Morris Lab contributes to paper published in Developmental Cell

The Morris Lab contributed to a new paper published in Developmental Cell, “Localized EMT reprograms glial progenitors to promote spinal cord repair.” Dana Klatt Shaw, PhD, a postdoc in the Mokalled Lab at Washington University School of Medicine, is lead...

Samantha Morris publishes a new perspective piece in Cell Stem Cell

Samantha Morris, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine, recently collaborated on a perspective piece published in Cell Stem Cell, “Computational Stem Cell Biology: Open Questions and Guiding...

Morris Lab publishes new paper in eLife

The Morris Lab and the Solnica-Krezel Lab published a new paper in eLife, “High-resolution transcriptional and morphogenetic profiling of cells from micropatterned human ESC gastruloid cultures.” Kyaw Thu Minn, a graduate student in the Solnica-Krezel Lab,...

Morris Lab has new review published in Developmental Cell

The Morris Lab has a new review published in Developmental Cell, “Next-Generation Lineage Tracing and Fate Mapping to Interrogate Development.” It discusses the history of these disciplines and how single-cell genomic technologies are enabling the...

Dr. Samantha Morris named 2020 NYSCF – Robertson Investigator

Samantha Morris, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was recently named a 2020 NYSCF-Roberston Investigator. The NYSCF Investigator Program encourages promising early career...

Mitra Lab publishes paper in Cell

The Mitra Lab recently published a paper in Cell, “Self-Reporting Transposons Enable Simultaneous Readout of Gene Expression and Transcription Factor Binding in Single Cell.” Arnav Moudgil, a graduate student in the Mitra Lab, is first author on the paper....

Morris Lab graduate student awarded fellowship in NSF GRFP

Christy Hoffmann, a graduate student in the Morris Lab, was recently awarded a fellowship the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. The program “recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science,...

Samantha Morris joins Development as associate editor

Samantha Morris, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology at Washington University in St. Louis, and Allen Distinguished Investigator, recently joined Development as an associate editor. Morris’s appointment comes as the journal responds to...

Morris Lab has two new preprints

The Morris Lab has two new preprints: The first, “Capybara: A computational tool to measure cell identity and fate transitions,” includes first author Wenjun Kong, a graduate student in the lab; Yuheng Fu, an undergraduate student in the lab; and Samantha...

Samantha Morris named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow

Samantha Morris, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine, was named a 2020 Sloan Research Fellow. The fellowship honors scholars in the U.S. and Canada “whose creativity, leadership, and independent...

Morris Lab has new preprint with Solnica-Krezel Lab

The Morris Lab has a new preprint with the Solnica-Krezel Lab, “High-resolution transcriptional and morphogenetic profiling of cells from micropatterned human embryonic stem cell gastruloid cultures.” Read more about the preprint and the authors...

Samantha Morris named Allen Distinguished Investigator

Samantha A. Morris, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was recently named an Allen Distinguished Investigator by The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group of the Allen Institute. Morris,...

Morris Lab publishes paper on CellTag Indexing

The Morris Lab published a paper recently in Genome Biology. The paper, “CellTag Indexing: genetic barcode-based sample multiplexing for single-cell genomics,” presents “CellTag Indexing as a broadly applicable genetic multiplexing tool that is...

Morris Lab updates preprint on CellTag-based multiplexing

The Morris Lab has updated their preprint on CellTag-based multiplexing. In the updated preprint, the lab now shows the advantage of a “living label” for tracking cells in an in vivo competitive transplant setting. Lab members found that their transplanted...