Publications

  1. Xinwen Zhu, Chiara Ricci-Tam, Emily R. Hager, and Allyson E. Sgro†. Self-cleaving 2A peptides allow for expression of multiple genes in Dictyostelium discoideum. PLOS ONE In Press (2023); bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2022.03.08.482734 (2022). Full text: HTML
  2. Chiara Ricci-Tam, Sophia Kuipa*, Maya Peters Kostman*, Mark S.Aronson, and Allyson E. .Sgro†. Microbial models of development: Inspiration for engineering self-assembled synthetic multicellularity. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology 141: 50-62 (2023). Full Text: HTML
  3. Xinwen Zhu*, Emily R. Hager*, Chuqiao Huyan*, and Allyson E. Sgro†. Leveraging the model-experiment loop: Examples from cellular slime mold chemotaxis. Experimental Cell Research 418(1): 113218 (2022). Full Text: HTML and PDF
  4. Chuqiao Huyan, Alexander Golden, Xinwen Zhu, Pankaj Mehta, and Allyson E. Sgro†. Robust coordination of collective oscillatory signaling requires single-cell excitability and fold-change detection. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2021.09.02.457527 (2021). Full text: HTML
  5. Samuel J. Ghilardi, Mark S. Aronson, and Allyson E. Sgro†. Ventral stress fibers induce plasma membrane deformation in human fibroblasts. Molecular Biology of the Cell 32(18): 1707-1723 (2021). Full text: HTML
  6. Alexander Golden, Allyson E. Sgro, and Pankaj Mehta. Arnold tongues in oscillator systems with nonuniform spatial driving. Physical Review E 103: 042211 (2021). Full text: HTML and PDF
  7. Panagis D. Samolis, Daniel Langley, Breanna M. O'Reilly, Zay Oo, Geva Hilzenrat, Shyamsunder Erramilli, Allyson E. Sgro, Sally McArthur, and Michelle Y. Sander. Label-free imaging of fibroblast membrane interfaces and protein signatures with vibrational infrared photothermal and phase signals. Biomedical Optics Express 12(1): 303-319 (2021). Full text: HTML and PDF
  8. Mark S. Aronson, Chiara Ricci-Tam*, Xinwen Zhu*, and Allyson E. Sgro†. Exploiting Noise to Engineer Adaptability in Synthetic Multicellular Systems. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering 16: 52-60 (2020). Full text: HTML
  9. Samuel J. Ghilardi*, Breanna M. O’Reilly*, and Allyson E. Sgro†. Intracellular signaling dynamics and their role in coordinating tissue repair. WIREs Systems Biology and Medicine 12: e1479 (2020). Full text: HTML and PDF
  10. Fernando W. Rossine, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Allyson E. Sgro, Thomas Gregor, and Corina Tarnita. Eco-evolutionary significance of 'loners'. PLOS Biology 18(3): e3000642 (2020). Full text: HTML and PDF
  11. Mina Nazari, Min Xi, Mark Aronson, Oliver Mcrae, Mi K. Hong, Suryaram Gummuluru, Allyson E. Sgro, James C. Bird, Lawrence D. Ziegler, Christopher Gillespie, Kathleen Souza, Nhung Nguyen, Robert M.Smith, Edward Silva, Ayako Miura, Shyamsunder Erramilli, and Björn M. Reinhard. Plasmon-Enhanced Pan-Microbial Pathogen Inactivation in the Cavitation Regime: Selectivity Without Targeting. ACS Applied Nano Materials 2: 2548-2558 (2019). Full text PDF
  12. Javad Noorbakhsh, David J. Schwab, Allyson E. Sgro, Thomas Gregor, and Pankaj Mehta. Modeling oscillations and spiral waves in Dictyostelium populations. Physical Review E 91: 062711 (2015). Full text: HTML and PDF
  13. Allyson E. Sgro† , David J. Schwab, Javad Noorbakhsh, Troy Mestler, Pankaj Mehta, and Thomas Gregor. From Intracellular Signaling to Population Oscillations: Bridging Size- and Time-Scales in Collective Behavior. Molecular Systems Biology 11: 779 (2015). Full text: HTML and PDF
  14. Corina E. Tarnita, Alex Washburne, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Allyson E. Sgro, and Simon A. Levin. Fitness tradeoffs between spores and non-aggregating cells can explain the coexistence of diverse genotypes in cellular slime molds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112: 2776-2781 (2015). Full text: HTML and PDF
  15. Shashank Shekhar*, Lian Zhu*, Linas Mazutis*, Allyson E. Sgro*, Thomas G. Fai*, and Marija Podolski*. Quantitative biology: where modern biology meets physical sciences. Molecular Biology of the Cell 25: 3482-3485 (2014). Full text: HTML and PDF
  16. Allyson E. Sgro, Sandra M. Bajjalieh, and Daniel T. Chiu. Single-axonal organelle analysis method reveals new protein-motor associations. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 4: 277-284 (2013).
  17. X. Richard Sun, Andrea Giovannucci, Allyson E. Sgro, Samuel S.-H. Wang. SnapShot: Optical control and imaging of brain activity. Cell 149: 1650 (2012).
  18. Allyson E. Sgro, Amy L. Nowak, Naola S. Austin, Kenneth L. Custer, Peter B. Allen, Daniel T. Chiu, and Sandra M. Bajjalieh. A high-throughput method for generating uniform microislands for autaptic neuronal cultures. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 198: 230-235 (2011).
  19. Kristi L. Budzinski, Allyson E. Sgro, Bryant S. Fujimoto, Jennifer C. Gadd, Noah G. Shuart, Tamir Gonen, Sandra M. Bajjalieh, and Daniel T. Chiu. Synaptosomes as a platform for loading nanoparticles into synaptic vesicles. ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2: 236-241 (2011).
  20. Allyson E. Sgro and Daniel T. Chiu. Droplet freezing, docking, and the exchange of immiscible phase and surfactant around frozen droplets. Lab on a Chip 10: 1873-1877 (2010).
  21. Peter B. Allen, Allyson E. Sgro, Daniel L. Chao, Byron E. Doepker, J. Scott Edgar, Kang Shen, and Daniel T. Chiu. Single-synapse ablation and long-term imaging in live C. elegans. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 173: 20-26 (2008).
  22. Allyson E. Sgro, Peter B. Allen, and Daniel T. Chiu. Thermoelectric Manipulation of Aqueous Droplets in Microfuidic Devices. Analytical Chemistry 79: 4845-4851 (2007).

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