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  • 1983 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom

Overview

Peter A. Lawrence is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant emphasis on Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. They have also contributed to Global and Planetary Change, Genetics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers various topics including:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Climate variability and models
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Peter A. Lawrence's recent publications illustrate their engagement with developmental biology, cell polarity, and environmental sciences. Selected papers include:

  • "An exciting period of Drosophila developmental biology: Of imaginal discs, clones, compartments, parasegments and homeotic genes" (2022) published in Developmental Biology
  • "Global and regional hydrological impacts of global forest expansion" (2024) in Biogeosciences
  • "Planar cell polarity in the larval epidermis of Drosophila and the role of microtubules" (2020) in Open Biology
  • "flat10MIP: an emissions-driven experiment to diagnose the climate response to positive, zero and negative CO 2 emissions" (2025) in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "Planar cell polarity: intracellular asymmetry and supracellular gradients of Dachsous" (2022) in Open Biology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • José Casal
  • Stefano Pietra
  • KangBo Ng
  • Abigail L. S. Swann
  • Adrià Chorro

Peter A. Lawrence has published repeatedly in several venues, with multiple works in Open Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Current Biology. Additional contributions are found in Developmental Biology and Biogeosciences.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Peter A. Lawrence was made Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, in 1983.

Best Publications

  • The making of a fly: the genetics of animal design.

    Peter A. Lawrence

  • MORPHOGENS, COMPARTMENTS, AND PATTERN : LESSONS FROM DROSOPHILA ?

    Peter A Lawrence;Gary Struhl

  • The politics of publication.

    Peter A. Lawrence

  • Parasegments and compartments in the Drosophila embryo

    Alfonso Martinez-Arias;Peter A. Lawrence

  • Control of compartment development by the engrailed gene in Drosophila

    G. Morata;P. A. Lawrence

  • Distribution of the wingless gene product in Drosophila embryos: a protein involved in cell-cell communication.

    Marcel van den Heuvel;Roel Nusse;Paul Johnston;Peter A. Lawrence

  • Compartments and Polyclones in Insect Development

    Francis Crick;P. A. Lawrence

  • Measuring dimensions: the regulation of size and shape.

    Stephen J. Day;Peter A. Lawrence

  • The making of a fly

    Peter Lawrence

  • Homeobox genes: Their function in Drosophila segmentation and pattern formation

    Peter A. Lawrence;Gines Morata

  • Induction across germ layers in Drosophila mediated by a genetic cascade

    Karin Immerglück;Peter A. Lawrence;Mariann Bienz

  • Compartments in the wing of Drosophila: A study of the engrailed gene

    P.A. Lawrence;G. Morata

  • Phenocopies induced with antisense RNA identify the wingless gene.

    Carlos V. Cabrera;Maria C. Alonso;Paul Johnston;Roger G. Phillips

  • Control of Drosophila body pattern by the hunchback morphogen gradient.

    Gary Struhl;Paul Johnston;Peter A. Lawrence

  • The Mismeasurement of Science

    Peter A. Lawrence

  • Two separate molecular systems, Dachsous/Fat and Starry night/Frizzled,act independently to confer planar cell polarity

    José Casal;Peter A. Lawrence;Gary Struhl

  • Development and Determination of Hairs and Bristles in the Milkweed Bug, Oncopeltus Fasciatus (Lygaeidae, Hemiptera)

    P. A. Lawrence

  • Segmentation and specification of the Drosophila mesoderm.

    Natalia Azpiazu;Peter A. Lawrence;Jean-Paul Vincent;Manfred Frasch

  • Gradients in the Insect Segment: The Orientation of Hairs in the Milkweed Bug Oncopeltus Fasciatus

    Peter A. Lawrence

  • Planar cell polarity: one or two pathways?

    Peter A Lawrence;Gary Struhl;José Casal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ginés Morata
Ginés Morata Spanish National Research Council
Gary Struhl
Gary Struhl Columbia University
Jean-Paul Vincent
Jean-Paul Vincent The Francis Crick Institute
Michael Ashburner
Michael Ashburner University of Cambridge
David Strutt
David Strutt University of Sheffield
Roel Nusse
Roel Nusse Stanford University
Philip W. Ingham
Philip W. Ingham University of Bath
Matthew P. Scott
Matthew P. Scott Stanford University
Michael S. Levine
Michael S. Levine Princeton University

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