Associate Professor
Accepting new graduate students
Fields of Interest
Biography
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)
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Selected Research
- Microtubules Regulate Tissue-Level Navigation in Skin-Resident Macrophages, Linbo Tor H., Rasmussen Jeffrey P., Peterman Eric, Murphy Andrew, Swinburne Ian A., and Megason Sean G., Journal of Cell Science, Volume 138, p.jcs264101 (2025)
- Dendritic Atoh1a+ Cells Serve as Merkel Cell Precursors during Skin Development and Regeneration, Craig Evan W., Goo Camille E. A., Black Erik C., Yee Nathaniel G., Rasmussen Jeffrey P., Quitevis Elgene J. A., Fernandes Samantha Z., Ferdous Ahlan S., Sargent Sheridan M., Swearer Avery Angell, Shin Jimann, and Solnica-Krezel Lilianna, Development (Cambridge, England), p.dev.204810 (2025)
- Rho-Associated Kinase Regulates Langerhans Cell Morphology and Responsiveness to Tissue Damage, Goo Camille E. A., Rasmussen Jeffrey P., Peterman Eric, and Quitevis Elgene J. A., Cell Reports, Volume 43, p.114208 (2024)
- Calcium Dynamics of Skin-Resident Macrophages during Homeostasis and Tissue Injury, Rasmussen Jeffrey P., Peterman Eric, and Guerrero Pearl A. Leon, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Volume 35, p.br26 (2024)
- Zebrafish Cutaneous Injury Models Reveal That Langerhans Cells Engulf Axonal Debris in Adult Epidermis, Sagasti Alvaro, Horton Emma C., Black Erik C., Rasmussen Jeffrey P., Peterman Eric, Quitevis Elgene J. A., Aelmore Rune L., and White Ethan, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Volume 16, p.dmm049911 (2023)
- Dermal Appendage-Dependent Patterning of Zebrafish Atoh1a+ Merkel Cells, Raible David W, Craig Evan W., Brown Tanya L., Horton Emma C., Goo Camille E. A., Black Erik C., Hewitt Madeleine N., Yee Nathaniel G., Fan Everett T., and Rasmussen Jeffrey P., eLife, Volume 12, p.e85800 (2023)
- Osteoblasts pattern endothelium and somatosensory axons during zebrafish caudal fin organogenesis, Rasmussen Jeffrey P, Bump Rosalind G, Goo Camille E A, and Horton Emma C, Development, Feb, Volume 149 (2022)
- A conserved morphogenetic mechanism for epidermal ensheathment of nociceptive sensory neurites, Clanton Joshua A, Parrish Jay Z, Jiang Nan, Rasmussen Jeffrey P, Rosenberg Marci F, Luedke Kory P, Cronan Mark R, Parker Edward D, Kim Hyeon-Jin, Vaughan Joshua C, and Sagasti Alvaro, Elife, Mar, Volume 8 (2019)
- A conserved morphogenetic mechanism for epidermal ensheathment of nociceptive sensory neurites, Clanton Joshua A, Parrish Jay Z, Jiang Nan, Rasmussen Jeffrey P, Rosenberg Marci F, Luedke Kory P, Cronan Mark R, Parker Edward D, Kim Hyeon-Jin, Vaughan Joshua C, and Sagasti Alvaro, Elife, 03/2019, Volume 8 (2019)
- Fish Scales Dictate the Pattern of Adult Skin Innervation and Vascularization., Rasmussen Jeffrey P, Sagasti Alvaro, and Vo Nhat-Thi, 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, Sagasti Alvaro, Sack Georgeann S, and Martin Seanna M, J Neurosci, Jan, Volume 35, p.559-70 (2015)
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