PUBLICATIONS
Velle et al., 2023,
Current Biology
Velle et al., 2022, Current Biology
Velle et al., 2021,
Current Protocols in Cell Biology
Velle and Fritz-Laylin, 2020,
Journal of Cell Biology
Velle and Campellone, 2017,
PLOS Pathogens
Recent work:
Key: *Co-corresponding authors +Invited commentary, not peer reviewed
Velle KB, Swafford AJM, Garner E, and Fritz-Laylin LK* (2024). Actin network evolution as a key driver of eukaryotic diversification, Journal of Cell Science. DOI: 10.1242/jcs.261660
✝Velle KB* (2024). mSphere of Influence: The power of observational research, mSphere. DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00176-24
Postdoc work:
✝Velle KB* and Fritz-Laylin LK (2023). Evolutionary cell biology: New roles for Arp2/3 complex evolution in eukaryotic diversification, Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.016
Velle KB, Garner RM, Beckford TK, Weeda M, Liu C, Kennard AS, Edwards M, and Fritz-Laylin LK (2023). A conserved pressure-driven mechanism for regulating cytosolic osmolarity, Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.061
Velle KB, Kennard AS, Trupinić M, Ivec A, Swafford AJM, Nolton E, Rice LM, Tolić IM, Fritz-Laylin LK*, and Wadsworth P* (2022). Naegleria’s mitotic spindles are built from unique tubulins and highlight core spindle features, Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.034
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This work was featured in a Current Biology Dispatch (DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.01.079)
Herman EK, Greninger A, van der Giezen M, Ginger ML, Ramirez-Macias I, Miller HC, Morgan MJ, Tsaousis AD, Velle K, Vargová R, Záhonová K, Najle SR, MacIntyre G, Muller N, Wittwer M, Zysset-Burri DC, Eliáš M, Slamovits CH, Weirauch MT, Fritz-Laylin L, Marciano-Cabral F, Puzon GJ, Walsh T, Chiu C, and Dacks JB (2021). Genomics and transcriptomics yields a system-level view of the biology of the pathogen Naegleria fowleri, BMC Biology. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01078-1
Velle KB*, Fermino do Rosário C, Wadsworth P, and Fritz-Laylin LK* (2021). A OneStep solution for fixing and staining cells for correlative live and fixed microscopy, Current Protocols in Cell Biology. DOI: 10.1002/cpz1.308
+Velle KB* and Fritz-Laylin LK* (2021). Evolutionary Cell Biology: Closest unicellular relatives of animals crawl when squeezed, Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.02.012
Velle KB and Fritz-Laylin LK (2020). Conserved actin machinery drives microtubule-independent motility and phagocytosis in Naegleria, Journal of Cell Biology. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202007158
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This work was highlighted in preLights (DOI: 10.1242/prelights.20789)
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This work was featured in JCB as a spotlight (DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202009031)
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This work was recommended twice by Faculty Opinions as “Good for teaching” (DOI: 10.3410/f.738714331.793582204 & 10.3410/f.738714331.793587412)
Lord SJ, Velle KB, Mullins RD, and Fritz-Laylin LK (2020). SuperPlots: Communicating reproducibility and variability in cell biology, Journal of Cell Biology. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202001064
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This work is in the JCB Special Collection: Editors’ picks 2021
Velle KB and Fritz-Laylin LK (2019). The diversity and evolution of actin-dependent phenotypes, Current Opinion in Genetics and Development. DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2019.07.016
Kakley MR, Velle KB, and Fritz-Laylin LK (2018). Relative Quantitation of Polymerized Actin in Suspension Cells by Flow Cytometry, Bio-Protocol. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.3094
Graduate work:
Velle KB and Campellone KG (2018). Enteropathogenic E. coli relies on collaboration between the formin mDia1 and the Arp2/3 complex for actin pedestal biogenesis and maintenance, PLOS Pathogens. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007485
Velle KB and Campellone KG (2017). Extracellular Motility and Cell-to-Cell Transmission of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli is Driven by EspFU-mediated Actin Assembly, PLOS Pathogens. DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006501
Borinskaya S, Velle KB, Campellone KG, Talman A, Agaisse H, Wu Y, Loew L, and Mayer B (2015). Integration of Linear and Dendritic Actin Nucleation in Nck-Induced Actin Comets. Molecular Biology of the Cell. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-11-1555
Bomar L, Stephens W, Nelson M, Velle K, Guillemin K and Graf J (2013). Draft Genome Sequence of Aeromonas veronii Hm21, a Symbiotic Isolate from the Medicinal Leech Digestive Tract. Genome Announcements. DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00800-13