Melissa Rolls

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Pennsylvania State University

United States

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Melissa Rolls is a Professor at Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Her research focuses on microtubule dynamics and polarity in neural contexts, particularly related to neurite branching and regeneration. Recent publications include studies on microtubule properties, dendrite regeneration, and the role of calcium channels in neuronal development.

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Emergent microtubule properties in a model of filament turnover and nucleation

Nucleation feedback can drive establishment and maintenance of biased microtubule polarity in neurites

Neurite branching is associated with mixed microtubule polarity in sea anemone neurons

Endocytosis of Wnt ligands from surrounding epithelial cells positions microtubule nucleation sites at dendrite branch points

Voltage-gated calcium channels act upstream of adenylyl cyclase Ac78C to promote timely initiation of dendrite regeneration

Minimal Mechanisms of Microtubule Length Regulation in Living Cells

Ciliated sensory neurons can regenerate axons after complete axon removal

Dendrite regeneration mediates functional recovery after complete dendrite removal

The exocyst complex is required for developmental and regenerative neurite growth in vivo

Dendrite regeneration in the vertebrate spinal cord

Microtubule polarity is instructive for many aspects of neuronal polarity

Principles of microtubule polarity in linear cells

Microtubule organization of vertebrate sensory neurons in vivo

Trim9 and Klp61F promote polymerization of new dendritic microtubules along parallel microtubules

Microtubule dynamics in healthy and injured neurons

To nucleate or not, that is the question in neurons

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William Hancock

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