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Overview

Talila Volk is affiliated with the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work concentrates on topics including RNA Research and Splicing, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, Nuclear Structure and Function, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.

Talila Volk has contributed to a number of publications with notable recent papers such as:

  • Live imaging of chromatin distribution reveals novel principles of nuclear architecture and chromatin compartmentalization (2021, Science Advances)
  • Mesoscale phase separation of chromatin in the nucleus (2021, eLife)
  • Regulation of chromatin microphase separation by binding of protein complexes (2023, eLife)
  • The LINC Complex Inhibits Excessive Chromatin Repression (2023, Cells)
  • A minimal constraint device for imaging nuclei in live Drosophila contractile larval muscles reveals novel nuclear mechanical dynamics (2020, Lab on a Chip)

Frequent publication venues for Talila Volk include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • eLife
  • Cells
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Science Advances

Frequent collaborators that have coauthored multiple papers with Talila Volk are Dana Lorber, S. A. Safran, Gaurav Bajpai, Daria Amiad Pavlov, and Adriana Reuveny.

Best Publications

  • Heartless, a Drosophila FGF receptor homolog, is essential for cell migration and establishment of several mesodermal lineages.

    M Beiman;B Z Shilo;T Volk

  • A 135-kd membrane protein of intercellular adherens junctions.

    T. Volk;B. Geiger

  • A-CAM: a 135-kD receptor of intercellular adherens junctions. I. Immunoelectron microscopic localization and biochemical studies.

    Talila Volk;Benjamin Geiger

  • A role for integrin in the formation of sarcomeric cytoarchitecture

    Talila Volk;Liselotte I. Fessler;John H. Fessler

  • Molecular heterogeneity of adherens junctions.

    Benjamin Geiger;Talila Volk;Tova Volberg

  • Motility and Adhesive Properties of High- and Low-Metastatic Murine Neoplastic Cells

    Talila Volk;Benjamin Geiger;Avraham Raz

  • A-CAM: a 135-kD receptor of intercellular adherens junctions. II. Antibody-mediated modulation of junction formation.

    T Volk;B Geiger

  • Laminin Is Required for Heart, Somatic Muscles, and Gut Development in the Drosophila Embryo

    Talia Yarnitzky;Talila Volk

  • Formation of heterotypic adherens-type junctions between L-CAM-containing liver cells and A-CAM-containing lens cells

    Talila Volk;Orna Cohen;Benjamin Geiger

  • Epidermal egr-like zinc finger protein of Drosophila participates in myotube guidance.

    G. Frommer;G. Vorbrüggen;G. Pasca;H. Jäckle

  • Kakapo, a Novel Cytoskeletal-associated Protein Is Essential for the Restricted Localization of the Neuregulin-like Factor, Vein, at the Muscle–Tendon Junction Site

    Dan Strumpf;Talila Volk

  • EGFR signaling attenuates Groucho-dependent repression to antagonize Notch transcriptional output

    Peleg Hasson;Nirit Egoz;Clint Winkler;Gloria Volohonsky

  • Molecular Interactions in Adherens-Type Contacts

    Benjamin Geiger;Talila Volk;Tova Volberg;Ronit Bendori

  • Singling out Drosophila tendon cells: a dialogue between two distinct cell types

    Talila Volk

  • The Drosophila neuregulin homolog Vein mediates inductive interactions between myotubes and their epidermal attachment cells.

    Talia Yarnitzky;Li Min;Talila Volk

  • A central role for epidermal segment border cells in the induction of muscle patterning in the Drosophila embryo.

    T. Volk;K. VijayRaghavan

  • Organelle positioning in muscles requires cooperation between two KASH proteins and microtubules

    Hadas Elhanany-Tamir;Yanxun V. Yu;Miri Shnayder;Ankit Jain

  • Shortstop Recruits EB1/APC1 and Promotes Microtubule Assembly at the Muscle-Tendon Junction

    Arul Subramanian;Andreas Prokop;Misato Yamamoto;Kaoru Sugimura

  • Reciprocal signaling between Drosophila epidermal muscle attachment cells and their corresponding muscles

    S. Becker;G. Pasca;D. Strumpf;L. Min

  • A new member of the spectrin superfamily may participate in the formation of embryonic muscle attachments in Drosophila.

    T. Volk

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin Geiger
Benjamin Geiger Weizmann Institute of Science
Samuel A. Safran
Samuel A. Safran Weizmann Institute of Science
Ben-Zion Shilo
Ben-Zion Shilo Weizmann Institute of Science
Elizabeth M. McNally
Elizabeth M. McNally Northwestern University
Christian Klämbt
Christian Klämbt University of Münster
Jeffery D. Molkentin
Jeffery D. Molkentin Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
David Tanne
David Tanne Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
K. VijayRaghavan
K. VijayRaghavan National Centre for Biological Sciences
Herbert Jäckle
Herbert Jäckle Max Planck Society
Kathryn L. Crossin
Kathryn L. Crossin Scripps Research Institute

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