Publications – Goentoro Lab

Signaling pathways as linear transmitters

goentoro — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 14:54:24 +0000

The Jellyfish Cassiopea Exhibits a Sleep-like State

goentoro — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 19:29:13 +0000

Press Release:

Caltech. The Surprising, Ancient Behavior of Jellyfish. By Lori Dajose.

Two-Element Transcriptional Regulation in the Canonical Wnt Pathway.

goentoro — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 20:48:21 +0000

Sensing relative signal in the Tgf-β/Smad pathway

goentoro — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 19:36:42 +0000

Press release:
Caltech. Cells Calculate Ratios to Control Gene Expression. By Lori Dajose.

F1000 Prime. Recommended by Tamara Alliston, UCSF; and Bas Teusink, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Cross-hierarchy systems principle

goentoro — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:06:52 +0000

An invited perspective for the inaugural issue of Current Opinion in Systems Biology. See a wonderful introduction by Arnold Levine to commence the issue The Future of Systems Biology.

Allosteric proteins as logarithmic sensors

goentoro — Mon, 01 May 2017 22:21:06 +0000

See an invited blurb we wrote in Cell Systems. Principles of Systems Biology No. 8. How do cells compute logarithm?

Symmetrization in jellyfish: reorganization to regain function, and not lost parts

goentoro — Sun, 05 Jun 2016 17:15:32 +0000

An invited Perspective.

Self-repairing symmetry in jellyfish through mechanical reorganization

goentoro — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:11:58 +0000

See some news on our work

Caltech. Injured jellyfish seek to regain symmetry. By Jessica Stoller-Conrad. And the movie: Self-repair in jellyfish.
NPR. Instead of replacing missing body parts, moon jellies recycle. By Nell Greenfielboyce.
National Geographic. The surprising way jellyfish put themselves back together. By Carrie Arnold.
New York Times. A Jellyfish that quickly puts itself back together. By Sindya Bhanoo.

Fold-change detection and scalar symmetry of sensory input ﬁelds

goentoro — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:48:27 +0000

Evidence that fold change, not absolute level, of b-catenin dictates Wnt signalling

goentoro — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:40:04 +0000

See commentaries on our work:
Signaling motifs and Weber’s Law, James E. Ferrell, Molecular Cell 36 (5), 724-727, 2009
It’s All Relative, Nancy R. Gough, Science Signaling 2 (101), ec397, 2009
Signalling: Sensing a change, Tanita Casci, Nature Reviews Genetics 11, 92-93, 2010

The incoherent feedforward loop can provide fold-change detection in gene regulation

goentoro — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 02:05:12 +0000

Quantifying the Gurken Morphogen Gradient in Drosophila Oogenesis

goentoro — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:55:50 +0000

Quantitative analysis of the GAL4/UAS system in Drosophila oogenesis

goentoro — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 21:48:34 +0000