Publications:
2009
L. A. Davidson, S. D. Joshi, H. Y. Kim, M. von Dassow, L. Zhang, and J. Zhou (in press). Emergent morphogenesis: elastic mechanics of a self-deforming tissue. (pubmed - soon).
S. D. Joshi*, M. von Dassow*, and L. A. Davidson (2009). Experimental control of excitable embryonic tissues: three stimuli induce rapid epithelial contraction. Experimental Cell Research. (* equal contributions) (pubmed).
L. A. Davidson, M. von Dassow, and J. Zhou (2009). Multi-scale mechanics from molecules to morphogenesis. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. (pubmed)
J. Zhou, H. Y. Kim, and L. A. Davidson (2009). Actomyosin stiffens the vertebrate embryo during critical stages of elongation and neural tube closure. Development 136: 677-688. (article featured by Thomas Lecuit in Faculty of 1000 and rated 6.0, a "Must Read") (pubmed)
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. (article featured in May 2009 Dev. Dyn. "Highlights" section) (pubmed)
T. Rozario, B. Dzamba, G. F. Weber, L. A. Davidson, and D. W. DeSimone (2009) The physical state of fibronectin matrix differentially regulates morphogenetic movements in vivo. Developmental Biology 327:386-98. (pubmed)
2008
L. A. Davidson (2008). Apoptosis turbocharges epithelial morphogenesis. Science, 321:1641-1642. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, B. D. Dzamba, R. Keller, and D. W. DeSimone (2008). Live imaging of cell protrusive activity, and extracellular matrix assembly and remodeling during morphogenesis in the frog, Xenopus laevis. Developmental Dynamics 237: 2684-2692. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson (2008). Taming the tiger of tissue aggregation: How epithelia control structural assembly of underlying cells. Developmental Cell 14: 152-154. (pubmed)
M. von Dassow and L. A. Davidson (2008). Variation and robustness of the mechanics of gastrulation: the role of tissue mechanical properties during morphogenesis. Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today. 81: 253-269. (pubmed)
K. Koide, F. Song, E.D. de Groh, A.L. Garner, V.D. Mitchell, L.A. Davidson, and N.A. Hukriede (2008) Scalable and concise synthesis of water-soluble dichlorofluorescein derivatives displaying tissue permeability in live zebrafish embryos. ChemBioChem 9:214-8. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson (2008). Integrating morphogenesis with underlying mechanics and cell biology. Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 81:113-33. (pubmed)
2007
J. B. A. Green and L. A. Davidson (2007). Convergent extension and the hexahedral cell. Nature Cell Biology, 9:1010-1015. (paper featured in editorial commentary p.983 of same issue). (pubmed)
D. W. DeSimone, B. Dzamba, and L. A. Davidson (2007). Using Xenopus embryos to investigate integrin function. Chapter in Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 426. (ed. by David Cheresh) (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson and R. E. Keller (2007). Measuring mechanical properties of embryos and embryonic tissues. Chapter in Methods in Cell Biology: Cell Mechanics vol. 83 (ed. by Y.-L. Wang and D. E. Discher) (pubmed)
L. B. Benseñor, H.-M. Kan, N. Wang, H. Wallrabe, L. A. Davidson, Y. Cai, D. A. Schafer, and G. S. Bloom (2007). IQGAP1 Regulates Cell Motility by Linking Growth Factor Signaling to Actin Assembly. Journal of Cell Science, 120: 658-669. (pubmed)
2006
J. Stubbs, L. Davidson, R. Keller, and C. Kintner (2006). Radial intercalation of ciliated cells during Xenopus skin development. Development, 133: 2507-15 (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, M. Marsden, R. Keller, and D.W. DeSimone (2006). Integrin a5b1 and fibronectin regulate polarized cell protrusions required for Xenopus convergence and extension. Current Biology, 16: 833-844. (pubmed)
2005
T. Goto*, L. A. Davidson*, and R. E. Keller (2005). Planar cell polarity genes regulate polarized extracellular matrix deposition during frog gastrulation. Current Biology, 15: 787-793. (* equal contributions) (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson and J. B. Wallingford (2005). Visualizing morphogenesis in the frog embryo. Chapter in Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: a Laboratory Manual. (ed. by R. Yuste and A. Konnerth), 2003, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, NY.
D. W. DeSimone, L. A. Davidson, M. Marsden, and D. Alfandari (2005) The Xenopus embryo as a model system for studies of cell migration. Chapter in Methods in Molecular Biology: Cell Migration in Development. (ed. by Jun Lin Guan), Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. (pubmed)
2004
L. A. Davidson, R. Keller, and D. W. DeSimone (2004). Assembly and remodeling of fibrillar fibronectin extracellular matrix during gastrulation and neurulation in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Dynamics, 231: 888-95. (pubmed)
M. C. Lane, L. A. Davidson, and M. D. Sheets (2004). BMP antagonists from Spemann's organizer rostralize dorsal mesoderm. Developmental Biology, 275: 356-374. (pubmed)
J. B. A. Green, I. Dominguez, and L. A. Davidson (2004). Self-organization of vertebrate mesoderm based on simple boundary conditions. Developmental Dynamics, 231: 576-81. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, R. Keller, and D. W. DeSimone (2004). Patterning and tissue movements in a novel explant of the marginal zone of Xenopus laevis. Gene Expression Patterns in Mechanisms of Development, 4: 457-466. (pubmed)
D. Longo, S. M. Peirce, T. C. Skalak, L. A. Davidson, M. Marsden, B. Dzamba, and D. W. DeSimone (2004). Multicellular computer simulation of morphogenesis: blastocoel roof thinning and matrix assembly in Xenopus laevis. Developmental Biology, 271: 210-222. (pubmed)
R. Keller and L. A. Davidson (2004) Cell Movements. Chapter in Gastrulation: from Cells to Embryo (ed. C. Stern), 2004 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, NY.
R. Keller and L. A. Davidson. (2004). Cell crawling, cell behavior and biomechanics during convergence and extension. Chapter in Cell Motility: From Molecules to Organisms. (ed. A. Ridley, P. Clark, and M. Peckham), John Wiley & Sons.
2003
R. Keller, L. A. Davidson, and D. R. Shook (2003). How we are shaped: the biomechanics of gastrulation. Differentiation, 71: 171-205. (pubmed)
2002
L. A. Davidson, R. E. Keller, and D.W. DeSimone (2002). Mesendoderm extension and mantle closure in Xenopus laevis gastrulation: combined roles for integrin a5b1, fibronectin and tissue geometry. Developmental Biology, 242: 109-129 (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, M. Ezin, and R. E. Keller (2002). Wound healing by apical contraction and ingression in early Xenopus leavis embryos. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, 53: 163- 176. (pubmed)
S. George, D. Evans, L. A. Davidson (2002). A biologically inspired programming model for self-healing systems. Paper contributed to Association for Computing Machinery - Workshop on Self-Healing Systems 2002, Charleston, SC. p. 102-104.
Older Papers
L. A. Davidson and R. E. Keller (2001). Basics of a Light Microscopy Imaging System and its Application in Biology. Chapter in Methods in Cellular Imaging (ed. A. Periasami; American Physiological Society Book Series), Oxford University Press.
R. Keller, L. A. Davidson, A. Edlund, T. Elul, M. Ezin, D. Shook, and P. Skoglund (2000). Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation. Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 355:897-922. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, R. E. Keller (1999). Neural tube closure in Xenopus leavis involves medial migration, directed protrusive activity, cell intercalation, and convergent extension. Development 126: 4547-4556. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, G.F. Oster, R. E. Keller, and M.A.R. Koehl (1999). Measurements of mechanical properties of the blastula wall reveal which hypothesized mechanisms of primary invagination are physically plausible in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. Developmental Biology, 209: 221-238. (pubmed)
L. A. Davidson, M.A.R. Koehl, R. E. Keller, and G.F. Oster (1995). How do sea urchins gastrulate? Using biomechanics to distinguish between mechanisms of primary invagination. Development, 121(7): 2005-2018. (pubmed)