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Alek Erickson

Alek Erickson

Research Specialist
Visiting address: Solnavägen 9, Biomedicum, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C3 Fysiologi och farmakologi, C3 FyFa Utvecklingsbiologi och regenerativ medicin, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Biologist researching how cell interactions promote tissue formation during human, mouse, and zebrafish embryonic development. My long-term research goal is to understand the principles that integrate cell signaling and tissue mechanics to organize cell fate decisions and ensure robust morphogenesis. To approach this, I currently use lineage tracing, genetic perturbations, single-cell transcriptomics, and various types of microscopy to study how cell signaling and mechanical networks control the dynamic clonal behaviors in the neural crest.

     

    2008-2012 BSc, University Nebraska Lincoln, Department of Biological Systems Engineering

    2012-2018 PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center,  Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Anatomy

    2018-2024 Postdoctoral fellow, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡,  Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Research

    • Robustness
    • Craniofacial anomalies
    • Embryonic development
    • Regenerative medicine
    • Tissue engineering
    • Epigenetics
    • Cellular memory
    • Evolution
    • Cell polarity
    • Extracellular matrix
    • Tissue mechanics

Articles

  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2024;15(1):7065
    Erickson AG; Motta A; Kastriti ME; Edwards S; Coulpier F; Theoulle E; Murtazina A; Poverennaya I; Wies D; Ganofsky J; Canu G; Lallemend F; Topilko P; Hadjab S; Fried K; Ruhrberg C; Schwarz Q; Castellani V; Bonanomi D; Adameyko I
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):5904
    Laddach A; Chng SH; Lasrado R; Progatzky F; Shapiro M; Erickson A; Castaneda MS; Artemov AV; Bon-Frauches AC; Amaniti E-M; Kleinjung J; Boeing S; Ultanir S; Adameyko I; Pachnis V
  • Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2023;14(1):3060
    Sunadome K; Erickson AGG; Kah D; Fabry B; Adori C; Kameneva P; Faure L; Kanatani S; Kaucka M; Ellstroem ID; Tesarova M; Zikmund T; Kaiser J; Edwards S; Maki K; Adachi T; Yamamoto T; Fried K; Adameyko I
  • Article: EMBO JOURNAL. 2022;41(17):e108780
    Kastriti ME; Faure L; Von Ahsen D; Bouderlique TG; Bostroem J; Solovieva T; Jackson C; Bronner M; Meijer D; Hadjab S; Lallemend F; Erickson A; Kaucka M; Dyachuk V; Perlmann T; Lahti L; Krivanek J; Brunet J-F; Fried K; Adameyko I
  • Journal article: FASEB JOURNAL. 2022;36(S1)
    Greer SE; Erickson A; Dudley A
  • Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2021;53(5):694-706
    Kameneva P; Artemov AV; Kastriti ME; Faure L; Olsen TK; Otte J; Erickson A; Semsch B; Andersson ER; Ratz M; Frisen J; Tischler AS; de Krijger RR; Bouderlique T; Akkuratova N; Vorontsova M; Gusev O; Fried K; Sundstrom E; Mei S; Kogner P; Baryawno N; Kharchenko PV; Adameyko I
  • Journal article: EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS. 2019;59(9):1261-1274
    Lee D; Erickson A; Dudley AT; Ryu S
  • Journal article: JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS. 2019;(151)
    Lee D; Erickson A; Dudley AT; Ryu S
  • Journal article: LAB ON A CHIP. 2018;18(14):2077-2086
    Lee D; Erickson A; You T; Dudley AT; Ryu S
  • Journal article: TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A. 2018;24(1-2):94-105
    Erickson AG; Laughlin TD; Romereim SM; Sargus-Patino CN; Pannier AK; Dudley AT
  • Article: ELIFE. 2017;6:e25902
    Kaucka M; Zikmund T; Tesarova M; Gyllborg D; Hellander A; Jaros J; Kaiser J; Petersen J; Szarowska B; Newton PT; Dyachuk V; li L; Qian H; Johansson A-S; Mishina Y; Currie JD; Tanaka EM; Erickson A; Dudley A; Brismar H; Southam P; Coen E; Chen M; Weinstein LS; Hampl A; Arenas E; Chagin AS; Fried K; Adameyko I

All other publications

  • Editorial comment: CELL STEM CELL. 2023;30(5):501-502
    Erickson A; Adameyko I
  • Review: SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2023;138:68-80
    Erickson AG; Kameneva P; Adameyko I
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2023
    Erickson A; Motta A; Kastriti ME; Edwards S; Lallemend F; Hadjab S; Ruhrberg C; Schwarz Q; Fried K; Bonanomi D; Adameyko I
  • Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023
    Pachnis V; Laddach A; Chng SH; Lasrado R; Progatzky F; Shapiro M; Erickson A; Sampedro-Castaneda M; Artemov A; Bon-Frauches AC; Kleinjung J; Boeing S; Ultanir S; Adameyko I; Amaniti E-M
  • Conference publication: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2023;38:336
    Erickson A; Adameyko I; Sunadome K; Kah D; Fabry B; Adori C; Kanatani S; Kameneva P; Faure L; Kaucka M; Ellstrom ID; Tesarova M; Zikmund T; Kaiser J; Edwards S; Maki K; Adachi T; Fried K
  • Preprint: BIORXIV. 2022
    Laddach A; Chng SH; Lasrado R; Progatzky F; Shapiro M; Artemov A; Castaneda MS; Erickson A; Bon-Frauches AC; Kleinjung J; Boeing S; Ultanir S; Adameyko I; Pachnis V

Grants

  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
    1 July 2021 - 30 June 2024
  • Signaling mechanisms underlying neural crest cell fate decisions
    StratNeuro
    1 July 2020 - 1 July 2021

Employments

  • Research Specialist, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2024-2025
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, 2020-2021

Visiting research fellowships

  • Postdoctoral researcher, ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡, Postdoctoral research in embryonic development, 2018-2020

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