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Jeff-Rasmussen

Jeff Rasmussen
Assistant Professor
rasmuss@uw.edu
371 LSB
(206) 616-7248
Rasmussen Lab
Accepting graduate students
Fields of interest
Cell and Molecular Biology, Development, Neurobiology

My lab uses the unique experimental advantages of zebrafish to gain cellular, molecular, and genetic insights into skin development and repair, with a particular focus on skin-neuron interactions. Please visit the lab website for more information.

B.S., Brown University (2002)

Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle (2011)

Postdoc, University of California, Los Angeles (2012-2018)

Osteoblasts pattern endothelium and somatosensory axons during zebrafish caudal fin organogenesis, Bump, Rosalind G., Goo Camille E. A., Horton Emma C., and Rasmussen Jeffrey P. , Development, Feb, Volume 149, (2022)
A conserved morphogenetic mechanism for epidermal ensheathment of nociceptive sensory neurites, Jiang, Nan, Rasmussen Jeffrey P., Clanton Joshua A., Rosenberg Marci F., Luedke Kory P., Cronan Mark R., Parker Edward D., Kim Hyeon-Jin, Vaughan Joshua C., Sagasti Alvaro, et al. , Elife, Mar, Volume 8, (2019)
Fish Scales Dictate the Pattern of Adult Skin Innervation and Vascularization., Rasmussen, Jeffrey P., Vo Nhat-Thi, and Sagasti Alvaro , Dev Cell, Aug, Volume 46, p.344–359, (2018)
Learning to swim, again: Axon regeneration in fish, Rasmussen, Jeffrey P., and Sagasti Alvaro , Exp Neurol, Jan, Volume 287, p.318-330, (2017)
Vertebrate epidermal cells are broad-specificity phagocytes that clear sensory axon debris, Rasmussen, Jeffrey P., Sack Georgeann S., Martin Seanna M., and Sagasti Alvaro , J Neurosci, Jan, Volume 35, p.559-70, (2015)