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Samantha Finkbeiner

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteORCID 0009-0006-2527-9804Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Developmental BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 13, 2026

Model recapitulates regenerative limb blastema formation through local softening of the wounded epithelium

Samantha Finkbeiner, Ansa Brew-Smith, X. B. Wang…·Calina Copos

The paper develops a hybrid agent-based model to simulate limb blastema formation, identifying epithelial softening and Wnt signaling as key factors in regeneration.

DOI 10.64898/2026.03.11.711112

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NeuroscienceNaturePeer-reviewedFeb 26, 2025

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A Hypothalamic Circuit Underlying the Dynamic Control of Social Homeostasis

Ding Liu, Mostafizur Rahman, Autumn Johnson…·Catherine G. Dulac

Opposing glutamatergic MPN Isolation and mostly GABAergic MPN Reunion neurons in the mouse preoptic hypothalamus encode social need and satiety, with touch as a likely cue.

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