Amy Ralston

This paper surveys early career researchers impacted by Trump administration policies, finding funding cuts threaten their careers and lead to consideration of leaving science.

The paper shows Smad4 is not required before implantation but is essential for epiblast morphogenesis after implantation in mice.

The paper shows that OCT4 expression during reprogramming leads to iXEN cell formation, and SKM alone can induce this process, suggesting a role for XEN in pluripotency establishment.

The paper presents two methods for generating endogenous protein reporters in mouse embryos: a split fluorescent protein approach and a V5 epitope tagging approach, each with distinct advantages for in vivo protein localization.

The paper shows that ex vivo culture conditions inhibit a key pathway for blastocyst lineage commitment in mice.

The paper shows that TEAD4/YAP1/WWTR1 repress Sox2 expression before the 16-cell stage in mouse embryos, preventing premature pluripotency.

The paper shows HIPPO signaling resolves cell fate conflicts by repositioning cells during pluripotency establishment in the mouse embryo.

This paper introduces a data-driven manuscript writing exercise for students to learn scientific communication and peer review through cartoon datasets in developmental biology.