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A. Corno, M. H. Cordeiro, L. A. Allan, Q. W. Lim, E. Harrington, R. J. Smith, A. T. Saurin
This study shows that the PLK1-PP2A kinase-phosphatase pair regulates mitotic checkpoint and error-correction signaling through feedback on the BUB complex, ensuring proper chromosome segregation.
bioRxiv · May 22, 2022Cell Biology
S. Jovan, C. Zuidema, M. M. Derrien, A. L. Bidwell, W. Brinkley, R. J. Smith, D. Blahna, R. Barnhill, L. Gould, A. J. Rodriguez, M. C. Amacher, T. D. Abel, P. Lopez
This paper uses moss sampling and community science to map heavy metal pollution in Seattle, identifying priority metals and advocating for further environmental justice actions.
bioRxiv · Apr 20, 2022Scientific Communication & Education
D. Wood, J. A. Holmberg, O. G. Osborne, A. J. Helmsetter, L. T. Dunning, A. R. Ellison, R. J. Smith, J. Lighten, A. S. T. Papadopulos
The paper investigates how ancestral plasticity contributes to adaptive evolution in two independently evolved lineages of zinc-tolerant Silene uniflora, finding that genetic assimilation of ancestral plasticity explains a third of constitutive differences between ecotypes.
bioRxiv · Nov 30, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
K. M. Gunnarsdottir, A. Li, R. J. Smith, J.-Y. Kang, A. Korzeniewska, N. Crone, A. G. Rouse, J. J. Cheng, M. J. Kinsman, P. Landazuri, U. Uysal, C. M. Ulloa, N. Cameron, I. Cajigas, J. R. Jagid, , S. V. Sarma
This paper develops a network-based interictal EEG marker to identify the epileptogenic zone, achieving 79% accuracy in predicting surgical outcomes compared to 43% for clinicians.
bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2021Bioengineering
J. C. McKerral, J. R. Seymour, T. J. Lavery, P. J. Rogers, T. C. Jeffries, J. S. Paterson, B. Roudnew, C. Huveneers, K. Newton, V. van Dongen-Vogels, N. P. Cribb, K. M. Winn, R. J. Smith, C. L. Beckmann, E. Prime, , J. G. Mitchell
The paper shows that ocean turbulence and fishing both reduce aquatic biomass, with turbulence having a larger impact by increasing the energetic cost of movement for nekton.
bioRxiv · Oct 4, 2021 · PreprintEcology
A. S. T. PAPADOPULOS, A. J. Helmstetter, O. G. Osborne, A. A. Comeault, D. P. Wood, E. A. Straw, L. D. Mason, M. F. Fay, J. Parker, L. T. Dunning, A. D. Foote, R. J. Smith, J. Lighten
This study shows that Silene uniflora rapidly adapted to zinc-contaminated soils without gene flow, revealing complex genetic responses to anthropogenic pollution.
bioRxiv · Aug 12, 2020Evolutionary Biology
M. H. Cordeiro, R. J. Smith, A. T. Saurin
The paper shows that kinetochore phosphatases suppress PLK1 activity to dephosphorylate MELT motifs on KNL1, thereby removing SAC proteins like the BUB complex from kinetochores.
bioRxiv · Nov 28, 2019Cell Biology
R. J. Smith, M. H. Cordeiro, N. E. Davey, G. Vallardi, A. Ciliberto, F. Gross, A. T. Saurin
The paper shows PP1 and PP2A-B56 use opposite phospho-dependencies to control distinct mitotic processes at the kinetochore through differential kinase input responses.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2019Cell Biology
M. R. Tollefson, J. Litman, G. Qi, R. J. Marini, C. E. O'Connell, M. J. Wipfler, H. V. Bernabe, W. T. Tollefson, T. L. Casavant, T. A. Braun, R. J. Smith, M. J. Schnieders
This study improves the structural resolution of deafness-associated proteins using polarizable force fields and shows how these data can enhance pathogenicity prediction.
bioRxiv · Feb 21, 2019Biophysics