User:Lionel Christiaen

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Lionel Christiaen
Lionel Christiaen
  • Lionel Christiaen
  • Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, 1009 Silver Building, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003-6688, USA
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Education

  • 2005-2009, Post-Doc, Levine lab, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
  • 2004, PhD, Université Paris XI (France)
  • 1999, MS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France)
  • 1997, agrégation Life & Earth Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris XI (France)
  • 1996, BS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France)

Research interests

  1. Gene regulatory networks and transcriptional control of actin dynamics, integrin adhesion, vesicle trafficking and cell polarity
  2. Function and regulation of the cellular processes underlying directed cell migration in development
  3. Quantitative imaging and systems biology

Publications

  1. Christiaen L, Stolfi A, and Levine M. BMP signaling coordinates gene expression and cell migration during precardiac mesoderm development. Dev Biol 2009 Nov 10. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.11.006 pmid:19913008. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper1]
  2. Christiaen L, Stolfi A, Davidson B, and Levine M. Spatio-temporal intersection of Lhx3 and Tbx6 defines the cardiac field through synergistic activation of Mesp. Dev Biol 2009 Apr 15; 328(2) 552-60. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.033 pmid:19389354. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper2]
  3. Christiaen L, Davidson B, Kawashima T, Powell W, Nolla H, Vranizan K, and Levine M. The transcription/migration interface in heart precursors of Ciona intestinalis. Science 2008 Jun 6; 320(5881) 1349-52. doi:10.1126/science.1158170 pmid:18535245. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper3]
    This paper describes the founding study for the research in my lab

  4. Beh J, Shi W, Levine M, Davidson B, and Christiaen L. FoxF is essential for FGF-induced migration of heart progenitor cells in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Development 2007 Sep; 134(18) 3297-305. doi:10.1242/dev.010140 pmid:17720694. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper4]
  5. Christiaen L, Jaszczyszyn Y, Kerfant M, Kano S, Thermes V, and Joly JS. Evolutionary modification of mouth position in deuterostomes. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2007 Aug; 18(4) 502-11. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.06.002 pmid:17656139. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper5]
  6. Davidson B, Shi W, Beh J, Christiaen L, and Levine M. FGF signaling delineates the cardiac progenitor field in the simple chordate, Ciona intestinalis. Genes Dev 2006 Oct 1; 20(19) 2728-38. doi:10.1101/gad.1467706 pmid:17015434. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper6]
  7. Davidson B and Christiaen L. Linking chordate gene networks to cellular behavior in ascidians. Cell 2006 Jan 27; 124(2) 247-50. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.01.013 pmid:16439196. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper7]
  8. Moret F, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Blin M, Joly JS, and Vernier P. The dopamine-synthesizing cells in the swimming larva of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis are located only in the hypothalamus-related domain of the sensory vesicle. Eur J Neurosci 2005 Jun; 21(11) 3043-55. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04147.x pmid:15978015. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper8]
  9. Moret F, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Blin M, Vernier P, and Joly JS. Regulatory gene expressions in the ascidian ventral sensory vesicle: evolutionary relationships with the vertebrate hypothalamus. Dev Biol 2005 Jan 15; 277(2) 567-79. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.11.004 pmid:15617694. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper9]
  10. Christiaen L, Bourrat F, and Joly JS. A modular cis-regulatory system controls isoform-specific pitx expression in ascidian stomodaeum. Dev Biol 2005 Jan 15; 277(2) 557-66. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.10.008 pmid:15617693. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper10]
  11. Tiozzo S, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Manni L, Joly JS, and Burighel P. Embryonic versus blastogenetic development in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: insights from Pitx expression patterns. Dev Dyn 2005 Feb; 232(2) 468-78. doi:10.1002/dvdy.20250 pmid:15614778. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper11]
  12. Hendrickson C, Christiaen L, Deschet K, Jiang D, Joly JS, Legendre L, Nakatani Y, Tresser J, and Smith WC. Culture of adult ascidians and ascidian genetics. Methods Cell Biol 2004; 74 143-70. pmid:15575606. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper12]
  13. Christiaen L, Burighel P, Smith WC, Vernier P, Bourrat F, and Joly JS. Pitx genes in Tunicates provide new molecular insight into the evolutionary origin of pituitary. Gene 2002 Apr 3; 287(1-2) 107-13. pmid:11992728. PubMed HubMed PubGet [Paper13]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed

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