Welcome to the Lu Lab!

We study the roles of Wnt signaling and the Planar Cell Polarity pathway in tissue morphogenesis and human birth defects, with a focus on neural development, hearing and deafness.

Read our SGN axon guidance paper featured on the cover of Development!

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Hair cell planar polarity
  • Wnt signaling in cochlear patterning
  • SGN axon guidance
  • Neural tube morphogenesis