| Pluripotent state transitions coordinate morphogenesis in mouse and human embryos MN Shahbazi, A Scialdone, N Skorupska, A Weberling, G Recher, M Zhu, ... Nature 552 (7684), 239-243, 2017 | 241 | 2017 |
| Autophagy-mediated apoptosis eliminates aneuploid cells in a mouse model of chromosome mosaicism S Singla, LK Iwamoto-Stohl, M Zhu, M Zernicka-Goetz Nature communications 11 (1), 2958, 2020 | 161 | 2020 |
| Reconstructing aspects of human embryogenesis with pluripotent stem cells B Sozen, V Jorgensen, BAT Weatherbee, S Chen, M Zhu, ... Nature communications 12 (1), 5550, 2021 | 157 | 2021 |
| CARM1 and paraspeckles regulate pre-implantation mouse embryo development A Hupalowska, A Jedrusik, M Zhu, MT Bedford, DM Glover, ... Cell 175 (7), 1902-1916. e13, 2018 | 126 | 2018 |
| Inducible stem-cell-derived embryos capture mouse morphogenetic events in vitro G Amadei, KYC Lau, J De Jonghe, CW Gantner, B Sozen, C Chan, M Zhu, ... Developmental cell 56 (3), 366-382. e9, 2021 | 107 | 2021 |
| Principles of self-organization of the mammalian embryo M Zhu, M Zernicka-Goetz Cell 183 (6), 1467-1478, 2020 | 105 | 2020 |
| Developmental clock and mechanism of de novo polarization of the mouse embryo M Zhu, J Cornwall-Scoones, P Wang, CE Handford, J Na, M Thomson, ... Science 370 (6522), eabd2703, 2020 | 100 | 2020 |
| Actomyosin polarisation through PLC-PKC triggers symmetry breaking of the mouse embryo M Zhu, CY Leung, MN Shahbazi, M Zernicka-Goetz Nature communications 8 (1), 921, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Human embryo polarization requires PLC signaling to mediate trophectoderm specification M Zhu, M Shahbazi, A Martin, C Zhang, B Sozen, M Borsos, ... Elife 10, e65068, 2021 | 58* | 2021 |
| Polarity in cell-fate acquisition in the early mouse embryo CY Leung, M Zhu, M Zernicka-Goetz Current topics in developmental biology 120, 203-234, 2016 | 37 | 2016 |
| Building an apical domain in the early mouse embryo: Lessons, challenges and perspectives M Zhu, M Zernicka-Goetz Current opinion in cell biology 62, 144-149, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| The role of timing in the development and evolution of the limb M Zhu, CJ Tabin Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 11, 1135519, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
| Stain-free detection of embryo polarization using deep learning C Shen, A Lamba, M Zhu, R Zhang, M Zernicka-Goetz, C Yang Scientific reports 12 (1), 2404, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
| Living a sweet life: glucose instructs cell fate in the mouse embryo M Zhu, M Zernicka-Goetz Developmental Cell 53 (1), 1-2, 2020 | 7 | 2020 |
| Direct reprogramming of non-limb fibroblasts to cells with properties of limb progenitors Y Atsuta, CH Lee, AR Rodrigues, C Colle, RR Tomizawa, EG Lujan, ... Developmental Cell 59 (3), 415-430. e8, 2024 | 6 | 2024 |
| Tead4 and Tfap2c generate bipotency and a bistable switch in totipotent embryos to promote robust lineage diversification M Zhu, M Meglicki, A Lamba, P Wang, C Royer, K Turner, MA Jauhar, ... Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 1-13, 2024 | 2 | 2024 |
| Shifts in embryonic oxygen levels cue heterochrony in limb initiation M Zhu, R Catta-Preta, CH Lee, C Tabin bioRxiv, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
| In preprints: oxygen and NFκB signals shift the timing of hindlimb formation A Rosello-Diez, S Menchero Development 151 (24), 2024 | | 2024 |
| Asynchronous mouse embryo polarization leads to heterogeneity in cell fate specification A Lamba, M Zhu, M Meglicki, S Czukiewska, L Balasubramaniam, ... bioRxiv, 2024.07. 26.605266, 2024 | | 2024 |
| Investigating the mechanisms and the temporal regulation of the first cell polarity establishment in the mouse embryo M Zhu | | 2019 |