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Heather Marlow

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentOrganismal Biology and Anatomy
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany12/2015
    The University of Hawaii, Manoa, HawaiiPh.D04/2010Zoology
    Boston University, Boston, MassachusettsB.A.05/2004Biology

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    1. Plessier F, Marlow H. Cellular and transcriptional trajectories of neural fate specification in sea anemone uncover two modes of adult neurogenesis. Nat Commun. 2026 Feb 10; 17(1). PMID: 41667466; PMCID: PMC13003132.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    2. Sebé-Pedrós A, Tanay A, Lawniczak MKN, Arendt D, Aerts S, Archibald J, Arnone MI, Blaxter M, Cleves P, Coelho SM, Dias M, Dunn C, Elek A, Frazer J, Gabaldón T, Gillis J, Grau-Bové X, Guigó R, Hobert O, Huerta-Cepas J, Irimia M, Klein A, Lewin H, Lowe CJ, Marlow H, Musser JM, Nagy LG, Najle SR, Pachter L, Paez S, Papatheodorou I, Passalacqua MJ, Rajewsky N, Rhee SY, Richards TA, Sauka-Spengler T, Saunders LM, Seuntjens E, Solana J, Song Y, Technau U, Wang B, Biodiversity Cell Atlas meeting participants. The Biodiversity Cell Atlas: mapping the tree of life at cellular resolution. Nature. 2025 09; 645(8082):877-885. PMID: 40993253.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    3. Hehmeyer J, Plessier F, Marlow H. Adaptive Cellular Radiations and the Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Animal Nervous System Diversification. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2024 10; 40(1):407-425. PMID: 39052757.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    4. Sarkies P, Schiffer PH, Natsidis P, Leite DJ, Robertson HE, Lapraz F, Marlétaz F, Fromm B, Baudry L, Simpson F, Høye E, Zakrzewski AC, Kapli P, Hoff KJ, Müller S, Marbouty M, Marlow H, Copley RR, Koszul R, Telford MJ. Insights into early animal evolution from the genome of the xenacoelomorph worm Xenoturbella bocki. Elife. 2024 Aug 07; 13. PMID: 39109482; PMCID: PMC11521371.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    5. Robertson HE, Sebé-Pedrós A, Saudemont B, Loe-Mie Y, Zakrzewski AC, Grau-Bové X, Mailhe MP, Schiffer P, Telford MJ, Marlow H. Single cell atlas of Xenoturbella bocki highlights limited cell-type complexity. Nat Commun. 2024 Mar 19; 15(1):2469. PMID: 38503762; PMCID: PMC10951248.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    6. Hehmeyer J, Spitz F, Marlow H. Shifting landscapes: the role of 3D genomic organizations in gene regulatory strategies. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2023 08; 81:102064. PMID: 37390583; PMCID: PMC10547022.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    7. Chomsky E, Saudemont B, Loe-Mie Y, Schmutz S, Novault S, Marlow H, Tanay A, Bastide S, Spitz F. TATTOO-seq delineates spatial and cell type-specific regulatory programs in the developing limb. Sci Adv. 2022 Dec 14; 8(50):eadd0695. PMID: 36516250; PMCID: PMC9750149.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    8. Plessier F, Schmutz S, Novault S, Marlow H. Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis in the Regenerating Cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. Methods Mol Biol. 2022; 2450:565-581. PMID: 35359329; PMCID: PMC9761532.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    9. Saudemont B, Chomsky E, Renno J, Loe-Mie Y, Lifshitz A, Mukamel Z, Schmutz S, Novault S, Tanay A, Marlow H, Sebé-Pedrós A, Plessier F, Mailhé MP, Steinmetz PRH, Spitz F. Cnidarian Cell Type Diversity and Regulation Revealed by Whole-Organism Single-Cell RNA-Seq. Cell. 2018 05 31; 173(6):1520-1534.e20. PMID: 29856957.
      Citations: 180     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. Arendt D, Tosches MA, Marlow H. From nerve net to nerve ring, nerve cord and brain--evolution of the nervous system. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2016 Jan; 17(1):61-72. PMID: 26675821.
      Citations: 94     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Marlow H, Matus DQ, Martindale MQ. Ectopic activation of the canonical wnt signaling pathway affects ectodermal patterning along the primary axis during larval development in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis. Dev Biol. 2013 Aug 15; 380(2):324-34. PMID: 23722001; PMCID: PMC4792810.
      Citations: 38     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    12. Marlow H, Roettinger E, Boekhout M, Martindale MQ. Functional roles of Notch signaling in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis. Dev Biol. 2012 Feb 15; 362(2):295-308. PMID: 22155407; PMCID: PMC3771581.
      Citations: 51     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. Tamulonis C, Postma M, Marlow HQ, Magie CR, de Jong J, Kaandorp J. A cell-based model of Nematostella vectensis gastrulation including bottle cell formation, invagination and zippering. Dev Biol. 2011 Mar 01; 351(1):217-28. PMID: 20977902.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    14. Marlow HQ, Srivastava M, Matus DQ, Rokhsar D, Martindale MQ. Anatomy and development of the nervous system of Nematostella vectensis, an anthozoan cnidarian. Dev Neurobiol. 2009 Mar; 69(4):235-54. PMID: 19170043.
      Citations: 106     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    15. Lee PN, Kumburegama S, Marlow HQ, Martindale MQ, Wikramanayake AH. Asymmetric developmental potential along the animal-vegetal axis in the anthozoan cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis, is mediated by Dishevelled. Dev Biol. 2007 Oct 01; 310(1):169-86. PMID: 17716645.
      Citations: 51     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    16. Matus DQ, Pang K, Marlow H, Dunn CW, Thomsen GH, Martindale MQ. Molecular evidence for deep evolutionary roots of bilaterality in animal development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Jul 25; 103(30):11195-200. PMID: 16837574; PMCID: PMC1544064.
      Citations: 71     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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