Gayathri Ramakrishnan

Loss of the rhomboid protease Rhbdl2 in zebrafish larvae speeds tail fin regrowth after injury, raises macrophage accumulation and Rac2 protein, and Rac2 knockdown reverses both effects.

This study uses real-time imaging in zebrafish to show that macrophage protrusive motility, regulated by Rac2, influences melanoma invasion.

This study shows that S. aureus supernatant increases melanoma invasion in zebrafish, likely mediated by bacterial lipids.