Selected recent publications:

• M. von Dassow and L. A. Davidson (2009). Natural variation in embryo mechanics: gastrulation in Xenopus laevis is highly robust to variation in tissue stiffness. Developmental Dynamics 238: 2-18.
• Rozario T, Dzamba B, Weber GF, Davidson LA, DeSimone DW.  The physical state of fibronectin matrix differentially regulates morphogenetic movements in vivo.  Developmental Biology.  2009 Mar 15;327(2):386-98.  Epub 2008 Dec 30.
• Zhou J, Kim HY, Davidson LA.  Actomyosin stiffens the vertebrate embryo during crucial stages of elongation and neural tube closure.  Development.  2009 Feb;136(4):677-88.
• von Dassow M, Davidson LA.  Natural variation in embryo mechanics: gastrulation in Xenopus laevis is highly robust to variation in tissue stiffness.  Developmental Dynamics.  2009 Jan;238(1):2-18.
• Davidson LA, Dzamba BD, Keller R, Desimone DW.  Live imaging of cell protrusive activity, and extracellular matrix assembly and remodeling during morphogenesis in the frog, Xenopus laevis.  Developmental Dynamics.  2008 Oct;237(10):2684-92.
• Davidson LA.  Developmental biology. Apoptosis turbocharges epithelial morphogenesis.  Science.  2008 Sep 19;321(5896):1641-2.
• Davidson LA.  Taming the tiger of tissue aggregation: how epithelia control structural assembly of underlying cells.  Developmental Cell.  2008 Feb;14(2):152-4.
• Koide K, Song F, de Groh ED, Garner AL, Mitchell VD, Davidson LA, Hukriede NA.  Scalable and concise synthesis of dichlorofluorescein derivatives displaying tissue permeation in live zebrafish embryos.  Chembiochem.  2008 Jan 25;9(2):214-8.
• Davidson LA.  Integrating morphogenesis with underlying mechanics and cell biology.  Current Topics in Developmental Biology.  2008;81:113-33.  Review.
• von Dassow M, Davidson LA.  Variation and robustness of the mechanics of gastrulation: the role of tissue mechanical properties during morphogenesis.  Birth Defects Research. Part C, Embryo Today. 2007 Dec;81(4):253-69.  Review.
• Green JB, Davidson LA.  Convergent extension and the hexahedral cell.  Nature Cell Biology.  2007 Sep;9(9):1010-5.
• Benseñor LB, Kan HM, Wang N, Wallrabe H, Davidson LA, Cai Y, Schafer DA, Bloom GS.  IQGAP1 regulates cell motility by linking growth factor signaling to actin assembly.  Journal of Cell Science.  2007 Feb 15;120(Pt 4):658-69.  Epub 2007 Jan 30.
• DeSimone DW, Dzamba B, Davidson LA.  Using Xenopus embryos to investigate integrin function.  Methods in Enzymology.  2007;426:403-14.  Review.
• Davidson LA, Marsden M, Keller R, Desimone DW.  Integrin alpha5beta1 and fibronectin regulate polarized cell protrusions required for Xenopus convergence and extension.  Current Biology.  2006 May 9;16(9):833-44.
• Davidson LA, Keller R, DeSimone DW.  Assembly and remodeling of the fibrillar fibronectin extracellular matrix during gastrulation and neurulation in Xenopus laevis.  Developmental Dynamics.  2004 Dec;231(4):888-95.
• Green JB, Dominguez I, Davidson LA.  Self-organization of vertebrate mesoderm based on simple boundary conditions.  Developmental Dynamics.  2004 Nov;231(3):576-81.
• Davidson LA, Keller R, DeSimone D.  Patterning and tissue movements in a novel explant preparation of the marginal zone of Xenopus laevis.  Gene Expressions Patterns.  2004 Jul;4(4):457-66.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Lance Davidson
Phone: (412) 383-5820
Email: ldavidson@engr.pitt.edu
Website: http://www.engr.pitt.edu/ldavidson/