Research report 2024 - Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
A new mechanism for shaping animal tissues
Authors
Fuhrmann, Jana F.; Krishna, Abhijeet; Modes, Carl D. ; Dye, Natalie A.
Departments
Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik, Dresden
Arbeitsgruppe Carl D. Modes
Arbeitsgruppe Carl D. Modes
Summary
Our research group is driven by questions and problems where geometry and topology play together in biological and biophysical settings. Together with the Cluster of Excellence at the TU Dresden, we found a mechanism by which tissues can be “programmed” to transition from a flat to a complex three-dimensional shape. To accomplish this, we looked at the wing development of the fruit fly Drosophila.