Online PDF version of our new paper, "Coordination of cell cycle and morphogenesis during organ formation", is out eLife - the journal! Congrats to the first author Jeffrey Matthew Jeffrey and all the other authors Vishakha Vishwakarma Thao Le & undergrad Ryan! elifesciences.org/articles/95830

Excited for #TAGC24 — please check out Jeffrey's Jeffrey poster (1025T) and mine (1124F; on behalf of Luke, who couldn't make it)!

Congratulations to all of the GSA Awards winners! Genetics Society of America #TAGC24

Fly Bayou groups at #TAGC24 Genetics Society of America! Great to have a virtual meeting every month, but even better to meet in person! DengLab Wan Hee Yoon Guangxia.Miao

Thank you for the honorable mention for grad student Jeffrey Jeffrey's poster at #TAGC24 Genetics Society of America. So excited and proud of him!

Huge congrats to exceptional undergrad Jared Rodrigue on his successful Honors Thesis defense LSU Department of Biological Sciences LSU College of Science Ogden Honors College! A privilege to mentor him for the past two years, watching him grow as a scientist. Excited for his PhD journey at Brown University. So proud!!

One of the best parts of my job is mentoring talented students like Jared and helping them take the next step in their careers. I'm excited to see what the future holds for Jared as he pursues his PhD in neuroscience Brown University after graduation LSU LSU Department of Biological Sciences.

Very impressed with the exciting research being presented at the 2024 LSU Graduate Research Conference LSU Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School LSU Research! Excited for the Chung lab students Jeffrey Matthew Jeffrey and Luke Woodward to be a part of it!

Last day for Vishakha Vishwakarma. She was brave enough to join my brand new lab as the 1st student 6 yrs ago and has been a dream student for a PI. She is starting a new adventure as postdoc in the Weinstein lab at NIH to study zebrafish/cavefish development. Wish her all the best!

Latest work from the lab! dr anna MRC-LMB Cell Biology generated a single cell atlas of tube morphogenesis of the Drosophila salivary gland. Unexpectedly we found that some things need to be switched off to allow tube formation to happen! Read all here biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Huge congrats to exceptional sudent Jared on graduating with college honors Ogden Honors College and receiving the Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher medal @LSUDiscover. It was a privilege to mentor him on his Honors Thesis. Wishing him all the best as he embarks on his PhD journey.

🐠 Abdul Ada, a dedicated PhD student, is returning to Mozambique to inspire teens on Inhaca Island with a climate change workshop! ✈️ Learn how his journey comes full circle as he empowers the next generation. 🔗lsu.edu/science/biosci…

Came back from my first in-person Crete meeting! The intense week was packed with inspiration & energy. Huge thanks to the organizers and the amazing fly scientists!

It’s a wrap!! Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Single Cell Analysis Course 2024 has come to an end! Thanks to 10x Genomics and Curio Bioscience for generously supporting us. Students are extremely pleased with how the techs worked, and the data is excellent. I look forward to working with you again in 2025! 🫶

I am speaking at SDB 83rd Annual Meeting. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #2024SDB

Organization of the apical extracellular matrix during tubular organ formation biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_devbio

New preprint from the lab! Please check out the excellent work by former undergrad Luke Woodward and grad student Jeffrey Matthew Jeffrey revealing the critical role of sulfation in organizing ZP domain protein-containing apical ECM during organ formation. LSU Research

Huge congrats to my student Jeffrey Jeffrey on defending his Ph.D! It's been a true joy to mentor him & see him grow as a scientist. So proud of his accomplishments & excited to see what's next for him! LSU College of Science @ls

Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Matthew Jeffrey! Jeffrey is one of the most talented, dedicated, and kindest people I've ever known, and it's been my privilege to mentor him. He will start his postdoct in regeneration at the Rompolas lab at UPenn. Geaux Jeffrey!

Also congratulations to our talented undergraduates, Maggie Wheat (summa cum laude) and Cailyn Lee (college honors) on their graduation! Can't wait to see what the future holds for them.