Cell and Developmental Biology
The Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB) Hub brings together researchers investigating the fundamental principles that govern the formation, maintenance, and regeneration of living systems across scales, from molecules and cells to tissues, organs, and whole organisms.
Our research spans cell and tissue mechanics, morphogenesis, stem cell biology, epithelial biology, regeneration, developmental genetics, organogenesis, neurodevelopment, and the cellular basis of the immune response. By combining cutting-edge approaches in quantitative imaging, molecular and cellular biology, genetics, biophysics, modelling, and systems-level analysis, the Hub seeks to uncover how cells communicate, organise, and adapt to build functional tissues and organisms in health and disease.
Through interdisciplinary collaboration, we aim to advance fundamental biological understanding while providing insights relevant to regenerative medicine, cancer, and developmental disorders.
Labs
Alcolea Lab
Baker lab
Neurogenic placodes and the neural crest: development of the vertebrate peripheral sensory nervous system
Bray lab
Neural and epidermal development in Drosophila: from signalling to morphogenesis
Brown lab
Molecular analysis of morphogenesis
Fleming Lab
Keshavarzi Lab
Niakan Lab
Paluch Lab
Rawlins lab
Lung development, maintenance and their mechanisms of disease
Roper lab
A focus on the salivary glands of the Drosophila embryo, with a second focus on the formation of the nephron tube in human renal organoids in culture.
Rosello-Diez lab
Genetic, cellular and biophysical mechanisms controlling vertebrate limb growth in development and evolution.
Sanson lab
Morphogenesis of the epithelium in Drosophila embryos
Sarris lab
How immune cells search tissues and find sites of infection or tissue damage
Scarpa Lab
Storer Lab
Understanding how the blastema forms and functions during digit tip regeneration
Xiong lab
Force generation and mechanical regulation during tissue shape formation