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Nathan Lawson, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Associate Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Program in Gene Function and Expression
   Program in Molecular Medicine

Other Affiliation(s):
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program

   

Recent Publications

Parsons, M. J., Pisharath, H., Yusuff, S., Moore, J. C., Siekmann, A. F., Lawson, N. and Leach, S. D. (2009) Notch-responsive cells initiate the secondary transition in larval zebrafish pancreas. Mech. Dev., 126: 898-912.

Siekmann, A. F., Standley, C., Fogarty, K. E., Wolfe, S. A. and Lawson, N. D. (2009) Chemokine signaling guides regional patterning of the first embryonic artery. Genes Dev., 23: 2272-2277.

Covassin, L. D., Siekmann, A. F., Kacergis, M. C., Laver, E., Moore, J. C., Villefranc, J. A., Weinstein, B. M. and Lawson, N. D. (2009) A genetic screen for vascular mutants in zebrafish reveals dynamic roles for Vegf/Plcg1 signaling during artery development. Dev. Biol., 329: 212-226. 

Meng, X., Noyes, M. B., Zhu, L. J., Lawson, N. D. and Wolfe, S. A. (2008) Targeted gene inactivation in zebrafish using engineered zinc-finger nucleases. Nat. Biotechnol., 26: 695-701. 

Villefranc, J. A., Amigo, J. and Lawson, N. D.  (2007) Gateway compatible vectors for analysis of gene function in the zebrafish. Dev. Dyn., 236: 3077-3087.

Siekmann, A. F. and Lawson, N. D. (2007) Notch signalling limits angiogenic cell behaviour in developing zebrafish arteries.  Nature, 445: 781-784.

Covassin, L., Amigo, J. D., Suzuki, K., Teplyuk, V., Staubhaar, J., and Lawson, N. D. (2006) Global analysis of hematopoietic and vascular endothelial gene expression by tissue specific microarray profiling in zebrafish. Dev. Biol., 299: 551-562.

Covassin, L. D., Villefranc, J. A., Kacergis, M.C., Weinstein, B. M., and Lawson, N. D. (2006) Distinct genetic interactions between multiple Vegf receptors are required for development of different blood vessel types in zebrafish. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 103: 6554-6559.

Huang, C. C., Lawson, N. D., Weinstein, B. M., and Johnson, S. L. (2003) reg6 is required for branching morphogenesis during blood vessel regeneration in zebrafish caudal fins. Developmental Biology, 264: 263-274.

Isogai, S., Lawson, N. D., Torrealday, S., Horiguchi, M., and Weinstein, B. M. (2003) Angiogenic network formation in the developing vertebrate trunk. Development, 130: 5281-5290.

Lawson, N. D., Mugford, J. W., Diamond, B. A., and Weinstein, B. M. (2003) phospholipase C gamma-1 is required downstream of vascular endothelial growth factor during arterial development. Genes and Development, 17:1346-1351.

Lawson, N. D. and Weinstein, B. M. (2002) Arteries and veins: making a difference with zebrafish. Nature Reviews Genetics, 3:674-682

Weinstein, B. M., and Lawson, N. D. (2002) Arteries, veins, Notch, and VEGF. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol, 67: 155-162.

Lawson, N. D., Vogel, A., and Weinstein, B.M. (2002) sonic hedgehog and vascular endothelial growth factor act upstream of the Notch signaling pathway during arterial differentiation. Developmental Cell, 3:127-136.

Lawson, N. D., and Weinstein, B. M. (2002) In vivo imaging of vascular development using transgenic zebrafish. Developmental Biology, 248:307-318.

Roman, B. L., Pham, V. N., Lawson, N. D. et al. (2002) Disruption of acvrl1 increases endothelial cell number in zebrafish cranial vessels. Development, 129:3009-3019.

Lyons, S., Lawson, N. D., Li, L., Bennett, Jr., P., Weinstein, B. M., and Liu, P. P. (2002) A nonsense mutation in zebrafish gata1 causes the bloodless phenotype in vlad tepes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99: 5454-5459.

Lawson, N. D., Scheer, N., Pham, V., Kim, C-H., Campos-Ortega, J. A., Chitnis, A. B., and Weinstein, B. M. (2001) Notch signaling is required for arterial-venous differentiation during embryonic vascular development. Development, 128: 3675-3683.

Office: 617
Phone: 508-856-1177
E-mail: Nathan.Lawson@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Signal Transduction, Developmental Biology

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