Publications
Selected Publications
Molè M.A., Elderkin S., Zorzan I., Penfold C., Horsley N., Pokhilko A., Polanek M., Palomar A., Sinha M., Wang Y. and Quiñonero A. Modeling human embryo implantation in vitro. Cell 2026: 189(1), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.027
Horsley N., Polanek M., Michel Z., Dominguez F. and Molè M.A. Human Embryo Implantation In Vitro: A Standardized Framework for Basic Research and Clinical Translation. Fertility and Sterility 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2025.10.009
Rawlings T.M., Makwana K., Taylor D.M., Molè M.A., Fishwick K.J., Tryfonos M., Odendaal J., Hawkes A., Zernicka-Goetz M., Hartshorne G.M., Brosens J., and Lucas, E.S. Modelling the impact of decidual senescence on embryo implantation in human endometrial assembloids. Elife 2021. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69603
Molè M.A. (*), Coorens T.H.H (*), Shahbazi M.N (*), Weberling A. (*), Weatherbee B.A.T. (*), Gantner C., Sancho-Serra C., Richardson L., Drinkwater A., Syed N., Engley S., Snell P., Christie L., Elder K., Campbell A., Fishel S., Vento-Tormo R., Behjati S., and Zernicka-Goetz M. A single cell characterisation of human embryogenesis identifies pluripotency transitions and putative anterior hypoblast centre. Nature Comm. 2021: 12(1):3679 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23758-w.
Molè M.A. (*), Weberling A. (*), Fässler R., Campbell A., Fishel S., and Zernicka-Goetz, M. Integrin β1 coordinates survival and morphogenesis of the embryonic lineage upon implantation and pluripotency transition. Cell Rep. 2021: 34, 108834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108834
Molè M.A., Weberling A., and Zernicka-Goetz M. Comparative analysis of human and mouse development: from zygote to pre-gastrulation. In Current Topics in Developmental Biology, 2020: pp. 113–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.ctdb.2019.10.002
Molè M.A. (§), Galea G.L., Rolo A., Weberling A., Nychyk O., De Castro S.C., Savery D., Fässler R., Ybot-González P., Greene N.D.E., and Copp A.J (§). Integrin-Mediated Focal Anchorage Drives Epithelial Zippering during Mouse Neural Tube Closure. Dev. Cell 2020: 52, 321-334.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2020.01.012
McShane S.G., (*), Molè M.A., (*), Savery D., Greene N.D.E., Tam P.P.L., and Copp A.J.. Cellular basis of neuroepithelial bending during mouse spinal neural tube closure. Dev. Biol. 2015: 404, 113–124. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.06.003)