Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine

Pediatrics

Mustafa Khokha is an expert in the field of Pediatrics. He researched medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has a rank of 19 in research and a 29 in primary care He received awards:"Mallinckrodt Scholar", "Mae Gailani Junior Faculty Award", "Harvey Colton Award", "Kingsley Fellowship in Medical Research" and "Fellow". Dr. Mustafa K. Khokha is also published. He has 29 publications published. The lastest publication: "Fractal geometry in rat chimeras demonstrates that a repetitive cell division program may generate liver parenchyma.'

Publications

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• Xenopus as a Model Organism for Birth Defects - Congenital Heart Disease and Heterotaxy.
• CRISPR/Cas9: An inexpensive, efficient loss of function tool to screen human disease genes in Xenopus.
• The NIMA-like kinase Nek2 is a key switch balancing cilia biogenesis and resorption in the development of left-right asymmetry.
• The Ribosome Biogenesis Factor Nol11 Is Required for Optimal rDNA Transcription and Craniofacial Development in Xenopus.
• Quantitative optical coherence tomography imaging of intermediate flow defect phenotypes in ciliary physiology and pathophysiology.
• Mutation of NLRC4 causes a syndrome of enterocolitis and autoinflammation.
• The heterotaxy gene GALNT11 glycosylates Notch to orchestrate cilia type and laterality.
• A novel approach to quantifying ciliary physiology: microfluidic mixing driven by a ciliated biological surface.
• Microfluidic characterization of cilia-driven fluid flow using optical coherence tomography-based particle tracking velocimetry.
• Rare copy number variations in congenital heart disease patients identify unique genes in left-right patterning.
• The genome of the Western clawed frog Xenopus tropicalis.
• BMP antagonists and FGF signaling contribute to different domains of the neural plate in Xenopus.
• Rapid gynogenetic mapping of Xenopus tropicalis mutations to chromosomes.
• Twisted gastrulation is required for forebrain specification and cooperates with Chordin to inhibit BMP signaling during X. tropicalis gastrulation.
• Depletion of three BMP antagonists from Spemann's organizer leads to a catastrophic loss of dorsal structures.
• Characterization of a Mycobacterium ulcerans-like infection in a colony of African tropical clawed frogs (Xenopus tropicalis).
• Gremlin is the BMP antagonist required for maintenance of Shh and Fgf signals during limb patterning.
• Techniques and probes for the study of Xenopus tropicalis development.
• Breeding Based Remobilization of Tol2 Transposon in Xenopus tropicalis.
• Cooperative activity of noggin and gremlin 1 in axial skeleton development.
• Developmental expression of FoxJ1.2, FoxJ2, and FoxQ1 in Xenopus tropicalis.
• Accelerated gene evolution and subfunctionalization in the pseudotetraploid frog Xenopus laevis.
• Bmp signaling is necessary and sufficient for ventrolateral endoderm specification in Xenopus.
• Identification of mutants in inbred Xenopus tropicalis.
• Strategies for characterising cis-regulatory elements in Xenopus.
• Fractal geometry in rat chimeras demonstrates that a repetitive cell division program may generate liver parenchyma.
• Insertional mutation of a gene involved in growth regulation of the early mouse embryo.
• Impaired tubulogenesis of cyst-derived cells from autosomal dominant polycystic kidneys.

Schools

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• Northwestern Center Feinberg School of Medicine

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
• Pediatrics

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Mallinckrodt Scholar
• Mae Gailani Junior Faculty Award
• Harvey Colton Award
• Kingsley Fellowship in Medical Research
• Fellow

Education

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• Washington University
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Yale-New Haven Hospital

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