Alexandra S. Neaverson

The paper investigates the roles of planar and vertical signals in chick neural development by culturing isolated anterior tissues and shows their necessity for neural specification and anteroposterior patterning.

The paper shows EMT and BMP signaling interact reciprocally during collective cell invasion, with EMT priming BMP competence and BMP regulating invasion dynamics.

This paper describes a 14-day protocol to differentiate human iPSCs into cortical neural stem cells, validated through RNA-Seq and immunocytochemistry.

The paper investigates KPTN-related disorder using mouse and human stem cell models, identifying mTOR pathway dysregulation as a key mechanism underlying cognitive and overgrowth phenotypes.