Lab Overview

Our lab studies the molecular mechanisms that control how progenitors that exist during development differentiate into the broad range of cell types that underpin adult organ function. We integrate single-cell omic approaches with new microscopy and computational tools to understand how genetic changes cause abnormal differentiation in the kidney and model these genetic changes in the renal stem-cell derived organoid with the aim of identifying new treatments for kidney disease.

  • Artificial Kidney Project
  • Whole kidneys grown in culture show how nephrons form
  • Subcellular resolution to progenitor biology
  • Averaged nephron models
  • Surface of embryonic mouse kidney
    Surface of embryonic mouse kidney (2016 Nikon Photomicrography Competition: Image of Distinction)
  • Developing mouse embryonic kidneys (2014 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition: Honorable Mention)
  • Three transgenic kidneys cultured together, showing colliding branching collecting duct systems
    Three transgenic kidneys cultured together, showing colliding branching collecting duct systems (2014 Nikon Photomicrography Competition: 16th Place)
  • Time-lapse: Embryonic mouse kidney development (2013 Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition: Honorable Mention)
  • Complexity of ureteric bud branching and nephron formation (2012 Nikon Small World in Motion: 3rd Place)
  • Deep imaging through the nephron forming niche