Ph.D.
Biology, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program
Duke University
2012
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Faculty
Faculty
Ginger Hunter ( she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Department/Office
- Biology
School/College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Education & Expertise
Education
BS
Biology
University of Virginia
2004
Expertise
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Model system genetics (Drosophila melanogaster)
Research
Research
Specialty
Developmental BiologyFunding
NIH 2023-2028 Early Stage Investigator - Maximizing Investigators' Research Award: "Mechanisms of cellular morphogenesis that coordinate signaling during tissue patterning".
NIH 2023-2026 DMS/NIGMS Initiative for Biological and Mathematical Sciences: "DMS/NIGMS 1: Multi-scale modeling of Notch signaling during long-distance lateral inhibition". (co-I)
NIH 2022-2024 Small research grant: "Genetics of neural precursor communication during development of the Drosophila peripheral nervous system”.
Group Information
Lab website: https://sites.google.com/view/hunterlabhu/
Publications and Presentations
Publications and Presentations
Myosin XV is a negative regulator of signaling filopodia during long-range lateral inhibition.
Clements R, Smith, T, Cowart L, Zhumi J, Sherrod A, Cahill A, and GL Hunter. (2024) Developmental Biology 505: 110-121 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2023.11.002
Scabrous modulates Notch response via signaling filopodia during bristle pattern formation in Drosophila.
Presser A, Freund O, Hassapelis T, and GL Hunter. (2023) PLoS One 18(9): e0291409.
Modeling collective cell behavior in cancer: perspectives from an interdisciplinary conversation.
Frederick R. Adler; Alexander R. A. Anderson; Abhinav Bhushan; Paul Bogdan; Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero; Amy Brock; Yun Chen; Edna Cukierman; Kathleen E. DelGiorno; Gerald V. Denis; Meghan C. Ferrall-Fairbanks; Zev J. Gartner; Ronald N. Germain; Deborah M. Gordon; Ginger Hunter; Mohit Kumar Jolly; Loukia Georgiou Karacosta; Karthikeyan Mythreye; Parag Katira; Rajan P. Kulkarni; Matthew L. Kutys; Arthur D. Lander; Ashley M. Laughney; Herbert Levine; Emil Lou; Pedro R. Lowenstein; Kristyn S. Masters; Dana Pe'er; Shelly R. Peyton; Manu O. Platt; Jeremy E. Purvis; Gerald Quon; Jennifer K. Richer; Nicole C. Riddle; Analiz Rodriguez; Joshua C. Snyder; Gregory L. Szeto; Claire J. Tomlin; Itai Yanai; Ioannis K Zervantonakis; Hannah Ruth Dueck. (2023) Cell Systems 14(4):252-257.
Talking to your neighbors across scales: long-distance Notch signaling during patterning.
Hadjivasiliou Z and Hunter GL. (2022) Current Topics in Developmental Biology. 150:299-334.
Phosphorylation and proteolytic cleavage of Notch in canonical and non-canonical Notch signaling.
Hunter GL and E Giniger. (2020) Adv Exp Med Biol. 1227:51–68.
Isotropic myosin-generated tissue tension is required for the dynamic orientation of the mitotic spindle.
Lam MSY, Lisica A, Ramkumar N, Hunter GL, Mao Y, Charras G, and B Baum. (2020) Molecular Biology of the Cell 31(13):1370-1379.
A role for actomyosin contractility in Notch signaling.
Hunter GL, He L, Perrimon N, Charras G, Giniger E, and B Baum. (2019) BMC Biology 17:12.
A new mechanism for spatial pattern formation via lateral and protrusion-mediated lateral signalling.
Hadjivasiliou Z, Hunter GL, and B Baum. (2016) J R Soc Interface 13: 20160484
Coordinated control of Notch-Delta signalling and cell division aids lateral inhibition mediated tissue patterning.
Hunter GL, Hadjivasiliou Z, Bonin H, He L, Perrimon N, Charras G, and B Baum. (2016) Development 143: 2305-2310.
An absolute interval scale of order for point patterns.
Protonotarios E, Baum B, Johnston A, Hunter GL, and LD Griffin. (2014) J R Soc Interface 11: 20140342.
Ion channels contribute to the regulation of cell sheet forces during Drosophila dorsal closure.
Hunter GL, Crawford JC, Jenkins JZ, and DP Kiehart. (2014) Development 141: 325-334.