ZFIN Person: Lowery, Laura Anne

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-020726-1

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-020726-1

Lowery, Laura Anne

Email:	Laura_Lowery@hms.harvard.edu
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Affiliation:
Address:	Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research 9 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
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Phone:	(617) 258-5200
Fax:	(617) 258-5578
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying brain ventricle morphogenesis.

PUBLICATIONS

Lowery, L.A., De Rienzo, G., Gutzman, J.H., and Sive, H. (2009) Characterization and Classification of Zebrafish Brain Morphology Mutants. The Anatomical record. 292(1):94-106

Gutzman, J.H., Graeden, E.G., Lowery, L.A., Holley, H.S., and Sive, H. (2008) Formation of the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary constriction requires laminin-dependent basal constriction. Mechanisms of Development. 125(11-12):974-983

Lowery, L.A. (2008) Mechanisms of brain ventricle development. Ph.D. Thesis. :329p

Lowery, L.A., Rubin, J., and Sive, H. (2007) whitesnake/sfpq is required for cell survival and neuronal development in the zebrafish. Developmental Dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists. 236(5):1347-1357

Lowery, L.A., and Sive, H. (2005) Initial formation of zebrafish brain ventricles occurs independently of circulation and requires the nagie oko and snakehead/atp1a1a.1 gene products. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(9):2057-2067

Lowery, L.A., and Sive, H. (2004) Strategies of vertebrate neurulation and a re-evaluation of teleost neural tube formation. Mechanisms of Development. 121(10):1189-1197

NON-ZEBRAFISH PUBLICATIONS
Hardaker LA, Singer E, Kerr R, Zhou G, Schafer WR. Serotonin modulates locomotory behavior and coordinates egg-laying and movement in Caenorhabditis elegans. J Neurobiol. 2001 Dec;49(4):303-13.

Waggoner LE, Hardaker LA, Golik S, Schafer WR. Effect of a neuropeptide gene on behavioral states in Caenorhabditis elegans egg-laying. Genetics. 2000 Mar;154(3):1181-92.