Yulia A. Kraus

The paper investigates β-catenin-dependent axial patterning in Nematostella and finds similar regulatory logic to deuterostomes, suggesting a common evolutionary origin.

The paper investigates apolar gastrulation in Dynamena pumila, showing that morphological polarity emerges after gastrulation while molecular axial patterning occurs during it, and that the morphological axis is robust to cWnt perturbations.

The paper characterizes cell shape changes during planula formation in Clytia hemisphaerica using microscopy and links these changes to gene expression patterns during gastrulation.

The paper shows that a cadherin switch accompanies germ layer formation in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, with cadherin1 and cadherin3 playing roles in tissue integrity and morphogenesis.