Hasreet K. Gill

Clonal microcolonies recruit individual planktonic colonizers using extracellular matrix factors to assemble Vibrio cholerae pellicles

This study shows how Vibrio cholerae pellicles form through planktonic cell recruitment mediated by extracellular matrix factors and quorum-sensing.

Convergent flow-mediated mesenchymal force drives embryonic foregut constriction and splitting

This study identifies a biomechanical mechanism involving mesenchymal forces and SHH signaling that drives epithelial tube splitting during tracheal-esophageal separation in embryos.

Opposing roles for lipocalins and a CD36 family scavenger receptor in apical extracellular matrix-dependent protection of narrow tube integrity

This study shows that lipocalin LPR-1 and scavenger receptor SCAV-2 have opposing roles in maintaining the apical extracellular matrix of narrow tubes in C. elegans.

Hox genes modulate physical forces to differentially shape small and large intestinal epithelia

This study shows Hoxd13 regulates hindgut morphogenesis through the TGFβ pathway by altering mesenchymal biomechanics.