Selected Publications
Perillo, M., Swartz, S.Z., Pieplow, C. et al. Molecular mechanisms of tubulogenesis revealed in the sea star hydro-vascular organ. Nat Commun 14, 2402 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37947-2
Swartz SZ, Tan TH, Perillo M, Fakhri N, Wessel GM, Wikramanayake AH, Cheeseman IM. Polarized Dishevelled dissolution and reassembly drives embryonic axis specification in sea star oocytes. Curr Biol. 2021;31(24):5633-41 e4. Epub 2021/11/06. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.022.
Swartz SZ, Nguyen HT, McEwan BC, Adamo ME, Cheeseman IM, Kettenbach AN. Selective dephosphorylation by PP2A-B55 directs the meiosis I-meiosis II transition in oocytes. Elife. 2021;10. Epub 2021/08/04. doi: 10.7554/eLife.70588.
Wigbers MC, Tan TH, Brauns F, Liu J, Swartz SZ, Frey E, Fakhri N. A hierarchy of protein patterns robustly decodes cell shape information. Nature Physics. 2021;17(5):578-84. doi: 10.1038/s41567-021-01164-9
Swartz SZ, McKay LS, Su KC, Bury L, Padeganeh A, Maddox PS, Knouse KA, Cheeseman IM. Quiescent Cells Actively Replenish CENP-A Nucleosomes to Maintain Centromere Identity and Proliferative Potential. Dev Cell. 2019;51(1):35-48 e7. Epub 2019/08/20. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.07.016.