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* 2004, PhD, Université Paris XI (France) | * 2004, PhD, Université Paris XI (France) | ||
* 1999, MS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France) | * 1999, MS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France) | ||
* 1997, BS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France) | * 1997, ''agrégation'' Life & Earth Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris XI (France) | ||
* 1996, BS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France) | |||
==Research interests== | ==Research interests== |
Revision as of 12:01, 8 July 2009
Contact Info
- Lionel Christiaen
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New York University
(current: Levine lab, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley)
- current address: 142 LSA, MCB Dept, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720-3200, USA
- prospective address (september 2009): Department of Biology, New York University, 1009 Silver Building, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003-6688, USA
- New York, NY, USA. (currently at University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA)
- Email me through OpenWetWare
Education
- 2004, PhD, Université Paris XI (France)
- 1999, MS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France)
- 1997, agrégation Life & Earth Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris XI (France)
- 1996, BS, Ecole Normale Supérieure/Université Paris VI (France)
Research interests
- Gene regulatory networks and transcriptional control of actin dynamics, integrin adhesion, vesicle trafficking and cell polarity
- Function and regulation of the cellular processes underlying directed cell migration in development
- Quantitative imaging and systems biology
Publications
- Christiaen L, Stolfi A, Davidson B, and Levine M. Spatio-temporal intersection of Lhx3 and Tbx6 defines the cardiac field through synergistic activation of Mesp. Dev Biol. 2009 Apr 15;328(2):552-60. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.033 |
- Christiaen L, Davidson B, Kawashima T, Powell W, Nolla H, Vranizan K, and Levine M. The transcription/migration interface in heart precursors of Ciona intestinalis. Science. 2008 Jun 6;320(5881):1349-52. DOI:10.1126/science.1158170 |
This paper describes the founding study for the research in my lab
- Beh J, Shi W, Levine M, Davidson B, and Christiaen L. FoxF is essential for FGF-induced migration of heart progenitor cells in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Development. 2007 Sep;134(18):3297-305. DOI:10.1242/dev.010140 |
- Christiaen L, Jaszczyszyn Y, Kerfant M, Kano S, Thermes V, and Joly JS. Evolutionary modification of mouth position in deuterostomes. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2007 Aug;18(4):502-11. DOI:10.1016/j.semcdb.2007.06.002 |
Invited review, mostly resulting my previous Ph.D. thesis work
- Davidson B, Shi W, Beh J, Christiaen L, and Levine M. FGF signaling delineates the cardiac progenitor field in the simple chordate, Ciona intestinalis. Genes Dev. 2006 Oct 1;20(19):2728-38. DOI:10.1101/gad.1467706 |
- Davidson B and Christiaen L. Linking chordate gene networks to cellular behavior in ascidians. Cell. 2006 Jan 27;124(2):247-50. DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2006.01.013 |
Short review outlying the advantages of Ciona embryos for studying gene regulatory networks and developmental cell behaviors.
- Moret F, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Blin M, Joly JS, and Vernier P. The dopamine-synthesizing cells in the swimming larva of the tunicate Ciona intestinalis are located only in the hypothalamus-related domain of the sensory vesicle. Eur J Neurosci. 2005 Jun;21(11):3043-55. DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04147.x |
- Moret F, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Blin M, Vernier P, and Joly JS. Regulatory gene expressions in the ascidian ventral sensory vesicle: evolutionary relationships with the vertebrate hypothalamus. Dev Biol. 2005 Jan 15;277(2):567-79. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.11.004 |
- Christiaen L, Bourrat F, and Joly JS. A modular cis-regulatory system controls isoform-specific pitx expression in ascidian stomodaeum. Dev Biol. 2005 Jan 15;277(2):557-66. DOI:10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.10.008 |
- Tiozzo S, Christiaen L, Deyts C, Manni L, Joly JS, and Burighel P. Embryonic versus blastogenetic development in the compound ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: insights from Pitx expression patterns. Dev Dyn. 2005 Feb;232(2):468-78. DOI:10.1002/dvdy.20250 |
- Hendrickson C, Christiaen L, Deschet K, Jiang D, Joly JS, Legendre L, Nakatani Y, Tresser J, and Smith WC. Culture of adult ascidians and ascidian genetics. Methods Cell Biol. 2004;74:143-70. DOI:10.1016/s0091-679x(04)74007-8 |
- Christiaen L, Burighel P, Smith WC, Vernier P, Bourrat F, and Joly JS. Pitx genes in Tunicates provide new molecular insight into the evolutionary origin of pituitary. Gene. 2002 Apr 3;287(1-2):107-13. DOI:10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00865-4 |