Publications

  • Dendrites use mechanosensitive channels to proofread ligand-mediated guidance during morphogenesis.

    Tao, L. *, Coakley, S.*, Shi, R. and Shen K.

    Developmental Cell. July 2022

    *These authors contributed equally

    Read highlights of this work in Developmental Cell and Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

  • The metalloprotease ADM-4/ADAM17 promotes axonal repair.

    Ho, X.Y., Coakley, S., Amor, R., Anggono, V., Hilliard, M.A.

    Science Advances. Mar 2022

  • Neuron-epidermal attachments protect hyper-fragile axons from mechanical strain.

    Bonacossa Pereira, I., Coakley, S., Hilliard, M.A.

    Cell Reports. Mar 2022

  • Modular transient nanoclustering of activated ß2-adrenergic receptors revealed by single-molecule tracking of conformation-specific nanobodies.

    Gormal, R.S., Padmanabhan, P., Kasula, R., Bademosi, A.T., Coakley, S., Giacomotto, J., Blum, A., Joensuu, M., Wallis, T.P., Lo, H.P., Budnar, S., Rae, J., Ferguson, C., Bastiani, M., Thomas, W.G., Pardon, E., Steyaert, J., Yap, A., Goodhill, G.J., Hilliard, M.A., Parton, R.G., and Meunier, F.A.

    PNAS. Dec 2020

  • Epidermal control of attachment via ß-spectrin and the GTPase-activating protein TBC-10 prevents axonal degeneration.

    Coakley, S., Ritchie, F.K., Galbraith, K.M., Hilliard M.A.

    Nature Communications. Jan 2020

  • 6-OHDA-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans is promoted by the engulfment pathway and inhibited by the transthyretin-related protein TTR-33.

    Offenburger, S.-L., Ho, X.Y., Tachie-Menson, T., Coakley, S., Hilliard, M.A., and Gartner, A.

    PLoS Genetics. Jan 2018

  • Axonal fusion during regeneration requires conserved components of the apoptotic pathway.

    Neumann, B., Coakley, S.*, Giordano-Santini, R.*, Linton, C., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Xue, D. and Hilliard, MA.

    Nature. Jan 2015

    *These authors contributed equally

  • A multi-channel device for high-density target-selective stimulation and long-term monitoring of cells and subcellular features in C. elegans.

    Lee, H., Kim, SA., Coakley, S., Mugno Ramirez, P., Hammarlund, M, Hilliard, MA. and Lu, H.

    Lab on a Chip. Sep 2014

  • Rapid and permanent neuronal inactivation in vivo via subcellular generation of reactive oxygen with the use of KillerRed.

    Williams, DC.*, El Bejjani, R.*, Mugno Ramirez, P.*, Coakley, S.*, Kim, SA., Lee, H., Wen, Q., Samuel, A., Lu, H., Hilliard, MA. and Hammarlund, M.

    Cell Reports. Oct 2013

    *These authors contributed equally

  • A dominant mutation in mec-7/β-tubulin affects axon development and regeneration in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons.

    Kirszenblat, L., Neumann, B., Coakley, S. and Hilliard MA.

    Mol Biol Cell. Dec 2012