M. C. Dunagin

This study identifies cell state variability as a key determinant of SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility by analyzing highly susceptible lung epithelial cells.

The paper identifies a rare invasive subpopulation of melanoma cells that drives metastasis, independent of environment, through non-genetic gene expression fluctuations.

This paper demonstrates that full-length mRNAs transfer between mammalian cells via membrane nanotubes, not extracellular vesicles, and shows this process alters the acceptor cell proteome.