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Katie Cockburn
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Latest papers
Keeping up with the neighbors: Coordinating cell fate within and across epidermal layers.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2026 · senior author
LGN loss randomizes spindle orientation and accelerates tumorigenesis in PTEN-deficient epidermis.
Molecular biology of the cell · 2024
Live imaging reveals chromatin compaction transitions and dynamic transcriptional bursting during stem cell differentiation in vivo.
eLife · 2023
Latest funding
- $570,000
Advancing Brain Research Through Spatial Histology
BRAIN · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $62,908
Chercheurs-boursiers
FRQS · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $160,000
Understanding cellular dynamics of skin health and disease
CFI · 2023 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Keeping up with the neighbors: Coordinating cell fate within and across epidermal layers.
Musulchi M, Cockburn K
LGN loss randomizes spindle orientation and accelerates tumorigenesis in PTEN-deficient epidermis.
Viala S, Hadjadj C, Nathan V, Guiot MC, McCaffrey L, Cockburn K, Bouchard M
Live imaging reveals chromatin compaction transitions and dynamic transcriptional bursting during stem cell differentiation in vivo.
May D, Yun S, Gonzalez DG, Park S, Chen Y, Lathrop E, Cai B, Xin T, Zhao H, Wang S, Gonzalez LE, Cockburn K, Greco V
Gradual differentiation uncoupled from cell cycle exit generates heterogeneity in the epidermal stem cell layer.
Cockburn K, Annusver K, Gonzalez DG, Ganesan S, May DP, Mesa KR, Kawaguchi K, Kasper M, Greco V
Probing the rules of cell coordination in live tissues by interpretable machine learning based on graph neural networks.
Yamamoto T, Cockburn K, Greco V, Kawaguchi K
Advancing Brain Research Through Spatial Histology
Principal investigators: Guiot, Marie-Christine
Keywords: Multiple; Other
Chercheurs-boursiers
Principal investigators: COCKBURN, Katie
Keywords: STEM CELLS, REGENERATION, CELL SIGNALING, DIFFERENTIATION, SKIN EPIDERMIS, INTRAVITAL IMAGING; Recherche intersectorielle; Cellules souches et organogénèse; Peau
Understanding cellular dynamics of skin health and disease
Principal investigators: Cockburn, Katie
Keywords: Stem cells, differentiation, skin biology, intercellular signaling Intravital imaging, 2-photon microscopy, molecular biology
Établissement de jeunes chercheurs
Principal investigators: COCKBURN, Katie
Keywords: Non disponible
Canada Research Chair in Dynamics of Tissue Regeneration
Principal investigators: Cockburn, Katie
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Maxime Bouchard and Luke McCaffrey: 2 shared papers
- Maxime Bouchard and Katie Cockburn: 1 shared paper
- Luke McCaffrey and Katie Cockburn: 1 shared paper
- Department of Biochemistry
- McGill Cancer Centre
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