Aaron N. Johnson

This study identifies elevated phagocytic capacity as essential for innate spinal cord repair by comparing zebrafish and mammalian immune responses.

This study identifies sox2+ progenitors as critical for zebrafish spinal cord regeneration and shows Bach1 transcription factors regulate their activation and quiescence.

The paper shows that systemic muscle injury in zebrafish activates Hb-EGF in the epidermis, which is necessary for systemic repair, while local injury does not require Hb-EGF.

This study investigates the functional role of MyBP-H in developing vertebrate fast-twitch skeletal muscle using zebrafish and rat models, revealing its involvement in myofilament lattice compression and contractility regulation.

This study identifies the serine/threonine kinase Bsd as a regulator that prevents cell fusion to maintain cell identity in Drosophila body wall muscles.

This study uses zebrafish to model TPM2 variants associated with musculoskeletal disorders, finding correlations between variant severity and clinical outcomes.

This paper reports a genetic screen in Drosophila to identify regulators of muscle morphogenesis, finding new loci and alleles associated with muscle development.

The paper identifies FGF signaling as essential for myotube guidance during Drosophila myogenesis by regulating actin cytoskeleton dynamics through Rho/Rac GTPases.