A study from the Saunders lab uncovers how random cell fusion events during muscle development are regulated at the tissue level to ensure correct patterning of the muscle architecture. Learn more

A collaborative study from the Saunders Lab and the Martin-Blanco Lab at the Molecular Biology Institute Barcelona, Spain, demonstrates how the contraction of a Drosophila's ventral nerve cord during development is oscillatory and driven by the combined contractile efforts of individual cells. Learn more

A collaborative study from the Saunders Lab and the Telley Lab at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal, demonstrates how mechanical repulsive forces lead to precise arrangement of nuclei during development Learn more

A recent study led by Dr. Shaobo Zhang and MBI Principal Investigator Associate Professor Timothy Saunders describes how periodic filopodial retraction caused by the contractile activity of transient Myosin II clusters at the cell leading edge ensures precise matching between primitive heart cells during heart development in Drosophila embryos. Learn more

A collaboration between scientists from MBI and the Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria has revealed how Rab proteins act as molecular switches inside the cell to regulate signalling during intracellular trafficking. Learn more

By investigating how chevron patterns form in embryonic fish muscle, a team from the Saunders Lab has revealed how physical forces are essential for correct formation of complex organ shapes. Learn more

Both when and where matter

How epithelial cells arrange in curved environments

Shedding light on the importance of time in embryo development