Maksim V. Plikus

Sep 17, 2024 | nature.com | Suoqin Jin |Maksim V. Plikus |Qing Nie

AbstractRecent advances in single-cell sequencing technologies offer an opportunity to explore cell–cell communication in tissues systematically and with reduced bias. A key challenge is integrating known molecular interactions and measurements into a framework to identify and analyze complex cell–cell communication networks.

Apr 24, 2024 | nature.com | Jorge Moreno |Olga Dudchenko |Charles Y. Feigin |Sarah A. Mereby |Zhuoxin Chen |Raul Ramos | +7 more

AbstractPhenotypic variation among species is a product of evolutionary changes to developmental programs1,2. However, how these changes generate novel morphological traits remains largely unclear. Here we studied the genomic and developmental basis of the mammalian gliding membrane, or patagium—an adaptative trait that has repeatedly evolved in different lineages, including in closely related marsupial species.

Mar 6, 2024 | nature.com | Maksim V. Plikus

NEWS AND VIEWS 06 March 2024 The discovery of 285-million-year-old fossils of intricately patterned animal scales indicates that evolutionary tinkering of armoured skin started at the dawn of life on dry land as aquatic vertebrates adapted for terrestrial survival. What type of skin did early land-dwelling vertebrates have? Writing in Current Biology, Mooney et al.1 present fossil evidence that sheds light on this.

Nov 5, 2023 | biorxiv.org | Suoqin Jin |Maksim V. Plikus |Qing Nie

AbstractRecent advances in single-cell sequencing technologies offer an opportunity to explore cell-cell communication in tissues systematically and with reduced bias. A key challenge is the integration between known molecular interactions and measurements into a framework to identify and analyze complex cell-cell communication networks.