SARASWATHY , Vishnu

During my PhD, I studied two different cell signaling pathways that regulate morphogenesis during zebrafish development. I found that the Notch signaling pathway and Mib1 mediated Planar Cell Polarity (PCP) pathway regulate neural tube morphogenesis and embryonic axis extension respectively.During the first part of my PhD, I addressed the role...

Vertebrate Delta/Notch signaling involves multiple ligands, receptors and transcription factors. Delta endocytosis-a critical event for Notch activation-is however essentially controlled by the E3 Ubiquitin ligase Mindbomb1 (Mib1). Mib1 inactivation is therefore often used to inhibit Notch signaling. However, recent findings indicate that Mib1...