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Melissa A. White

South Australian Health and Medical Research InstituteORCID 0000-0002-8748-9210Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Neural crest cell derived DKK1 modulates Wnt signalling in the second heart field to orchestrate cardiac outflow tract development

Sophie Wiszniak, Dimuthu Alankarage, Iman Lohraseb, Ceilidh L. Marchant, Genevieve A. Secker, Deepti Domingo, Jasmine Hartmann, Tianyang Zhang, Wendy Parker, John Toubia, Melissa A. White, Sandra Piltz, Markus Tondl, Eleni Giannoulatou, David Scott Winlaw, , Quenten Schwarz

The paper identifies DKK1 from neural crest cells as a regulator of Wnt signaling in the second heart field, crucial for cardiac outflow tract development and linked to congenital heart disease.

Nature Communications · Jan 22, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology

Development of zygotic and germline gene drives in mice

Chandran Pfitzner, James Hughes, Melissa A. White, Michaela A. Scherer, Sandra Piltz, Paul Quinton Thomas

This study investigates CRISPR/Cas9-based gene drives in mice, finding that robust Cas9 expression during meiosis is critical for efficient gene drive generation.

bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2020 · PreprintGenetics