Woonyung Hur, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - joint with Dr. Eric Siggia at Rockefeller University
The Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis Lab
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Woonyung Hur, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow - joint with Dr. Eric Siggia at Rockefeller University
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646.422.2355

Education & Training
2023-Present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow - joint with Dr. Eric Siggia at Rockefeller University

2015-2022:  PhD, Cell Biology, Duke University, USA 

2009-2015:  BSE, Biomedical Engineering & BS, Biology, Duke University, USA

Publications

Hur, W., Mukherjee, A., Hayden, L., Lu, Z., Chao, A., Mitchell, N. P., Streichan, S. J., Vergassola, M., & Di Talia, S. (2025). Topological interactions drive the first fate decision in the Drosophila embryo. Nature Physics. doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-02796-x

Hayden L, Hur W, Vergassola M, Di Talia S. (2022). Manipulating the nature of embryonic mitotic waves.  Curr Biol. 32(22):4989-4996.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.10.014. Epub 2022 Nov 3. PMID: 36332617; PMCID: PMC9691596.

Hur W, Kemp JP Jr, Tarzia M, Deneke VE, Marzluff WF, Duronio RJ, Di Talia S (2020). CDK-Regulated Phase Separation Seeded by Histone Genes Ensures Precise Growth and Function of Histone Locus Bodies. Dev Cell. 54(3):379-394.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jun 23. PMID: 32579968; PMCID: PMC7423771.

Falahati H, Hur W, Di Talia S, Wieschaus E (2021). Temperature-Induced uncoupling of cell cycle regulators. Dev Biol. 470:147-153. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.11.010. Epub 2020 Dec 3. PMID: 33278404; PMCID: PMC8106975.