Education
- PhD in Biochemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Research Areas
Tissue morphogenesis, collective cell dynamics in epithelia, regulation of tissue growth, cell signalling, cell polarity, 3D tissue architecture and self-organization
Selected Awards & Honours
- Physics of Life Nucleation grant from TU-Dresden, 2022
- TU-Dresden’s “More Time for Science”, 2021
- Mildred Scheel Early Career Fellowship in Precision Oncology, 2020
- EMBO Long Term Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2012-2014
- Gerald Lieberman Fellowship, 2007-2008
- Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2003-2006
Selected Journal Publications
- Dye NA*, Popovic M, Iyer V, Fuhrmann JF, Piscitello-Gomez R, Eaton S, Jiilicher F. “Self-organized patterning of cell morphology via mechanosensitive feedback.” Elife, 2021.
- Dye NA*, Popovic M, Spann} S, Etournay R, Kainmueller D, Ghosh S, Myers G, Jiilicher F, Eaton S. “Cell dynamics underlying oriented growth of the Drosophila imaginal wing disc.” Development, 2017.
- Dye NA*. “Cultivation and live imaging of Drosophila imaginal discs.” 2022. In: Dahmann, C. (eds) Drosophila. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2540. Humana, New York, NY.
- Mateus R, Fuhrmann JF, Dye NA*. “Growth across scales: Dynamic signaling impacts tissue size and shape.” Current Opinion Cell Biology, 2021.
- Piscitello-Gomez R, Gruber FS, Krishna A, Duclut C, Modes CD, Popovic M, Julicher F, Dye NA*, and Eaton, S. “Core PCP mutations affect short time mechanical properties but not tissue morphogenesis in the Drosophila pupal wing.” BioRxiv, 2022.
- Etournay R, Merkel M, Popovic M, Brandl H, Dye NA, Aigouy B, Salbreux G, Eaton S, Jiilicher F. “TissueMiner: A multiscale analysis toolkit to quantify how cellular processes create tissue dynamics.” Elife, 2016.
- Nellas I, Iyer KV, Iglesias-Artola JM, Pippel M, Nadler A, Eaton S, Dye NA*. “Hedgehog signaling can enhance glycolytic ATP production in the Drosophila wing disc.” Embo Reports, 2022.
- Spannl S, Buhl T, Ahmed SK, Nellas I, Iyer KV, Khaliullina H, Schultz C, Nadler A, Dye NA*, Eaton S. “Cell metabolism influences Hedgehog signaling in the Drosophila wing disc.” EMBO J, 2020.
- Dye NA, Pincus Z, Fisher IC, Shapiro L, Theriot JA. “Mutations in the nucleotide-binding pocket of MreB can alter cell curvature and polar morphology in Caulobacter.” Mol Microbiol, 2011.
- Harris LK, Dye NA, Theriot JA. “A Caulobacter MreB mutant with irregular cell shape exhibits compensatory widening to maintain a preferred surface area to volume ratio.” Mol Microbiol, 2014.