Holly Hardy

The paper identifies cis-regulatory elements and transcription factors involved in optic fissure closure using chicken embryos, linking them to human coloboma genes.

The paper generates a Netrin-1 fluorescent reporter chicken line to study molecular signatures during optic fissure closure and identifies new markers and pathways for developmental tissue fusion.

The paper examines cell adhesion marker expression dynamics during optic fissure fusion, identifying unique profiles in pioneer cells and the temporal role of SNAI2.

The paper analyzes chick optic fissure closure, identifying Netrin-1 as a conserved mediator of epithelial fusion essential for vertebrate development and linked to human coloboma.