Publications

Selected Publications

• Lee HC, Fadaili Y, Stern CD. (2025) Development and functions of the area opaca of the chick embryo. Developmental Biology 519:13-20. co-corresponding authors. 

• Lee HC, Oliveira NMM, Hastings C, Baillie-Benson P, Moverley A, Lu HC, Zheng Y, Wilby E, Weil TT, Page KM, Fu J, Moris N, Stern CD. (2024) Regulation of long-range BMP gradients and embryonic polarity by propagation of local calcium-firing activity. Nature Communications 15(1):1463 co-corresponding authors. 

• Lee HC, Fadaili Y, Stern CD (2022) Molecular characteristics of the edge cells responsible for expansion of the chick embryo on the vitelline membrane. Open Biology 12(9):22014. co-corresponding authors. 

• Lee HC, Hastings C, Stern CD. (2022) The extraembryonic area opaca plays a role in positioning the primitive streak of the early chick embryo. Development 149(12):dev200303. *co-corresponding authors.

• Lee HC*, Hastings C*, Oliveira NMM, Pérez-Carrasco R, Page KM, Wolpert L, Stern CD. (2022) “Neighbourhood watch” model: embryonic epiblast cells assess positional information in relation to their neighbours. Development 149(10):dev200295. *equal contribution. Highlighted in the issue of the journal.

• Lee HC, Lu HC, Turmaine M, Oliveira NMM, Yang Y, De Almeida I, Stern CD. (2020) Molecular anatomy of the pre-primitive-streak chick embryo. Open Biology 10(2):190299.

• Lee HC, Choi HJ, Lee HG, Lim JM, Ono T, Han JY. (2016) DAZL Expression Explains Origin and Central Formation of Primordial Germ Cells in Chickens. Stem Cells and Development 25(1):68-79

• Lee HC, Choi HJ, Park TS, Lee SI, Kim YM, Rengaraj D, Nagai H, Sheng G, Lim JM and Han JY (2013) Cleavage events and sperm dynamics in chick intrauterine embryos. PLoS One 8(11):e80631.

• Lee HC, Kim SK, Park TS, Rengaraj D, Park KJ, Lee HJ, Park SB, Kim SW and Han JY (2013) Compensatory proliferation of endogenous chicken primordial germ cells after elimination by busulfan treatment. Stem Cell Research & Therapy 4:136.