The people behind the papers – Jason Ko and Daniel Lobo

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https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.202987

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4848-7156
 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-6118

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2024-05-09

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Ko, Jason, and Daniel Lobo. “The People behind the Papers – Jason Ko and Daniel Lobo.” Development 151, no. 9 (May 9, 2024): dev202987. https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.202987.

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Jason Ko
UMBC Biological Sciences Department
Daniel Lobo
computational and molecular techniques
computational and molecular method
interactions between genetic signals and tissue

Abstract

Planarians grow when they are fed and shrink during periods of starvation. However, it is unclear how they maintain appropriate body proportions as their size changes. A new paper in Development investigates the differences between growth and shrinkage dynamics and builds a mathematical model to explore the mechanisms underpinning these two processes. To learn more about the story behind the paper, we caught up with first author, Jason Ko, and corresponding author, Daniel Lobo, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland.