Pamela A. Halley

A lateral protrusion latticework connects neuroepithelial cells and is regulated during neurogenesis

The paper identifies and characterizes lateral protrusions in neuroepithelial cells, showing they form a latticework regulated by WAVE1 and are involved in neurogenesis.

Human spinal cord differentiation proceeds rapidly in vitro and only initially maintains differentiation pace in a heterologous environment

This study shows that human spinal cord differentiation in vitro is faster than in vivo and stalls when grafted into a different species, highlighting the role of extrinsic signals.

Lineage tracing axial progenitors using Nkx1.2CreERT2 mice defines their trunk and tail contributions

This study generates Nkx1.2CreERT2 mice to label axial progenitors, showing they contribute to trunk and tail tissues in mice.

Fate mapping caudal lateral epiblast reveals continuous contribution to neural and mesodermal lineages and the origin of secondary neural tube

This study uses a mouse model to show that caudal lateral epiblast cells contribute to both neural and mesodermal lineages and identify a new neuromesodermal progenitor pool in the tailbud mesenchyme.