Monica Driscoll

Research.com Recognitions

• 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1993 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Stochastic and genetic factors influence tissue-specific decline in ageing C. elegans.

  Laura A. Herndon;Peter J. Schmeissner;Justyna M. Dudaronek;Paula A. Brown

  1324
  Citations

• A Role for Autophagy in the Extension of Lifespan by Dietary Restriction in C. elegans

  Malene Bredahl Hansen;Abha Chandra;Laura L. Mitic;Brian Onken

  851
  Citations

• The mec -4 gene is a member of a family of Caenorhabditis elegans genes that can mutate to induce neuronal degeneration

  Monica Driscoll;Martin Chalfie

  803
  Citations

• Metformin Induces a Dietary Restriction–Like State and the Oxidative Stress Response to Extend C. elegans Healthspan via AMPK, LKB1, and SKN-1

  Brian Onken;Monica Driscoll

  741
  Citations

• Heritable and inducible genetic interference by double-stranded RNA encoded by transgenes.

  Nektarios Tavernarakis;Shi Liang Wang;Maxim Dorovkov;Alexey Ryazanov

  646
  Citations

• Mechanosensory signalling in C. elegans mediated by the GLR-1 glutamate receptor

  Andres V. Maricq;Erin Peckol;Monica Driscoll;Cornelia I. Bargmann

  421
  Citations

• Specific aspartyl and calpain proteases are required for neurodegeneration in C. elegans

  Popi Syntichaki;Keli Xu;Monica Driscoll;Nektarios Tavernarakis

  371
  Citations

• C. elegans neurons jettison protein aggregates and mitochondria under neurotoxic stress

  Ilija Melentijevic;Marton L. Toth;Meghan L. Arnold;Ryan J. Guasp

  361
  Citations

• In Vivo Imaging of C. elegans Mechanosensory Neurons Demonstrates a Specific Role for the MEC-4 Channel in the Process of Gentle Touch Sensation

  Hiroshi Suzuki;Rex Kerr;Laura Bianchi;Christian Frøkjær-Jensen;Christian Frøkjær-Jensen

  351
  Citations

• In vivo spectrofluorimetry reveals endogenous biomarkers that report healthspan and dietary restriction in Caenorhabditis elegans

  Beate Gerstbrein;Georgios Stamatas;Nikiforos Kollias;Monica Driscoll

  334
  Citations

• Necrotic Cell Death in C. elegans Requires the Function of Calreticulin and Regulators of Ca2+ Release from the Endoplasmic Reticulum

  Keli Xu;Nektarios Tavernarakis;Monica Driscoll

  330
  Citations

• Specific roles for DEG/ENaC and TRP channels in touch and thermosensation in C. elegans nociceptors.

  Marios Chatzigeorgiou;Sungjae Yoo;Joseph D. Watson;Wei Hsiang Lee

  310
  Citations

• MOLECULAR MODELING OF MECHANOTRANSDUCTION IN THE NEMATODE CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS

  Nektarios Tavernarakis;Monica Driscoll

  300
  Citations

• Genetic and molecular analysis of a Caenorhabditis elegans beta-tubulin that conveys benzimidazole sensitivity.

  Monica Driscoll;E. Dean;E. Reilly;E. Bergholz

  297
  Citations

• The SPFH domain: implicated in regulating targeted protein turnover in stomatins and other membrane-associated proteins

  Nektarios Tavernarakis;Monica Driscoll;Nikos C. Kyrpides

  290
  Citations

• A transmembrane domain of the putative channel subunit MEC-4 influences mechanotransduction and neurodegeneration in C. elegans

  Kyonsoo Hong;Monica Driscoll

  261
  Citations

• unc-8, a DEG/ENaC Family Member, Encodes a Subunit of a Candidate Mechanically Gated Channel That Modulates C. elegans Locomotion

  Nektarios Tavernarakis;Wayne Shreffler;Shiliang Wang;Monica Driscoll

  255
  Citations

• A novel mitotimer reporter gene for mitochondrial content, structure, stress, and damage in vivo

  Rhianna C. Laker;Peng Xu;Karen A. Ryall;Alyson Sujkowski

  236
  Citations

• Modulated microRNA expression during adult lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans.

  Carolina Ibáñez-Ventoso;Maocheng Yang;Suzhen Guo;Harlan Robins

  232
  Citations

• Neurite Sprouting and Synapse Deterioration in the Aging Caenorhabditis elegans Nervous System

  Marton Lorant Toth;Ilija Melentijevic;Leena Shah;Aatish Bhatia

  228
  Citations