Mounia Lagha
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Mounia Lagha
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Developmental biologist working at CNRS/IGMM/University of Montpellier, interested by gene regulation in drosophila embryos. we use quantitative imaging to monitor mRNA lifecycle.
Reposted by Mounia Lagha
We had #four interdisciplinary teams, integrating dev-bio, evolution, tissue mechanics, and biophysical modeling, all going full throttle to understand the #CF. Still, it took more than 7 years to publish two papers back-to-back (10/12)

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Patterned invagination prevents mechanical instability during gastrulation - Nature
In Drosophila, the cephalic furrow counteracts mechanical stress as the developing head and the trunk tissues meet, providing evidence for how mechanical forces influence the evolution of morphog...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM