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Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Hanna Lucie Sladitschek‐Martens
University of California, San Francisco
2
Fanying Tang
AbbVie (United States)
3
Priyanka Dey Talukdar
University of Calcutta
4
Fuda Xie
Cancer Research Center
5
Shenghong Ma
University of California San Diego
6
Nathaniel R. Kastan
Rockefeller University
7
Mengping Jia
Institute of Computing Technology
8
Vijayasteltar Belsamma Liju
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
9
Sixian Qi
Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical (China)
10
Tae-Young Jang
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Papers

1
Abstract 6283: Performance evaluation of tumor microenvironment deconvolution and gene prediction methods in lung cancer
Cancer Research|2025
1 cit.
2
Small-Molecule Activation of Yap for Inner-Ear Regeneration – and Beyond
Digital Commons - RU (Rockefeller University)|2025
0 cit.
3
Publication in Science Advances (2026) [W7117967854]
Science Advances|2026
0 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Carmen Ruiz de Almodóvar
University of Bonn
2
John A. Demchok
National Cancer Institute
3
Steven E. Schumacher
Broad Institute
4
Fengyuan Tang
Zhejiang University
5
Tobin E. Brown
University of Colorado Boulder
6
Mikhail Nikolaev
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
7
Nicolas Rivron
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
8
Philipp Wahle
ETH Zurich
9
Robert P. Zinzen
Max Delbrück Center
10
Ahmad Sidiqi
McMaster University

Papers

1
Fly Cell Atlas: A single-nucleus transcriptomic atlas of the adult fruit fly
Science|2022
848 cit.
2
Multimodal spatiotemporal phenotyping of human retinal organoid development
Nature Biotechnology|2023
126 cit.
3
Epiblast inducers capture mouse trophectoderm stem cells in vitro and pattern blastoids for implantation in utero
Cell stem cell|2022
46 cit.
4
Caspase‐8 in endothelial cells maintains gut homeostasis and prevents small bowel inflammation in mice
EMBO Molecular Medicine|2022
33 cit.
5
A pendulum of induction between the epiblast and extra-embryonic endoderm supports post-implantation progression
Development|2022
31 cit.
6
Endothelial PlexinD1 signaling instructs spinal cord vascularization and motor neuron development
Neuron|2022
22 cit.
7
Ferroptosis in liver cancer: a key role of post-translational modifications
Frontiers in Immunology|2024
17 cit.
8
Protocol for Human Blastoids Modeling Blastocyst Development and Implantation
Journal of Visualized Experiments|2022
6 cit.
9
Changing the public perception of human embryology
Nature Cell Biology|2023
5 cit.
10
Multi-modal spatiotemporal phenotyping of human retinal organoid development
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)|2023
4 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Kun‐Liang Guan
Westlake University
2
Stefano Piccolo
University of Padua
3
Duojia Pan
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4
Norbert Perrimon
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5
Kenneth D. Irvine
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
6
Michael E. Greenberg
Harvard University
7
Stephen M. Cohen
European Molecular Biology Organization
8
Masatoshi Takeichi
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
9
Georg Halder
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology
10
Christopher S. Chen
Inspire

Papers

1
Targeted gene expression as a means of altering cell fates and generating dominant phenotypes
Development|1993
9.8k cit.
2
AMPK and mTOR regulate autophagy through direct phosphorylation of Ulk1
Nature Cell Biology|2011
7k cit.
3
Akt Promotes Cell Survival by Phosphorylating and Inhibiting a Forkhead Transcription Factor
Cell|1999
6.6k cit.
4
Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction
Nature|2011
5.9k cit.
5
Akt Phosphorylation of BAD Couples Survival Signals to the Cell-Intrinsic Death Machinery
Cell|1997
5.7k cit.
6
Opposing Effects of ERK and JNK-p38 MAP Kinases on Apoptosis
Science|1995
5.3k cit.
7
Geometric Control of Cell Life and Death
Science|1997
4.7k cit.
8
Cell Shape, Cytoskeletal Tension, and RhoA Regulate Stem Cell Lineage Commitment
Developmental Cell|2004
4.2k cit.
9
TSC2 Mediates Cellular Energy Response to Control Cell Growth and Survival
Cell|2003
3.9k cit.
10
Stress-Dependent Regulation of FOXO Transcription Factors by the SIRT1 Deacetylase
Science|2004
3.2k cit.

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