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Elena Scarpa

University of CambridgeORCID 0000-0002-0849-1276Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:zebrafish· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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Atrin Hamidzadeh· 2 shared Dina El-Zohiry· 2 shared Hanna-Maria HäkkineniD· 2 shared Soraya VillasecaiD· 2 shared Zain AlhashemiD· 2 shared Bénédicte SansoniD· 1 shared Cédric FinetiD· 1 shared Cheng-Yu HuangiD· 1 shared

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A dynein-driven nucleokinesis program enables neural crest migration through confined tissues in vivo

Soraya Villaseca, Minjia Pan, Cheng-Yu Huang, Chengxi Zhu, Marie De La Burgade, Atrin Hamidzadeh, Dina El-Zohiry, Zain Alhashem, Hanna-Maria Häkkinen, Sarah Baxendale, Mar Marzo, Martin O. Lenz, Tanya T. Whitfield, Elena Scarpa

This study identifies a dynein-driven microtubule-based mechanism for nuclear translocation in zebrafish neural crest cells during confined migration.

bioRxiv · Jun 10, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology

In vivo nuclear envelope adaptation during cell migration across confining embryonic tissue environments

Hanna-Maria Häkkinen, Soraya Villaseca, Zain Alhashem, Szymon Chomiczewski, Maxime Desevedavy, Solene Leleux, Atrin Hamidzadeh, Filomena Gallo, Dina El-Zohiry, Victor Petre, Elena Scarpa

The paper investigates how neural crest cells adapt to physical confinement during migration in zebrafish embryos, finding that nuclear deformation occurs without DNA damage.

bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2025 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology

Actomyosin-driven tension at compartmental boundaries orients cell division independently of cell geometry in vivo

Elena Scarpa, Cédric Finet, Guy B. Blanchard, Bénédicte Sanson

The paper shows that localized actomyosin tension at compartment boundaries orients cell division in Drosophila embryos, independent of cell geometry.

Developmental Cell · Nov 29, 2018Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology