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Overview

Aaron M. Zorn is affiliated with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these domains, their work further focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Genetics, and Oncology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Congenital heart defects research
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

Zorn's publication record includes significant papers such as:

  • "High-throughput organ-on-chip platform with integrated programmable fluid flow and real-time sensing for complex tissue models in drug development workflows" (2021, Lab on a Chip)
  • "Single cell transcriptomics identifies a signaling network coordinating endoderm and mesoderm diversification during foregut organogenesis" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Normal Table of Xenopus development: a new graphical resource" (2022, Development)
  • "Functional human gastrointestinal organoids can be engineered from three primary germ layers derived separately from pluripotent stem cells" (2021, Cell stem cell)
  • "In vivo development of immune tissue in human intestinal organoids transplanted into humanized mice" (2023, Nature Biotechnology)

Their frequent co-authors include Praneet Chaturvedi, James M. Wells, Nicole A. Edwards, Takanori Takebe, and Keishi Kishimoto. This indicates ongoing collaborative efforts within a network of researchers specializing in related biomedical fields.

Zorn publishes regularly in several venues with multiple contributions, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Development Growth & Differentiation
  • Development
  • Genetics
  • eLife

The research output spans nearly a hundred publications in biochemical and molecular biology disciplines, alongside over sixty in medicine. This scholarly activity underscores their role in advancing knowledge in areas related to developmental biology, respiratory medicine, and congenital disorder research.

Best Publications

  • Directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells into intestinal tissue in vitro

    Jason R. Spence;Christopher N. Mayhew;Scott A. Rankin;Matthew F. Kuhar

  • Genome evolution in the allotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis

    Adam M. Session;Adam M. Session;Yoshinobu Uno;Taejoon Kwon;Taejoon Kwon;Jarrod A. Chapman

  • The genome of the western clawed frog xenopus tropicalis

    Uffe Hellsten;Richard M. Harland;Michael J. Gilchrist;David Hendrix

  • Vertebrate Endoderm Development and Organ Formation

    Aaron M. Zorn;James M. Wells

  • Repression of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in the anterior endoderm is essential for liver and pancreas development

    Valérie A. McLin;Scott A. Rankin;Aaron M. Zorn

  • Regulation of Wnt Signaling by Sox Proteins: XSox17α/β and XSox3 Physically Interact with β-catenin

    Aaron M Zorn;Grant D Barish;Bart O Williams;Paul Lavender;Paul Lavender

  • Mouse Wnt receptor gene Fzd5 is essential for yolk sac and placental angiogenesis.

    Tomo-o Ishikawa;Yoshitaka Tamai;Aaron M. Zorn;Hisahiro Yoshida

  • Mutations in Cardiac T-Box Factor Gene TBX20 Are Associated with Diverse Cardiac Pathologies, Including Defects of Septation and Valvulogenesis and Cardiomyopathy

    Edwin P. Kirk;Edwin P. Kirk;Edwin P. Kirk;Margaret Sunde;Mauro W. Costa;Mauro W. Costa;Scott A Rankin

  • Sox17 and Sox4 Differentially Regulate β-Catenin/T-Cell Factor Activity and Proliferation of Colon Carcinoma Cells

    Débora Sinner;Jennifer J. Kordich;Jason R. Spence;Robert Opoka

  • Cardiac T-box factor Tbx20 directly interacts with Nkx2-5, GATA4, and GATA5 in regulation of gene expression in the developing heart.

    Fiona A Stennard;Mauro W Costa;David Anthony Elliott;Scott Rankin

  • Sox17 and β-catenin cooperate to regulate the transcription of endodermal genes

    Débora Sinner;Scott Rankin;Monica Lee;Aaron M. Zorn

  • Interactions between SOX factors and Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and disease

    Jay D. Kormish;Débora Sinner;Aaron M. Zorn

  • Wnt signalling: Antagonistic Dickkopfs

    Aaron M Zorn

  • Techniques and probes for the study of Xenopus tropicalis development

    Mustafa K. Khokha;Christina Chung;Erika L. Bustamante;Lisa W.K. Gaw

  • Modelling human hepato-biliary-pancreatic organogenesis from the foregut–midgut boundary

    Hiroyuki Koike;Kentaro Iwasawa;Rie Ouchi;Mari Maezawa

  • Anterior endomesoderm specification in Xenopus by Wnt/beta-catenin and TGF-beta signalling pathways.

    Aaron M Zorn;Karen Butler;J.B Gurdon

  • Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Colonic Organoids via Transient Activation of BMP Signaling.

    Jorge O. Múnera;Nambirajan Sundaram;Scott A. Rankin;David Hill

  • Transdifferentiation of ciliated cells during repair of the respiratory epithelium.

    Kwon-Sik Park;James M. Wells;Aaron M. Zorn;Susan E. Wert

  • Finding Our Way through Phenotypes.

    Andrew R. Deans;Suzanna E. Lewis;Eva Huala;Salvatore S. Anzaldo

  • Regeneration of Thyroid Function by Transplantation of Differentiated Pluripotent Stem Cells.

    Anita Anita A Kurmann;Anita Anita A Kurmann;Maria Serra;Maria Serra;Finn Hawkins;Finn Hawkins;Scott A. Rankin

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Wells
James M. Wells Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
John B. Gurdon
John B. Gurdon University of Cambridge
Daniel S. Rokhsar
Daniel S. Rokhsar University of California, Berkeley
Peter S. Macdonald
Peter S. Macdonald Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Richard P. Harvey
Richard P. Harvey Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Anne Keogh
Anne Keogh University of New South Wales
James C. Smith
James C. Smith The Francis Crick Institute
Nancy Papalopulu
Nancy Papalopulu University of Manchester
Vladimir V. Kalinichenko
Vladimir V. Kalinichenko Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Jason R. Spence
Jason R. Spence University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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