npj Precision Oncology 2026

Rojas EJ, Giannikou K, Huang BJ, Cho SJ, Cordero MA, Pena D, Vu L, Bagrodia A, Derderian SC, MacKenzie TC, Laird DJ. Single nuclei and spatial profiling of sacrococcygeal teratomas reveals cellular composition and X inactivation heterogeneity. NPJ Precis Oncol. 2026 Jan 21. doi: 10.1038/s41698-025-01262-4.

eLife 2025

Jaszczak RG, Zussman JW, Wagner DE, Laird DJ. Comprehensive profiling of migratory primordial germ cells reveals niche-specific differences in non-canonical Wnt and Nodal-Lefty signaling in anterior vs posterior migrants. Elife. 2025 Nov 19:14:RP103074.

Science 2025

Gaylord EA, Foecke MH, Samuel RM et al, Comparative analysis of human and mouse ovaries across age. Science, 2025, Oct 9. PMID: 41066539

Annu Rev Genet 2025

Zussman JW, Skinner DJ, Wagner DE, Shvartsman SY, Laird DJ. Evaluating Selective Quality Control in Mammalian Oogenesis: Evidence and Opportunities. Annu Rev Genet. 2025 Nov;59(1):237-270.

eLife 2024

Cincotta SA, Richardson N, Foecke MH, Laird DJ. Differential susceptibility of male and female germ cells to glucocorticoid-mediated signaling. Elife. 2024 Jan 16:12:RP90164.

Nature News and Views 2023

Jonathan Bayerl & Diana J. Laird, Eggs made from male mouse stem cells using error-prone culture. 2023

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 2021

Soygur B, Laird DJ. Ovary Development: Insights From a Three-Dimensional Imaging Revolution. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Jul 26;9:698315.

Science Advances 2021

Soygur, B., Jaszczak, R. G., Fries, A., Nguyen, D. H., Malki, S., Hu, G., et al. (2021). Intercellular bridges coordinate the transition from pluripotency to meiosis in mouse fetal oocytes. Sci. Adv. 7:eabc6747. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abc6747

Nature Cell Biology 2020

Nguyen DH, Soygur B, Peng SP, Malki S, Hu G, Laird DJ. Apoptosis in the fetal testis eliminates developmentally defective germ cell clones. Nat Cell Biol. 2020;22(12):1423-1435.

Development 2019

Reznik B, Cincotta SA, Jaszczak RG, Mateo LJ, Shen J, Cao M, Baskin L, Ye P, An W, Laird DJ. Heterogeneity of transposon expression and activation of the repressive network in human fetal germ cells. Development. 2019 Feb 1;146(12). pii: dev171157. doi: 10.1242/dev.171157.

Development 2016

Insights from imaging the implanting embryo and the uterine environment in three dimensions. Arora R, Fries A, Oelerich K, Marchuk K, Sabeur K, Giudice LC, Laird DJ. Development. 2016 Dec 15;143(24):4749-4754.

J. Cell Biology, 2016

Cantú AV, Altshuler-Keylin S, Laird DJ. Discrete somatic niches coordinate proliferation and migration of primordial germ cells via Wnt signaling. J Cell Biol. 2016 Jul 18;214(2):215-29.PMID: 27402951

J. Cell Science, 2016

Arora R, Abby E, Ross AD, Cantu AV, Kissner MD, Castro V, Ho HY, Livera G, Laird DJ. Meiotic onset is reliant on spatial distribution but independent of germ cell number in the mouse ovary. J Cell Sci. 2016 Jul 1;129(13):2493-9. PMID:27199373

Developmental Biology, 2015

Faire M, Skillern A, Arora R, Nguyen DH, Wang J, Chamberlain C, German MS, Fung JC, Laird DJ. Follicle dynamics and global organization in the intact mouse ovary. Dev Biol. 2015 Jul 1;403(1):69-79. PMID:25889274

Cell, 2005

Laird DJ, De Tomaso AW, Weissman IL. Stem cells are units of natural selection in a colonial ascidian. Cell. 2005 123 (7):1351-60. Erratum in: Cell. 2006 Feb 10;124(3):647-8. PMID:16377573.