Bio

Dr. Brooks performed his graduate work with Dr. John Wallingford at the University of Texas. There, he studied the mechanisms that control the formation and maintenance cilia, which act as critical signaling and fluid propulsion organelles across eukaryotes. He did his postdoctoral work with Dr. Jennifer Zallen at the Sloan Kettering Institute, where he began studying the mechanisms of cranial neural tube closure, a critical early step in the formation of the brain.

 

Area(s) of Expertise

Genetics
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Quantitative Image Analysis

Publications

• Genetically engineered ESC-derived embryos reveal Vinculin-dependent force responses required for mammalian neural tube closure , eLife (2026)
• Genetically engineered ESC-derived embryos reveal Vinculin-dependent force responses required for mammalian neural tube closure , eLife (2026)
• Quantitative Analysis of Cell and Tissue Shape During Mouse Cranial Neural Tube Closure , BIO-PROTOCOL (2026)
• A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate , eLife (2025)
• A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate , eLife (2025)
• Canonical Wnt pathway modulation is required to correctly execute multiple independent cellular dynamic programs during cranial neural tube closure , Developmental Biology (2025)
• GPR161–GLI3 repressor signaling at cilia directs apical constriction and cell fate during cranial neural tube closure , Development (2025)
• Genetically engineered ESC-derived embryos reveal Vinculin-dependent force responses required for mammalian neural tube closure , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)
• A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate , bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2024)
• A single-cell atlas of spatial and temporal gene expression in the mouse cranial neural plate , eLife (2024)

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