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Sarah J. Bray is a researcher affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology, and Genetics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Bray's publication record features articles in several scientific journals with a concentration in bioRxiv, where their work appears 10 times. Additionally, their research contributions include publications in Development (4 papers), eLife (3 papers), Current Biology, and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

Recent papers by Bray include:

  • "Notch Mediates Inter-tissue Communication to Promote Tumorigenesis," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Notch-dependent and -independent transcription are modulated by tissue movements at gastrulation," 2022, eLife
  • "Mechanisms underlying the cooperation between loss of epithelial polarity and Notch signaling during neoplastic growth in Drosophila," 2022, Development
  • "Membrane architecture and adherens junctions contribute to strong Notch pathway activation," 2021, Development
  • "Dynamic modes of Notch transcription hubs conferring memory and stochastic activation revealed by live imaging the co-activator Mastermind," 2023, eLife

Their frequent collaborators include Maria J. Gomez-Lamarca, Julia Falo Sanjuan, Charalambos Roussos, Sarah Baloul, and Jonathan Townson. These coauthors have contributed to multiple joint publications, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Notch signalling: a simple pathway becomes complex

    Sarah J. Bray

  • Notch signalling in context

    Sarah J. Bray

  • Feed-back mechanisms affecting Notch activation at the dorsoventral boundary in the Drosophila wing

    J.F. Celis de;S. Bray

  • Activation and function of Notch at the dorsal-ventral boundary of the wing imaginal disc

    J.F. de Celis;A. Garcia-Bellido;S.J. Bray

  • The Notch signalling pathway is required for Enhancer of split bHLH protein expression during neurogenesis in the Drosophila embryo

    Barbara Jennings;Anette Preiss;Christos Delidakis;Sarah Bray

  • A model Notch response element detects Suppressor of Hairless–dependent molecular switch

    Marc Furriols;Sarah Bray

  • Notch signalling in Drosophila: three ways to use a pathway.

    Sarah Bray

  • Frizzled regulation of Notch signalling polarizes cell fate in the Drosophila eye.

    Michael T. D. Cooper;Sarah J. Bray

  • Notch signalling mediates segmentation of the Drosophila leg

    J.F. de Celis;D.M. Tyler;J. de Celis;S.J. Bray

  • Regulation of post-embryonic neuroblasts by Drosophila Grainyhead

    Mara S. Almeida;Sarah J. Bray

  • Developmental function of Elf-1: an essential transcription factor during embryogenesis in Drosophila.

    S J Bray;F C Kafatos

  • Notch pathway: Making sense of Suppressor of Hairless

    Sarah Bray;Marc Furriols

  • Notch signalling regulates veinlet expression and establishes boundaries between veins and interveins in the Drosophila wing

    J.F. de Celis;S. Bray;A. Garcia-Bellido

  • Notch activation stimulates transient and selective binding of Su(H)/CSL to target enhancers

    Alena Krejčí;Sarah Bray

  • Functional relationships between Notch, Su(H) and the bHLH genes of the E(spl) complex: the E(spl) genes mediate only a subset of Notch activities during imaginal development.

    J.F. de Celis;J. de Celis;P. Ligoxygakis;A. Preiss

  • Direct Response to Notch Activation: Signaling Crosstalk and Incoherent Logic

    Alena Krejčí;Fred Bernard;Ben E. Housden;Stephanie Collins

  • Histone Chaperones ASF1 and NAP1 Differentially Modulate Removal of Active Histone Marks by LID-RPD3 Complexes during NOTCH Silencing

    Yuri M. Moshkin;Tsung Wai Kan;Henry Goodfellow;Karel Bezstarosti

  • Asymmetric Localization of Frizzled and the Determination of Notch-Dependent Cell Fate in the Drosophila Eye

    David Strutt;Ruth I. Johnson;Katherine Cooper;Sarah J. Bray

  • Bre1 Is Required for Notch Signaling and Histone Modification

    Sarah Bray;Hannah Musisi;Mariann Bienz

  • The Abruptex domain of Notch regulates negative interactions between Notch, its ligands and Fringe.

    J.F. de Celis;S.J. Bray

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas H. Brown
Nicholas H. Brown University of Cambridge
Marek Mlodzik
Marek Mlodzik Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Simon Tavaré
Simon Tavaré Columbia University
Jacques Colinge
Jacques Colinge University of Montpellier
Kei Ito
Kei Ito University of Cologne
François Karch
François Karch University of Geneva
Eric C. Lai
Eric C. Lai Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Fotis C. Kafatos
Fotis C. Kafatos Harvard University
David J. Adams
David J. Adams Wellcome Sanger Institute

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