Ping Wu, PhD

Professor of Research Pathology

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Research Funding

  • Epigenetic Regulation of Skin Regional Specificity
    NIH · R01AR047364 · Jan 1, 2001 – Mar 31, 2028 · Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications

  • Making region-specific integumentary organs in birds: evolution and modifications. Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2021 08; 69:103-111.. View in PubMed
  • Variations of Mesozoic feathers: Insights from the morphogenesis of extant feather rachises. Evolution. 2020 09; 74(9):2121-2133.. View in PubMed
  • Folding Keratin Gene Clusters during Skin Regional Specification. Dev Cell. 2020 06 08; 53(5):561-576.e9.. View in PubMed
  • Self-assembly of biological networks via adaptive patterning revealed by avian intradermal muscle network formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 05 28; 116(22):10858-10867.. View in PubMed
  • Calcium oscillations coordinate feather mesenchymal cell movement by SHH dependent modulation of gap junction networks. Nat Commun. 2018 12 18; 9(1):5377.. View in PubMed
  • Comprehensive molecular and cellular studies suggest avian scutate scales are secondarily derived from feathers, and more distant from reptilian scales. Sci Rep. 2018 11 13; 8(1):16766.. View in PubMed
  • Multiple Regulatory Modules Are Required for Scale-to-Feather Conversion. Mol Biol Evol. 2018 02 01; 35(2):417-430.. View in PubMed
  • Self-organization process in newborn skin organoid formation inspires strategy to restore hair regeneration of adult cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017 08 22; 114(34):E7101-E7110.. View in PubMed
  • Diverse feather shape evolution enabled by coupling anisotropic signalling modules with self-organizing branching programme. Nat Commun. 2017 01 20; 8:ncomms14139.. View in PubMed
  • MicroCT Imaging on Living Alligator Teeth Reveals Natural Tooth Cycling. Methods Mol Biol. 2017; 1650:355-362.. View in PubMed