Research Publications

The scaffold RhoGAP protein ARHGAP8/BPGAP1 synchronizes Rac and Rho signaling to facilitate cell migration

Darren Chen Pei Wong, Catherine Qiurong Pan, Shi Yin Er, T. Thivakar, Tan Zi Yi Rachel, Sock Hong Seah, Pei Jou Chua, Tingting Jiang, Ti Weng Chew, Parthiv Kant Chaudhuri, Somsubhro Mukherjee, Agus Salim, Thike Aye Aye, Cheng Gee Koh, Chwee Teck Lim, Puay Hoon Tan, Boon Huat Bay, Anne J. Ridley, and Boon Chuan Low

MBC
Feb 2023

Penicillium citrinum Provides Transkingdom Growth Benefits in Choy Sum (Brassica rapa var. parachinensis)

Keyu Gu , Cheng-Yen Chen, Poonguzhali Selvaraj ,Shruti Pavagadhi, Yoon Ting Yeap, Sanjay Swarup, Wenhui Zheng and Naweed I. Naqvi

MDPI

27 Feb 2023

Human antibody C10 neutralizes by diminishing Zika but enhancing dengue virus dynamics

Xin-Xiang Lim, BoShu, Shuijun Zhang, Aaron W.K.Tan,  Thiam-Seng Ng, Xin-Ni Lim, Valerie S.-Y. Chew, Jian Shi, Gavin R. Screaton, Shee-Mei Lok, Ganesh S.Anand
CELL
30 Nov 2021

Light regulates stomatal development by modulating paracrine signaling from inner tissues

Shenqi Wang, Zimin Zhou, Rini Rahiman, Grace Sheen Yee Lee, Yuan Kai Yeo, Xin Yang & On Sun Lau

Nature Communications
7 Jun 2021

Structural basis for p50RhoGAP BCH domain–mediated regulation of Rho inactivation

Vishnu Priyanka Reddy Chichili, Ti Weng Chew, Srihari Shankar, Shi Yin Er, Cheen Fei Chin, Chacko Jobichen, Catherine Qiurong Pan, Yiting Zhou, Foong May Yeong, Boon Chuan Low and J. Sivaramanan
PNAS
10 Mar 2021

SARS-CoV-2 S protein:ACE2 interaction reveals novel allosteric targets

Palur V Raghuvamsi, Nikhil K Tulsian, Firdaus Samsudin, Xinlei Qian, Kiren Purushotorman, Gu Yue, Mary M Kozma, Wong Y Hwa, Julien Lescar, Peter J Bond Is a corresponding author, Paul A MacAry, Ganesh S Anand 
eLIFE
8 Feb 2021

Environmental destruction not avoided with the Sustainable Development Goals

Zeng, Yiwen; Maxwell, Sean; Runting, Rebecca K.; et al.
Nature Sustainability
Early Access: JUN 2020

Phylogenomics of white-eyes, a ‘great speciator’, reveals Indonesian archipelago as the center of lineage diversity

Frank E Rheindt, Chyi Yin Gwee, Kritika M Garg, Balaji Chattopadhyay, Keren R Sadanandan et al.
eLife
22 December 2020

Phylogenomic analysis of ultraconserved elements resolves the evolutionary and biogeographic history of segmented trapdoor spiders

Xu, X., Su, Y-C., Ho, S.Y.W., Kuntner, M., Ono, H., Liu, F.X., Chang, C-C., Warrit, N., Sivayyapram, V., Aung, K.P.P., Pham, D.S., Norma-Rashid, Y. & Li, D. 
Systematic Biology
26 Dec 2020

High flavivirus structural plasticity demonstrated by a non-spherical morphological variant

Shee-Mei Lok  et al (2020).
Nature Communications
volume 11, Article number: 3112 (2020)

910 metagenome-assembled genomes from the phytobiomes of three urban-farmed leafy Asian greens

Aditya Bandla, ShrutiPavagadhi, Ashwin SridharSudarshan, Miko Chin Hong Poh & Sanjay Swarup ✉ (2020). Scientific Data | (2020) 7:278 

BNIP-2 retards breast cancer  cell migration by coupling microtubule-mediated GEF-H1 and RhoA activation

MRC Biomedical picture of the day | LINK

Meng Pan, Ti Weng Chew, Darren Chen Pei Wong, Jingwei Xiao, Hui Ting Ong, Jasmine Fei Li Chin and Boon Chuan Low
Science Advances 31 Jul 2020:
Vol. 6, no. 31, eaaz1534

Functions of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins: mediating the crosstalk between mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy

H Xian and YC Liou (2020).
Cell death and differentiation. Review Article (in press). 

A lost world in Wallacea:  Description of a montane archipelagic avifauna

Rheindt FE*, Prawiradilaga DM, Ashari H, Suparno, Gwee CY, Lee GWX, Wu MY, Ng NSR. (2020). Science 367: 167-170.

Mesostigma viride genome and transcriptome provide insights into the origin and evolution of Streptophyta. 

Han X*, Zhang P*, Gu X*, Yu H* et al (2020)
Advanced Science 7: 1901850 (*Co-corresponding author). 

Longer is not always better: Optimizing barcode length for large-scale species discovery and identification.

Yeo, D., Srivathsan, A. and Meier, R., 2019.  Systematic Biology, doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa014 | LINK

Early-exposure to new sex pheromone blend alters mate preference in female butterflies and in their offspring. 

Dion E, LX Pui, and A Monteiro (2020) Nature Communications | LINK

Historic DNA reveals Anthropocene threat to a tropical urban fruit bat

Chattopadhyay B, Garg KM, Mendenhall IH, Rheindt FE*. 2019.  Current Biology 29: R1-R3.

SHAGGY-like kinase 12 regulates flowering through mediating CONSTANS stability in Arabidopsis.

Chen Y, Song S, Gan Y, Jiang L, Yu H* and Shen L* (2020)  Science Advances 6: eaaw0413 (*Co-corresponding author).

BNIP-2 Retards Breast Cancer Cell Migration by Coupling Microtubule-mediated GEF-H1 and RhoA Activation

Pan, M., Chew, T. W., Wong, CP, Xiao J, Ong, H.T., Chin, J., Low, B.C. (2020)  Science Advances (in press)

Structural Changes in Noble Metal Nanoparticles during CO Oxidation and Their Impact on Catalyst Activity

S. W. Chee, J. Arce-Ramos, W. Li , A. Genest, U. Mirsaidov (2020) Nature Communications 11, p2133 (2020)

Comprehensive analysis of ERK1/2 substrates for potential combination immunotherapies

Yang L, Zheng Lz, Chng WJ, Ding JL* (2019)
Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 40: 897-910

Structural Basis of the SARS-CoV-2/SARS-CoV Receptor Binding and Small-Molecule Blockers as Potential Therapeutics

Sivaraman H, Er SY, Choong YK, Gavor E, Sivaraman J* (2020) Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2020 Jun 23. doi: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-061220-093932.  | LINK

wERKing the Waves in Collective Cell Migration

Tay YYI, Toyama Y*. (2020) Developmental Cell, 53, 621-622

The MCTP-SNARE complex regulates florigen transport in Arabidopsis

Liu L, Li C, Teo ZWN, Zhang B, Yu H* (2019)
Plant Cell 31: 2475–2490 

Desmosomal coupling in apoptotic cell extrusion

Thomas M, Ladoux B, Toyama Y*. (2020)
Current Biology 26, 2942-50 | LINK

Shaping the zebrafish myotome by differential friction and active stress

S. Tlili*, Y. Jianmin*, J.-F. Rupprecht, M. A. Mendieta-Serrano, G. Weissbart, N. Verma, X. Teng, Y. Toyama, J. Prost and T. E. Saunders.  (2019) PNAS 116, 25430 

Air mass source determines airborne microbial diversity at the ocean-atmosphere interface of the Great Barrier Reef marine ecosystem

Archer SDJ, Lee KC, King-Miaow K, Harvey M, Wainwright B, Huang D, Pointing SB (2020) (A Nature Research Journal) The ISME Journal 14,  871-876.

Cxcl9l and Cxcr3.2 regulate recruitment of osteoclast progenitors to bone matrix in a medaka osteoporosis model

Phan QT; Tan WH; Liu RR; Sundaram S; Buettner A; Kneitz S; Cheong B; Vyas H; Mathavan S; Schartl M; Winkler C* (2020)PNAS DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2006093117 

Periodic oscillations of Myosin-II mechanically proofread cell-cell connections to ensure robust formation of the cardiac vessel

S. Zhang, X. Teng, Y. Toyama and T. E. Saunders. (2020) Current Biology 30, 1-14 

Characterizing extinction debt following habitat fragmentation using neutral theory

Thompson, S. E. D., R. A. Chisholm*, and J. Rosindell. (2019)  Ecology Letters 22:2087–2096

Real-Time Imaging of Nanoscale Redox Reactions over Bimetallic Nanoparticles.

S. F. Tan, S. W. Chee, J. Hongmei, Z. Baraissov, T.-L. Tan, U. Mirsaidov (2019)
Advanced Functional Materials 29(37) p.1903242 

A general framework for propagule dispersal in mangroves.

Van der Stoken, T., Wee, A., De Ryck, D., Vanschoenwinkel, B., Friess, D., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Simarc, M., Koedam, N., Webb, E.L.  (2019)  Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12514

Historic DNA reveals Anthropocene threat to a tropical urban fruit bat

Chattopadhyay B, Garg KM, Mendenhall IH, Rheindt FE*. 2019.  Current Biology 29: R1-R3.

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