Research Interests
Jenny is interested in the intersection of membranes and the actin
cytoskeleton and uses the Xenopus embryo as a developmental and
biochemical model for investigations in this area. She has recently
worked on establishing an in vitro reconstitution system using supported
lipid bilayers and Xenopus egg extracts where actin structures
resembling filopodia rise up from the surface of the membrane, in
collaboration with Kwonmoo Lee, a graduate student in the lab.
dancing filopodia
Science paper
She is interested in a range of ways in which membranes influence
the reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton and is investigating the
role of actin regulators in vivo in Xenopus embryos during gastrulation
and also setting up new in vitro reconstitution systems. Jenny will
start her own group at the Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge,
September 2011.
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