Dorrity Lab

EMBL Heidelberg — Molecular Systems Biology

Temporal robustness in development

We uncover the molecular and cellular sources of robustness in development — how embryos keep time across cells, temperatures, and species.

Research → Publications →

M. Benton EMBL

Selected publications

2026

Quantitative mapping of heterochrony to species-specific phenotypes

Bourn JJ, Knoblich SA, Kneeshaw SJ, Benjaminsen J, Zilova L, Aulehla A, Saunders L, Wittbrodt J, Birney E, Dorrity MW

bioRxiv

2026

Life-cycle trajectory inference links temperature-gated progenitors to reproductive fate

Vaidya G, Lagodny E, Girish A, Mellado Fuentes AM, Ross E, Robb S, Mirkes K, Yavru D, Khan AUM, Tischer C, Dorrity MW, Vu HTK

bioRxiv

2023

Proteostasis governs differential temperature sensitivity across embryonic cell types

Dorrity MW, Saunders LM, Duran M, Srivatsan SR, Barkan E, Jackson DL, … Trapnell C

Cell

M. Lamprousi Dorrity Lab / EMBL