal (MUM) in establishing growth axes during kelp embryogenesis, showing that MUM inhibits medio-lateral axis formation and requires direct contact with the stalk.

The paper shows that actin filaments control alginate distribution in kelp embryos, forming a corset that restricts growth and establishes the apico-basal axis.

This study identifies a BAR-RhoGAP protein essential for tip growth in the brown alga Ectocarpus, functioning independently of F-actin organization.