Lab News

Program in Developmental Biology Retreat September 2025. Junmin presented on her research and received an award for her presentation while Pankajam and Elkie presented posters.    … Read More

Andrea Page-McCaw and Nicholas Ferrell published a review in Matrix Biology. This review dives into the mechanics of the basement membrane, how it can be measured, and the effects of changes to mechanics in disease. DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2025.08.004 Figure on measuring basement membrane… Read More

On May 9th, 2025 Aubrie graduated with her PhD!… Read More

The Page-McCaw lab welcomed three PhD students in Spring 2025.  … Read More

On March 5th, 2025, Aubrie defended her thesis titled “Mending the Matrix: Piezo Initiates Transient Collagen IV Production During Basement Membrane Repair”. Her committee consisted of Dr. Matthew Tyska, Dr. Gautam Bhave, Dr. Jared Nordman, and Dr. Barbara Fingleton. After her defense, the lab celebrated with family and friends with… Read More

Aubrie Stricker et al. published a new paper in Developmental Cell! This paper identified a Piezo-dependent population of gut cells that produce collagen IV required for basement membrane repair. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2025.02.011… Read More

Junmin received the Best Graduate Student talk award and Aubrie received a poster award at the 2024 PDB retreat!     … Read More

Pankajam is a recent PhD graduate from Dr. Melissa Rolls’ lab at Pennsylvania State University. Her postdoc in the Page-McCaw lab will involve studying the mechanisms involved in wound healing. Outside of the lab, she and her husband enjoy cooking Indian food and playing board games! Welcome to the lab!… Read More