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Maddy Parsons is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their scientific work spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Allergy, and Biophysics.

Their research topics cover various aspects of cellular and molecular processes. Key areas of focus include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, Nuclear Structure and Function, RNA Research and Splicing, and Extracellular Vesicles in Disease.

Maddy Parsons has been involved in multiple publications, including recent papers such as:

  • Cancer Misinformation and Harmful Information on Facebook and Other Social Media: A Brief Report (2021, JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute)
  • REMBI: Recommended Metadata for Biological Images-enabling reuse of microscopy data in biology (2021, Nature Methods)
  • Nox4 regulates InsP 3 receptor-dependent Ca 2+ release into mitochondria to promote cell survival (2020, The EMBO Journal)
  • New perspectives on integrin-dependent adhesions (2020, Current Opinion in Cell Biology)
  • Pericyte FAK negatively regulates Gas6/Axl signalling to suppress tumour angiogenesis and tumour growth (2020, Nature Communications)

The researcher frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, Journal of Cell Science, and the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

Collaboration is an integral part of Parsons' work, with frequent co-authors including John A. McGrath, Susan Cox, Skyler B. Johnson, Elena Ortíz-Zapater, and Ciro Chiappini.

Best Publications

  • Contact inhibition of locomotion in vivo controls neural crest directional migration

    Carlos Carmona-Fontaine;Helen K. Matthews;Sei Kuriyama;Mauricio Moreno

  • Collective Chemotaxis Requires Contact-Dependent Cell Polarity

    Eric Theveneau;Lorena Marchant;Sei Kuriyama;Mazhar Gull

  • Rab25 associates with α5β1 integrin to promote invasive migration in 3D microenvironments

    Patrick T. Caswell;Heather J. Spence;Maddy Parsons;Dominic P. White

  • Mast cell tryptase stimulates human lung fibroblast proliferation via protease-activated receptor-2

    Ian A. Akers;Maddy Parsons;Michael R. Hill;Morley D. Hollenberg

  • Ezrin is a downstream effector of trafficking PKC-integrin complexes involved in the control of cell motility.

    Tony Ng;Tony Ng;Maddy Parsons;William E. Hughes;James Monypenny

  • A novel PKC-regulated mechanism controls CD44 ezrin association and directional cell motility.

    James W. Legg;Charlotte A. Lewis;Maddy Parsons;Tony Ng

  • Directional migration of neural crest cells in vivo is regulated by Syndecan-4/Rac1 and non-canonical Wnt signaling/RhoA.

    Helen K. Matthews;Lorena Marchant;Carlos Carmona-Fontaine;Sei Kuriyama

  • Cadherin Switch during EMT in Neural Crest Cells Leads to Contact Inhibition of Locomotion via Repolarization of Forces

    Elena Scarpa;András Szabó;Anne Bibonne;Eric Theveneau

  • SHARPIN is an endogenous inhibitor of β1-integrin activation

    Juha K. Rantala;Jeroen Pouwels;Jeroen Pouwels;Teijo Pellinen;Teijo Pellinen;Stefan Veltel;Stefan Veltel

  • Proneural Transcription Factors Regulate Different Steps of Cortical Neuron Migration through Rnd-Mediated Inhibition of RhoA Signaling

    Emilie Pacary;Julian Heng;Roberta Azzarelli;Philippe Riou

  • Fascin: a key regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics.

    Asier Jayo;Maddy Parsons

  • Interaction of fascin and protein kinase Cα: a novel intersection in cell adhesion and motility

    N. Anilkumar;Maddy Parsons;Raymond Monk;Tony Ng

  • Endothelial FAK is required for tumour angiogenesis

    Bernardo Tavora;Silvia Batista;Louise E. Reynolds;Shalini Jadeja

  • Dual actin-bundling and protein kinase C-binding activities of fascin regulate carcinoma cell migration downstream of Rac and contribute to metastasis

    Yosuke Hashimoto;Maddy Parsons;Josephine C. Adams

  • The first World Cell Race

    Paolo Maiuri;Emmanuel Terriac;Perrine Paul-Gilloteaux;Timothée Vignaud

  • Site-Directed Perturbation of Protein Kinase C- Integrin Interaction Blocks Carcinoma Cell Chemotaxis

    Maddy Parsons;Melanie D. Keppler;Adam Kline;Anthea Messent

  • In vivo collective cell migration requires an LPAR2-dependent increase in tissue fluidity.

    Sei Kuriyama;Sei Kuriyama;Eric Theveneau;Alexandre Benedetto;Madeline Parsons

  • Fascin Regulates Nuclear Movement and Deformation in Migrating Cells

    Asier Jayo;Majid Malboubi;Susumu Antoku;Wakam Chang

  • Podoplanin Associates with CD44 to Promote Directional Cell Migration

    Ester Martín-Villar;Beatriz Fernández-Muñoz;Maddy Parsons;Maria M. Yurrita

  • PAK4: a pluripotent kinase that regulates prostate cancer cell adhesion.

    Claire M. Wells;Andrew D. Whale;Maddy Parsons;John R. W. Masters

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. McGrath
John A. McGrath King's College London
Tony Ng
Tony Ng King's College London
Robert Kerwin
Robert Kerwin King's College London
Maria Arranz
Maria Arranz King's College London
Roberto Mayor
Roberto Mayor University College London
Michael A. Simpson
Michael A. Simpson King's College London
Guillaume Charras
Guillaume Charras London Centre for Nanotechnology
Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke
Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke Queen Mary University of London
Josephine C. Adams
Josephine C. Adams University of Bristol
Martin J. Humphries
Martin J. Humphries University of Manchester

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