Publications in reverse chronological order. For a complete list see Google Scholar or ORCID.
2026
Towards Data-Driven Modeling of Cell Cycle and Wound Closure Processes. Blom E, Peng Q, Pomfret L, Mort RL, Engblom S. arXiv. 2026. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2603.00834.
Nanopore sequencing identifies a new Tyr::CreERT2 allele circulating in existing mouse stocks. Pomfret L, Nugawela A, Wilkinson E, Shih BB, Mort RL. bioRxiv. 2026. doi:10.64898/2026.07.29.741227.
FuChi: A cell cycle biosensor for investigating cell-cycle kinetics during avian development. Sudderick ZR, Briggs T, Mubarak S, Van Kerckvoorde M, Hernandez-Rodriguez AR, Panda SK, Riddell J, Batho-Samblas C, Taylor L, McTeir L, Findlay A, Roberts F, Raper A, Sakaue-Sawano A, Miyawaki A, Rainger J, Schoenebeck JJ, Weijer CJ, McGrew MJ, Headon DJ, Davey MG, Mort RL, Glover JD. bioRxiv. In revision at PLoS Biology.
Structural and epistatic regulatory variants cause hallmark white spotting in cattle. Jivanji S, Wilkinson E, Tang L, Tiplady KM, Yeates A, Harland C, Gray C, Couldrey C, Worth G, Gamache I, Desjardins J, Tabares JAA, Yamanaka N, McNaughton L, Brennan L, Cloutier MP, Cowan M, Ellison R, Fransen T, Monehan T, Spelman RJ, Snell RG, Charlier C, Yamanaka Y, Garrick D, Mort RL, Littlejohn MD. Science Advances. 2026. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adt5913.
2025
Interphase cell morphology defines the mode, symmetry, and outcome of mitosis. Lovegrove HE, Ghadaouia S, Hulmes GE, Revell C, Giralt-Pujol M, Alhashem Z, Nogare DD, Appleton E, Hargreaves D, Costa G, Mort RL, Ballestrem C, Jones GW, Manning CS, Chitnis AB, Franco CA, Linker C, Bentley K, Herbert SP. Science. 2025;388(6746). doi:10.1126/science.adu9628.
Modelling adhesion in stochastic and mean-field models of cell migration. Noureen SR, Mort RL, Yates CA. Physical Review E. 2025;111:014419.
2024
In Silico Toxicity Screening as a Tool for the Development of Sustainable Electronics, Exemplified with Organic Light-Emitting Electrochemical Cells. Sutar P, McGrath T, Lulla Ramrakhiyani K, Somerton C, Ashton M, Harper G, Halcovitch N, Mort R, Wright K, Stowell A, Bird D, Young R, Hardy J. ChemistrySelect. 2024;9(36):e202301868.
Evergene: an interactive webtool for large-scale gene-centric analysis of primary tumours. Kennedy A, Richardson E, Higham J, Kotsantis P, Mort R, Shih BB. Bioinformatics Advances. 2024;vbae092.
A novel ILK/STAT3 pathway controls plasticity in a neural stem cell model of glioblastoma. Loftus AEP, Romano MS, Nguyen Phuong A, Muir MT, Dawson JC, Avalle L, Douglas AT, Mort RL, Byron A, Carragher NO, Pollard SM, Brunton VG, Frame MC. Developmental Cell. 2024;59(24):3197-3212.
2023
Rapid mechanosensitive migration and dispersal of newly divided mesenchymal cells aid their recruitment into dermal condensates. Riddell J, Noureen SR, Sedda L, Glover JD, Ho WKW, Bain CA, Berbeglia A, Brown H, Anderson C, Chen Y, Crichton ML, Yates CA, Mort RL, Headon DJ. PLoS Biology. 2023;21(9):e3002316.
Swapping in lattice-based cell migration models. Noureen SR, Owen JP, Mort RL, Yates CA. Physical Review E. 2023;107(4):044402.
2022
A genetically engineered multicistronic allele of Pmel yielding highly specific CreERT2 mediated recombination in the melanocyte lineage. Wilkinson EL, Brennan LC, Harrison OJ, Crane-Smith Z, Gautier P, Keighren MA, Budd P, Swaminathan K, Machesky LM, Allinson SL, Jackson IJ, Mort RL. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 2022. doi:10.1111/pcmr.13076.
The Polymerization of Homogentisic Acid In Vitro as a Model for Pyomelanin Formation. Galeb HA, Lamantia A, Robson A, König K, Eichhorn J, Baldock SJ, Ashton MD, Baum Jv, Mort RL, Robinson BJ, Schacher FH, Chechik V, Taylor AM, Hardy JG. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics. 2022. doi:10.1002/macp.202100489.
Fingerprinting of melanoblasts, melanocytes, melanoma cells and keratinocytes by live cell Raman spectroscopy reveals cell-type specific responses to UVR. Wilkinson EL, Ashton L, Kerns JG, Allinson SL, Mort RL. Experimental Dermatology. 2022. doi:10.1111/exd.14625.
2021
Live Imaging and Analysis of Cilia and Cell Cycle Dynamics with the Arl13bCerulean-Fucci2a Biosensor and Fucci Tools. Van Kerckvoorde M, Ford MJ, Yeyati PL, Mill P, Mort RL. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2021;2329:291-309.
Melanins as Sustainable Resources for Advanced Biotechnological Applications. Galeb HA, Wilkinson EL, Stowell AF, Lin H, Murphy ST, Martin-Hirsch PL, Mort RL, Taylor AM, Hardy JG. Global Challenges. 2021;5(2):2000102.
2019
Epigenetic remodelling licences adult cholangiocytes for organoid formation and liver regeneration. Aloia L, McKie MA, Vernaz G, Cordero-Espinoza L, Aleksieva N, van den Ameele J, Antonica F, Font-Cunill B, Raven A, Aiese Cigliano R, Belenguer G, Mort RL, Brand AH, Zernicka-Goetz M, Forbes SJ, Miska EA, Huch M. Nature Cell Biology. 2019;21(11):1321-1333.
Defining the Identity and Dynamics of Adult Gastric Isthmus Stem Cells. Han S, Fink J, Jörg DJ, Lee E, Yum MK, Chatzeli L, Merker SR, Josserand M, Trendafilova T, Andersson-Rolf A, Dabrowska C, Kim H, Naumann R, Lee JH, Sasaki N, Mort RL, Basak O, Clevers H, Stange DE, Philpott A, Kim JK, Simons BD, Koo BK. Cell Stem Cell. 2019;25(3):342-356.
Concerted cell divisions in embryonic visceral endoderm guide anterior visceral endoderm migration. Antonica F, Orietti LC, Mort RL, Zernicka-Goetz M. Developmental Biology. 2019;450(2):132-140.
The invasion speed of cell migration models with realistic cell cycle time distributions. Gavagnin E, Ford MJ, Mort RL, Rogers T, Yates CA. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 2019;481:91-99.
2018
A Cell/Cilia Cycle Biosensor for Single-Cell Kinetics Reveals Persistence of Cilia after G1/S Transition Is a General Property in Cells and Mice. Ford MJ, Yeyati PL, Mali GR, Keighren MA, Waddell SH, Mjoseng HK, Douglas AT, Hall EA, Sakaue-Sawano A, Miyawaki A, Meehan RR, Boulter L, Jackson IJ, Mill P, Mort RL. Developmental Cell. 2018;47(4):509-523.
Computer simulation of neutral drift among limbal epithelial stem cells of mosaic mice. West JD, Mort RL, Hill RE, Morley SD, Collinson JM. Stem Cell Research. 2018;30:1-11.
2017
A Multi-stage Representation of Cell Proliferation as a Markov Process. Yates CA, Ford MJ, Mort RL. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology. 2017;79(12):2905-2928.
Hierarchical patterning modes orchestrate hair follicle morphogenesis. Glover JD, Wells KL, Matthäus F, Painter KJ, Ho W, Riddell J, Johansson JA, Ford MJ, Jahoda CAB, Klika V, Mort RL, Headon DJ. PLoS Biology. 2017;15(7):e2002117.
Using approximate Bayesian computation to quantify cell-cell adhesion parameters in a cell migratory process. Ross RJH, Baker RE, Parker A, Ford MJ, Mort RL, Yates CA. npj Systems Biology and Applications. 2017;3:9.
PLAA Mutations Cause a Lethal Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy by Disrupting Ubiquitin-Mediated Endolysosomal Degradation of Synaptic Proteins. Hall EA, Nahorski MS, Murray LM, Shaheen R, Perkins E, Dissanayake KN, Kristaryanto Y, Jones RA, Vogt J, Rivagorda M, Handley MT, Mali GR, Quidwai T, Soares DC, Keighren MA, McKie L, Mort RL et al. American Journal of Human Genetics. 2017;100(5):706-724.
2016
Abnormal corneal epithelial maintenance in mice heterozygous for the micropinna microphthalmia mutation Mp. Douvaras P, Dorà NJ, Mort RL, Lodge EJ, Hill RE, West JD. Experimental Eye Research. 2016;149:26-39.
Reconciling diverse mammalian pigmentation patterns with a fundamental mathematical model. Mort RL, Ross RJH, Hainey KJ, Harrison OJ, Keighren MA, Landini G, Baker RE, Painter KJ, Jackson IJ, Yates CA. Nature Communications. 2016;7:10288.
2015
Maintenance of distinct melanocyte populations in the interfollicular epidermis. Glover JD, Knolle S, Wells KL, Liu D, Jackson IJ, Mort RL, Headon DJ. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 2015;28(4):476-80.
The melanocyte lineage in development and disease. Mort RL, Jackson IJ, Patton EE. Development. 2015;142(4):620-32. Review.
2014
Fucci2a: a bicistronic cell cycle reporter that allows Cre mediated tissue specific expression in mice. Mort RL, Ford MJ, Sakaue-Sawano A, Lindstrom NO, Casadio A, Douglas AT, Keighren MA, Hohenstein P, Miyawaki A, Jackson IJ. Cell Cycle. 2014;13(17):2681-96.
Ex vivo culture of mouse embryonic skin and live-imaging of melanoblast migration. Mort RL, Keighren M, Hay L, Jackson IJ. Journal of Visualised Experiments. 2014;(87):51352.
2013
Increased corneal epithelial turnover contributes to abnormal homeostasis in the Pax6(+/-) mouse model of aniridia. Douvaras P, Mort RL, Edwards D, Ramaesh K, Dhillon B, Morley SD, Hill RE, West JD. PLoS One. 2013;8(8):e71117.
A CNS-specific hypomorphic Pdgfr-beta mutant model of diabetic retinopathy. Jadeja S, Mort RL, Keighren M, Hart AW, Joynson R, Wells S, Potter PK, Jackson IJ. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2013;54(5):3569-78.
2012
Stem cells and corneal epithelial maintenance: insights from the mouse and other animal models. Mort RL, Douvaras P, Morley SD, Dorà N, Hill RE, Collinson JM, West JD. Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation. 2012;55:357-94. Review.
Activated mutant NRas(Q61K) drives aberrant melanocyte signaling, survival, and invasiveness via a Rac1-dependent mechanism. Li A, Ma Y, Jin M, Mason S, Mort RL, Blyth K, Larue L, Sansom OJ, Machesky LM. Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 2012;132(11):2610-21.
Normal X-inactivation mosaicism in corneas of heterozygous FlnaDilp2/+ female mice — a model of human filamin A (FLNA) diseases. Douvaras P, Liu W, Mort RL, McKie L, West KM, Cross SH, Morley SD, West JD. BMC Research Notes. 2012;5:122.
Interaction between hedgehog signalling and PAX6 dosage mediates maintenance and regeneration of the corneal epithelium. Kucerova R, Dorà N, Mort RL, Wallace K, Leiper LJ, Lowes C, Neves C, Walczysko P, Bruce F, Fowler PA, Rajnicek AM, McCaig CD, Zhao M, West JD, Collinson JM. Molecular Vision. 2012;18:139-50.
Effects of aberrant Pax6 gene dosage on mouse corneal pathophysiology and corneal epithelial homeostasis. Mort RL, Bentley AJ, Martin FL, Collinson JM, Douvaras P, Hill RE, Morley SD, Fullwood NJ, West JD. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e28895.
2011
P-Rex1 is required for efficient melanoblast migration and melanoma metastasis. Lindsay CR, Lawn S, Campbell AD, Faller WJ, Rambow F, Mort RL, Timpson P et al. Nature Communications. 2011;2:555.
Rac1 drives melanoblast organization during mouse development by orchestrating pseudopod-driven motility and cell-cycle progression. Li A, Ma Y, Yu X, Mort RL, Lindsay CR, Stevenson D, Strathdee D, Insall RH, Chernoff J, Snapper SB, Jackson IJ, Larue L, Sansom OJ, Machesky LM. Developmental Cell. 2011;21(4):722-34.
2010
Ex vivo live imaging of melanoblast migration in embryonic mouse skin. Mort RL, Hay L, Jackson IJ. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 2010;23(2):299-301.
2009
Quantitative analysis of patch patterns in mosaic tissues with ClonalTools software. Mort RL. Journal of Anatomy. 2009;215(6):698-704.
Mosaic analysis of stem cell function and wound healing in the mouse corneal epithelium. Mort RL, Ramaesh T, Kleinjan DA, Morley SD, West JD. BMC Developmental Biology. 2009;9:4.