Morphogenesis I

Presentations

• AlphaMorph – A data-driven mechanistic framework to understand and predict morphogenesis

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Xuan Ouyang

    • UC San Diego

  Authors

  • Xuan Ouyang

    • UC San Diego

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• Growth instabilities and margin patterns in an active solid tissue

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Suraj Shankar

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Suraj Shankar

    • University of Michigan

  • Daniel Duffy

    • University of Michigan

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• Mechanical fracturing of the extracellular matrix patterns the vertebrate heart

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.07.641942v1

  Presenters

  • Daniel Santos-Olivan

    • European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Barcelona (EMBL)

  Authors

  • Daniel Santos-Olivan

    • European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Barcelona (EMBL)

  • Christopher Chan Jin Jie

    • The Francis Crick Institute

  • Rashmi Priya

    • The Francis Crick Institute

  • Alejandro Torres Sánchez

    • Univ Politecnica de Catalunya

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• Combinatorial cell signals encode cell fate patterns

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Bassit Fijabi

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Bassit Fijabi

    • University of Michigan

  • Seth Teague

    • University of Michigan

  • Emily Freeburne

    • University of Michigan

  • Hina Khan

    • University of Michigan

  • Craig Johnson

    • University of Michigan

  • David Brückner

    • University of Basel

  • Idse Heemskerk

    • University of Michigan

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• Strain-Mediated Feedback Governs Muscle Alignment in Developing Heart Organoids

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Divyoj Singh

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Divyoj Singh

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Fridtjof Brauns

    • University of California, Santa Barbara
    • Max-Planck-Institut for the Physics of Complex Systems

  • Markus Merk

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Sebastian Streichan

    • University of California Santa Barbara

  • Cristina Marchetti

    • UC Santa Barbara

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• Basic interactions responsible for thymus function explain the convoluted medulla shape

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Publication: D Muramatsu, H Weyer, F Gartner, E Frey (2025). Basic interactions responsible for thymus function explain the convoluted medulla shape, PNAS 122(25), e2415288122.

  Presenters

  • Henrik Weyer

    • Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Henrik Weyer

    • Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara

  • David Muramatsu

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)

  • Florian Manuel Gartner

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)

  • Erwin A Frey

    • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU-Munich)

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• Positional information in dynamic tissues

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Alex M Plum

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Alex M Plum

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Mattia Serra

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Near-critical gene expression in embryonic boundary precision

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Publication: Phys. Rev. E 112, 034410 – Published 15 September, 2025

  Presenters

  • Krishna Prahlaadh Ramachandran

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Krishna Prahlaadh Ramachandran

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Michael P Vennettilli

    • AMOLF
    • University of California, Merced

  • Andrew Mugler

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• Mechanisms driving vertebrate embryonic curvature.

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • DEVIKA GIREESAN SUDHA

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • DEVIKA GIREESAN SUDHA

    • Yale University

  • Scott A Holley

    • Yale University

  • Dörthe Jülich

    • Yale University

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• Cooperative short- and long-range interactions enable robust symmetry breaking and axis formation

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Guoye Guan, Suxuan Wang, T. Glenn Shields, Seong Ho Pahng, Claire Xinyu Shao, Juns Ye, Christoph Budjan, Sahand Hormoz. bioRxiv, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.27.678924.

  Presenters

  • Guoye Guan

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  Authors

  • Guoye Guan

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • Suxuan Wang

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • T. Glenn Shields

    • Harvard University

  • Seong Ho Pahng

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Harvard University

  • Claire Xinyu Shao

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • Juns Ye

    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Boston Latin School

  • Christoph Budjan

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

  • Sahand Hormoz

    • Harvard Medical School & Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

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• Mechanobiological Regulation of Symmetry Breaking During Zebrafish Embryogenesis: Interplay of Myosin Activity, Mechanical Forces, and External Flows

  ORAL

  March 16, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 16, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Rajendra Singh Negi

    • Syracuse University, Bioinspired Institute
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Rajendra Singh Negi

    • Syracuse University, Bioinspired Institute
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
    • Syracuse University

  • Emma M Retzlaff

    • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210

  • Cora Lyon

    • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210

  • Anna M Hinman

    • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University,Syracuse, NY 13210

  • Yiling Lan

    • Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244

  • Osama A Abdel-Razek

    • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210

  • Raj Kumar Manna

    • School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India

  • Heidi Hehnly

    • Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244

  • Jeffrey Amack

    • Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 13210, BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse

  • M Lisa Manning

    • Syracuse University
    • Syracuse University, Bioinspired Institute
    • Department of Physics and BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University
    • Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244,BioInspired Institute, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244

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