This is a course to discuss the latest advance in the field of cell and developmental biology using mice, Xenopus, Drosophila, and C elegans as model organisms.

RhoA GTPase inhibition organizes contraction during epithelial morphogenesis. J Cell Biol. 214, 603-617, 2016.

MRCK-1 Drives Apical Constriction in C. elegans by Linking Developmental Patterning to Force Generation. Current Biology 26, 2079–2089, 2016

Non-centrosomal epidermal microtubules act in parallel to LET-502-ROCK to promote C. elegans elongation. Development.143, 160-73, 2016

Symmetry Breaking in an Edgeless Epithelium by Fat2-Regulated Microtubule Polarity. Cell Reports 15, 1125–1133, 2016

Microtubule-dependent balanced cell contraction and luminal-matrix modification accelerate epithelial tube fusion. Nature Communications 7, Article number: 11141 doi:10.1038/ncomms11141, 2016

Polarized endosome dynamics by spindle asymmetry during asymmetric cell division. Nature. 528, 280-5, 2015.