Congratulations to Molly Kulikauskas, a CBP graduate student in the Bautch Lab, and Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for publishing article, titled “Endothelial cell SMAD6 balances Alk1 function to regulate adherens junctions and hepatic vascular development”, in the journal Development
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Molly and The Bautch Lab team published exciting findings showing that SMAD6, a negative BMP regulator, is required for viability and targets endothelial ALK1 signaling and junction integrity in the embryonic liver. The work was funded by NSF Predoctoral Fellowship (MK) and NIH-NHLBI R35 Outstanding Investigator Award (VLB) and is featured in Volume 150, Issue 21, November, 2023, of the journal Development and can be read online now.