Department of Biology
The stem cell niche
Papers on the C. elegans gonad and germline.
Singh N, Li KJ, Gordon KL. (2024) Getting there in one piece: The Rac pathway prevents cell fragmentation in a nonprotrusively migrating leader cell during organogenesis. bioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.01.569642
Gordon KL (2021). News &Views: Fatal decision made under pressure. Nat. Phys. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01239-7
Gordon KL (2020). Recent advances in the genetic, anatomical, and environmental regulation of the C. elegans germ line progenitor zone.J. Dev. Biol. 2020, 8(3), 14; https://doi.org/10.3390/jdb8030014
Gordon KL, Zussman JW, Li X, Miller C, Sherwood DR. (2020). Stem cell niche exit in C. elegans via orientation and segregation of daughter cells by a cryptic cell outside the niche. eLife. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.56383.
Collaborations
Here are papers from our collaborative work with other investigators, featuring a longstanding collaboration with toxicologist Dr. Jessica Hartman of MUSC.
Evolution of gene regulation
Papers from Dr. Gordon's dissertation research.