2025

1.     Prendergast Andrew , Sheppard Mary B. , Famulski Jakub K. , Nicoli Stefania , Mukherjee Sandip , Sips Patrick , Elefteriades John A. Modeling thoracic aortic genetic variants in the zebrafish: useful for predicting clinical pathogenicity? Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Vol12, Feb 2025. doi=10.3389/fcvm.2025.1480407


2024 


2.     Patel, M., Piedade, W., Famulski JK. Cdhr1a and pcdh15b link photoreceptor outer segments with inner segment calyceal processes revealing a potential mechanism for cone-rod dystrophy. 2024. eLife. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.26.605360

 

2023


3.     Vöcking, O., Famulski, J.K. Single cell transcriptome analyses of the developing eye – perspectives and applications. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023. Jun 29;11:1213382. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1213382.

 

4.     Vöcking, O., Famulski, J.K. A temporal single cell transcriptome atlas of zebrafish anterior segment development. Scientific Reports 13, 5656 (2023). 

 

5.     Sheppard MB, Smith JD, Bergmann LL, Famulski JK. Novel SMAD3 variant identified in a patient with familial aortopathy modeled using a zebrafish embryo assay. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Feb 28;10:1103784. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1103784. PMID: 36926042; PMCID: PMC10011127.

 

6.     Vocking O, Van Der Meulen K, Patel M and Famulski JK. Zebrafish anterior segment mesenchyme progenitors are defined by function of tfap2a but not sox10. Differentiation. 2023 Mar-Apr;130:32-42. doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2022.11.002

 

2021


7.     Piedade WP and Famulski JK. E3 ubiquitin ligase-mediated regulation of vertebrate ocular development; new insights into the function of SIAH enzymes. Biochem Soc Trans. 2021 Feb 26;49(1):327-340. doi: 10.1042/BST20200613.​

 

2020


8.     Piedade WP, Titialii-Torres K, Morris AC, Famulski JK. Proteasome-Mediated Regulation of Cdhr1a by Siah1 Modulates Photoreceptor Development and Survival in Zebrafish. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2020;8:594290. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2020.594290. eCollection 2020. 

 

9.     Megan L. Weaver, W.P. Piedade, N.N. Meshram and J.K. Famulski. Hyaloid vasculature and mmp2 activity play a role during optic fissure fusion in zebrafish. 2020. June 23, Scientific Reports www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-66451-6

 

10.  Kristyn L. Van Der Meulen, O. Vocking, M.L. Weaver and J.K. Famulski. Spatiotemporal characterization of anterior segment mesenchyme heterogeneity during zebrafish ocular anterior segment development. Frontiers: Developmental and Cell Biology, May 27, 2020. 

https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00379

 

2019


11.  Nicholas, Carrara*#, Megan Weaver*#, Warlen Piedade*#, Oliver Vocking and J.K. Famulski. Temporal characterization of optic fissure basement membrane composition suggests nidogen may be an initial target of remodeling. 2019. Developmental Biology, Aug 1; 452(1):43-54

*co-first authors # graduate student

 

12.  Warlen, P. Piedade#, Veith, S$. and J.K Famulski. Ubiquitin-mediated proteasome degradation   regulates optic fissure fusion. 2019, Biology Open, 2019 Jun 17;8(6). pii: bio044974

# graduate student $ undergraduate student

 

2018


13.  Jennifer C. Hocking*, Jakub Famulski*, Sonya Widen, Sophie Koch, Tara Stach, Omri Weiss, Adi Inbal, Ordan J. Lehmann, Andrew J. Waskiewicz. 2018 Superior coloboma: a novel disease originating from a newly discovered feature of ocular development. March 9, 14(3) PLoS Genetics 

*co-first author


2017 and prior


14.  Qin L, Favis N, Famulski J and Evans DH. Evolution of and evolutionary relationships between extant vaccinia virus strains. J Virol. 2015 Feb;89(3):1809-24.

 

15.  Devinderjit Kaur, Nathan Westcott, Jakub K. Famulski, Kinjal Patel, Dawn Macdonald,

Howard Hang, Gordon K.T. Chan. 2015. A novel role of farnesylation in targeting a mitotic 

checkpoint protein, human Spindly, to kinetochores. 208(7):881-96, Journal of Cell Biology.

 

16.  Sameer D. Pant1, Lindsey D. March2, Curtis R. French1, Jakub K. Famulski2, Ordan J. Lehmann1,3, Andrew J. Waskiewicz2†. Zebrafish Molecular mechanisms regulating ocular apoptosis in zebrafish gdf6a mutants. Aug 28;54(8):5871-9 Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci.

 

17.  Holly B*, J.K. Famulski*, Widen SA* and A. Waskiewicz. 2014. Sfrp1a and Sfrp5 function as positive regulators of Wnt and BMP signaling during early retinal development. Jan 20. S0012-1606(14), Developmental Biology

     *co-first authors

 

18.  Pillay L., Fleisch V, Leighton P, Famulski J, Cheng C, March L, Ritzel G, Allison T, and A. Waskiewicz. 2013. Evaluating the mutagenic activity of targeted endonucleases containing a Sharkey FokI cleavage domain variant in zebrafish. 2013 Sep;10(3):353-64. Zebrafish

 

19.  Mika Asai-Coakwella, Lindsey Marchb, Xiao Hua Daia, Michele DuValb, Irma Lopezf, Curtis R. Frencha, Jakub Famulskib, Elfride De Baereg, Peter J. Francish, Periasamy Sundaresani, Yves Sauvéa,c, Robert K. Koenekoopf, Fred B. Berryd,e, W Ted Allisonb,d, Andrew Waskiewiczb†, Ordan J. 

     Lehmanna,d†. 2013. Contribution of Growth Differentiation Factor 6 dependent cell survival to early 

     onset retinal dystrophies.  1;22(7): 1432-42, Human Molecular Genetics.

 

20.  Famulski J.K., D.J. Solecki. 2013. New spin on an old transition: epithelial parallels in neuronal adhesion control. 36(3):163-73.Trends in Neurosciences. 

 

21.  Vos L.J., Famulski J.K and G.K. Chan. 2011. hZwint-1 bridges the inner and outer kinetochore: Identification of the kinetochore localization domain and the hZw10 interaction domain. 15;436(1):157-68 Biochem J.

 

22.  Famulski J.K., Vos L.J., Rattner J.B and G.K. Chan. 2011. Dynein/Dynactin-Mediated transport of kinetochore components off kinetochores and onto spindle poles induced by Nordihdroguaretic Acid. PLoS One 6(1):e:16494

 

23.  Famulski J.K, Trivedi N, Howell D, Yang Y, Tong Y, Gilbertson R, and D.J. Solecki. 2010. Siah regulation of Pard3 controls neuronal adhesion during germinal zone exit. Science 330(6012):1834-1838 


24.  Kim S., S.Y. Park, H. Yong, J.K. Famulski, S. Chae, J.-H. Lee, C.-M. Kang, H. Saya, G.K. Chan* and H. Cho*. 2008. HBV X protein targets hBubR1, which induces dysregulation of the mitotic checkpoint. *co-corresponding authors Oncogene,27(24):3457-64.

 

25.  Famulski J.K., Vos L.J., Sun X.J. and G.K. Chan. 2008. Stable hZW10 residency at kinetochores, mediated through hZwint-1 interaction, is essential for mitotic checkpoint function. Journal of Cell Biology,180:507-520.

 

26.  Famulski J.K., G.K. Chan. 2007. Aurora B kinase-dependent recruitment of hZW10 and hROD to tension-less kinetochores. Current Biology 17, 2143–2149.

 

27.  Huang H., Feng J., Famulski J., Rattner J.B., Liu S.T., Kao G.D., Muschel R., Chan G.K.T., T.J. Yen. 2007. Tripin/hSgo2 recruits MCAK to the inner centromere to correct defective kinetochore attachments. J. Cell Biology 17:413-424.

 

28.  Vos LJ, Famulski JK, Chan GK.  How to build a centromere: from centromeric and pericentromeric chromatin to kinetochore assembly.  2006. Biochem Cell Biol 84(4):619-630

 

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