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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award

Overview

Denise J. Montell is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research lies primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Ecology.

The scientist's work addresses topics such as Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms, Hippo Pathway Signaling and YAP/TAZ, and Microtubule and Mitosis Dynamics.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Denise J. Montell include:

  • Tissue topography steers migrating Drosophila border cells, 2020, Science
  • Akt1 and dCIZ1 promote cell survival from apoptotic caspase activation during regeneration and oncogenic overgrowth, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Cell survival following direct executioner-caspase activation, 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The molecular mechanisms of diapause and diapause-like reversible arrest, 2023, Biochemical Society Transactions
  • Enhanced germline stem cell longevity in Drosophila diapause, 2022, Nature Communications

Denise J. Montell frequently publishes in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Developmental Cell, Nature Communications, The Journal of Cell Biology, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Joseph P. Campanale, Xiaoran Guo, James A. Mondo, Sreesankar Easwaran, and Abhinava K. Mishra.

The scientist has been recognized with awards such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2017 and the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Ovarian Cancer Metastasis: Integrating insights from disparate model organisms

    Honami Naora;Denise J. Montell

  • Mechanical Feedback through E-Cadherin Promotes Direction Sensing during Collective Cell Migration

    Danfeng Cai;Danfeng Cai;Shann Ching Chen;Mohit Prasad;Li He

  • Cell motility in cancer invasion and metastasis: insights from simple model organisms

    Christina H. Stuelten;Carole A. Parent;Denise J. Montell

  • slow border cells, a locus required for a developmentally regulated cell migration during oogenesis, encodes Drosophila C/EBP.

    Denise J. Montell;Pernille Rorth;Allan C. Spradling

  • Border-cell migration: the race is on

    Denise J. Montell

  • Light-mediated activation reveals a key role for Rac in collective guidance of cell movement in vivo

    Xiaobo Wang;Li-Li He;Yi I. Wu;Klaus M. Hahn

  • Paracrine Signaling through the JAK/STAT Pathway Activates Invasive Behavior of Ovarian Epithelial Cells in Drosophila

    Debra L. Silver;Denise J. Montell

  • Regulation of Invasive Cell Behavior by Taiman, a Drosophila Protein Related to AIB1, a Steroid Receptor Coactivator Amplified in Breast Cancer

    Jianwu Bai;Yoshihiko Uehara;Denise J. Montell

  • Morphogenetic cell movements: diversity from modular mechanical properties.

    Denise J. Montell

  • Activated Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) 3: Localization in Focal Adhesions and Function in Ovarian Cancer Cell Motility

    Debra L. Silver;Debra L. Silver;Honami Naora;Jinsong Liu;Wenjun Cheng

  • Eyes absent, a key repressor of polar cell fate during Drosophila oogenesis.

    Jianwu Bai;Denise Montell

  • Cell survival, DNA damage, and oncogenic transformation after a transient and reversible apoptotic response

    Ho Lam Tang;Ho Man Tang;Keng Hou Mak;Shaomin Hu

  • Tissue elongation requires oscillating contractions of a basal actomyosin network.

    Li He;Xiaobo Wang;Ho Lam Tang;Denise J. Montell

  • Cell Type-specific Roles for Cdc42, Rac, and RhoL in Drosophila Oogenesis

    Anne Marie Murphy;Denise J. Montell

  • Myosin VI is required for E-cadherin-mediated border cell migration.

    Erika R. Geisbrecht;Denise J. Montell

  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms of border cell migration analyzed using time-lapse live-cell imaging.

    Mohit Prasad;Denise J. Montell

  • Group choreography: mechanisms orchestrating the collective movement of border cells

    Denise J. Montell;Wan Hee Yoon;Wan Hee Yoon;Michelle Starz-Gaiano

  • A protocol for culturing Drosophila melanogaster stage 9 egg chambers for live imaging.

    Mohit Prasad;Anna C.C. Jang;Michelle Starz-Gaiano;Mariana Melani

  • A role for Drosophila IAP1-mediated caspase inhibition in Rac-dependent cell migration.

    Erika R Geisbrecht;Denise J Montell

  • Development and dynamics of cell polarity at a glance

    Joseph P. Campanale;Thomas Y. Sun;Denise J. Montell

Frequent Co-Authors

Corey S. Goodman
Corey S. Goodman University of California, Berkeley
Klaus M. Hahn
Klaus M. Hahn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jinsong Liu
Jinsong Liu The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Kenneth S. Kosik
Kenneth S. Kosik University of California, Santa Barbara
Joan S. Brugge
Joan S. Brugge Harvard University
Allan C. Spradling
Allan C. Spradling Carnegie Institution for Science
Mark Peifer
Mark Peifer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Nir Hacohen
Nir Hacohen Harvard University
Ben-Zion Shilo
Ben-Zion Shilo Weizmann Institute of Science
Kristi S. Anseth
Kristi S. Anseth University of Colorado Boulder

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