Henry De Belly, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Cardiovascular Research Inst
School of Medicine

Awards

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• NIH Pathway to Independence Awards (K99/R00), NIGMS, 2024
• EMBO Postdoctoral fellowship, 2021-2023
• Marie Curie PhD Fellowship (ITN), 2015-2018

Education & Training

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• PhD Biophysics University College London 11/2019

Interests

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• Stem cells
• Ezrin
• cytoskeleton
• cell surface mechanics

Websites

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• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)
• Posts on X henry_de_belly (X.com)
• Weiner Lab (weinerlab.com)

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
Cell MovementMouse Embryonic Stem CellsCell ShapeCell PolarityCell MembraneMorphogenesisPseudopodiaActinsEmbryonic Stem CellsMechanotransduction, CellularCell WallActomyosinActin CytoskeletonSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsBiological Phenomena

• Follow the flow: Actin and membrane act as an integrated system to globally coordinate cell shape and movement.
  Current opinion in cell biology 2024 De Belly H, Weiner OD
• Cell protrusions and contractions generate long-range membrane tension propagation.
  Cell 2023 De Belly H, Yan S, Borja da Rocha H, Ichbiah S, Town JP, Zager PJ, Estrada DC, Meyer K, Turlier H, Bustamante C, Weiner OD
• Lymph node homeostasis and adaptation to immune challenge resolved by fibroblast network mechanics.
  Nature immunology 2022 Horsnell HL, Tetley RJ, De Belly H, Makris S, Millward LJ, Benjamin AC, Heeringa LA, de Winde CM, Paluch EK, Mao Y, Acton SE
• Interplay between mechanics and signalling in regulating cell fate.
  Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology 2022 De Belly H, Paluch EK, Chalut KJ
• Cell surface fluctuations regulate early embryonic lineage sorting.
  Cell 2022 Yanagida A, Corujo-Simon E, Revell CK, Sahu P, Stirparo GG, Aspalter IM, Winkel AK, Peters R, De Belly H, Cassani DAD, Achouri S, Blumenfeld R, Franze K, Hannezo E, Paluch EK, Nichols J, Chalut KJ

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• Membrane Tension Gates ERK-Mediated Regulation of Pluripotent Cell Fate.
  Cell stem cell 2020 De Belly H, Stubb A, Yanagida A, Labouesse C, Jones PH, Paluch EK, Chalut KJ
• Membrane Tension Orchestrates Rear Retraction in Matrix-Directed Cell Migration.
  Developmental cell 2019 Hetmanski JHR, de Belly H, Busnelli I, Waring T, Nair RV, Sokleva V, Dobre O, Cameron A, Gauthier N, Lamaze C, Swift J, Del Campo A, Starborg T, Zech T, Goetz JG, Paluch EK, Schwartz JM, Caswell PT
• Mechanosensation Dynamically Coordinates Polar Growth and Cell Wall Assembly to Promote Cell Survival.
  Developmental cell 2018 Davì V, Tanimoto H, Ershov D, Haupt A, De Belly H, Le Borgne R, Couturier E, Boudaoud A, Minc N
• ESCRT III repairs nuclear envelope ruptures during cell migration to limit DNA damage and cell death.
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2016 Raab M, Gentili M, de Belly H, Thiam HR, Vargas P, Jimenez AJ, Lautenschlaeger F, Voituriez R, Lennon-Duménil AM, Manel N, Piel M