Waxman Lab

Publications

Martin, KE; Fernandes, AT; Sayed, M; Hanlon, MA; Fallon, S; Lim, H-W; Waxman, JS. Nr2f1a and Isl1 repress acquisition of epicardial identity in venous atrial cardiomyocytes. Development. 2026; 153(11).

Duong, TB; Fernandes, AT; Ravisankar, P; Talbot, JC; Waxman, JS. Tbx1-dependent and independent pathways promote six gene expression downstream of retinoic acid signaling to determine cardiomyocyte number in zebrafish. Developmental Biology. 2025; 524:17-28.

Ford, C; De Sena-Tomás, C; Wun, TTR; Aleman, AG; Rangaswamy, U; Leyhr, J; Nuñez, MI; Gao, CZ; Nim, HT; See, M; Haitina, T; Smeeton, J; Sanges, R; Targoff, KL. Nkx2.7 is a conserved regulator of craniofacial development. Nature Communications. 2025; 16(1):3802.

Coppola, U; Saha, B; Kenney, J; Waxman, JS. A Foxf1-Wnt-Nr2f1 cascade promotes atrial cardiomyocyte differentiation in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 2024; 20(11):e1011222.

Gafranek, JT; D'aniello, E; Ravisankar, P; Thakkar, K; Vagnozzi, RJ; Lim, H-W; Salomonis, N; Waxman, JS. Sinus venosus adaptation models prolonged cardiovascular disease and reveals insights into evolutionary transitions of the vertebrate heart. Nature Communications. 2023; 14(1):5509.

Martin, KE; Ravisankar, P; Beerens, M; Macrae, CA; Waxman, JS. Nr2f1a maintains atrial nkx2.5 expression to repress pacemaker identity within venous atrial cardiomyocytes of zebrafish. eLife. 2023; 12.

Perl, E; Ravisankar, P; Beerens, ME; Mulahasanovic, L; Smallwood, K; Sasso, MB; Wenzel, C; Ryan, TD; Komár, M; Bove, KE; Macrae, CA; Weaver, KN; Prada, CE; Waxman, JS. Stx4 is required to regulate cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling during vertebrate cardiac development. HGG Advances. 2022; 3(3):100115.

Paulissen, E; Palmisano, NJ; Waxman, JS; Martin, BL. Somite morphogenesis is required for axial blood vessel formation during zebrafish embryogenesis. eLife. 2022; 11.