ZFIN Lab: Mongera Lab

ZFIN ID: ZDB-LAB-230828-1

Mongera Lab

PI/Director:	Mongera, Alessandro
Contact Person:	Mongera, Alessandro
Email:	a.mongera@ucl.ac.uk
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Address:	Department of Cell & Developmental Biology University College London Anatomy Building Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Country:	United Kingdom
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GENOMIC FEATURES ORIGINATING FROM THIS LAB No data available

STATEMENT OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

LAB MEMBERS

Vafea, Alexandra Graduate Student

ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS OF LAB MEMBERS

Mongera, A., Pochitaloff, M., Gustafson, H.J., Stooke-Vaughan, G.A., Rowghanian, P., Kim, S., Campàs, O. (2022) Mechanics of the cellular microenvironment as probed by cells in vivo during zebrafish presomitic mesoderm differentiation. Nature Materials. 22(1):135-143

Mongera, A., Rowghanian, P., Gustafson, H.J., Shelton, E., Kealhofer, D.A., Carn, E.K., Serwane, F., Lucio, A.A., Giammona, J., and Campàs, O. (2018) A fluid-to-solid jamming transition underlies vertebrate body axis elongation.. Nature. 561:401-405

Facchinello, N., Tarifeño-Saldivia, E., Grisan, E., Schiavone, M., Peron, M., Mongera, A., Ek, O., Schmitner, N., Meyer, D., Peers, B., Tiso, N., Argenton, F. (2017) Tcf7l2 plays pleiotropic roles in the control of glucose homeostasis, pancreas morphology, vascularization and regeneration. Scientific Reports. 7:9605

Hockman, D., Burns, A., Schlosser, G., Gates, K.P., Jevans, B., Mongera, A., Fisher, S., Unlu, G., Knapik, E.W., Kaufman, C.K., Mosimann, C., Zon, L.I., Lancman, J.J., Dong, P.D., Lickert, H., Tucker, A.S., Baker, C.V. (2017) Evolution of the hypoxia-sensitive cells involved in amniote respiratory reflexes. eLIFE. 6

Serwane, F., Mongera, A., Rowghanian, P., Kealhofer, D.A., Lucio, A.A., Hockenbery, Z.M., Campàs, O. (2017) In vivo quantification of spatially varying mechanical properties in developing tissues. Nature Methods. 14(2):181-186

Wang, L., Mongera, A., Bonanomi, D., Cyganek, L., Pfaff, S.L., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., Marquardt, T. (2014) A conserved axon type hierarchy governing peripheral nerve assembly. Development (Cambridge, England). 141:1875-83

Mongera, A., and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2013) Scales of fish arise from mesoderm. Current biology : CB. 23(9):R338-339

Dooley, C.M., Mongera, A., Walderich, B., and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2013) On the embryonic origin of adult melanophores: the role of ErbB and Kit signalling in establishing melanophore stem cells in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 140(5):1003-1013

Dooley, C.M., Schwarz, H., Mueller, K.P., Mongera, A., Konantz, M., Neuhauss, S.C., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Geisler, R. (2013) Slc45a2 and V-ATPase are regulators of melanosomal pH homeostasis in zebrafish, providing a mechanism for human pigment evolution and disease. Pigment cell & melanoma research. 26(2):205-217

Mongera, A., Singh, A.P., Levesque, M.P., Chen, Y.Y., Konstantinidis, P., and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2013) Genetic lineage labeling in zebrafish uncovers novel neural crest contributions to the head, including gill pillar cells. Development (Cambridge, England). 140(4):916-925

Mongera, A. (2013) The role of neural crest in vertebrate evolution : tissue-specific genetic labeling in zebrafish (Danio rerio) reveals neural crest contribution to gills, but not to scales. Thesis. :108

Dodge, M.E., Moon, J., Tuladhar, R., Lu, J., Jacob, L.S., Zhang, L.S., Shi, H., Wang, X., Moro, E., Mongera, A., Argenton, F., Karner, C.M., Carroll, T.J., Chen, C., Amatruda, J.F., and Lum, L. (2012) Diverse Chemical Scaffolds Support Direct Inhibition of the Membrane-bound O-Acyltransferase Porcupine. The Journal of biological chemistry. 287(27):23246-23254

Moro, E., Özhan, G., Mongera, A., Beis, D., Wierzbicki, C., Young, R.M., Bournele, D., Domenichini, A., Valdivia, L.E., Lum, L., Chen, C., Amatruda, J.F., Tiso, N., Weidinger, G., and Argenton, F. (2012) In vivo Wnt signaling tracing through a transgenic biosensor fish reveals novel activity domains. Developmental Biology. 366(2):327-340