2017
Feedback between motion and sensation provides nonlinear boost in run-and-tumble navigation
Long J, Zucker SW, Emonet T. Feedback between motion and sensation provides nonlinear boost in run-and-tumble navigation. PLOS Computational Biology 2017, 13: e1005429. PMID: 28264023, PMCID: PMC5358899, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-normal dynamicsRelevant parameter spaceFundamental nonlinearityParameter spaceInternal statesRandom reorientationDrift speedClassical drawbacksDynamics implicitStraight motionLarge transientsMotionAnalytical approachLarge fluctuationsDynamicsProbabilityNonlinearitySignal levelGradientFeedbackSpaceSpeedFluctuationsDirection
2013
Regulated tissue fluidity steers zebrafish body elongation
Lawton AK, Nandi A, Stulberg MJ, Dray N, Sneddon MW, Pontius W, Emonet T, Holley SA. Regulated tissue fluidity steers zebrafish body elongation. Development 2013, 140: 573-582. PMID: 23293289, PMCID: PMC3561786, DOI: 10.1242/dev.090381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBiomechanical PhenomenaBody PatterningCadherinsCell AdhesionCell CountCell MovementCell PolarityComputer SimulationEmbryo, NonmammalianEmbryonic DevelopmentFibroblast Growth FactorsGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalModels, BiologicalTailTime FactorsWnt Signaling PathwayZebrafishZebrafish Proteins
2012
Modeling cellular signaling: taking space into the computation
Sneddon MW, Emonet T. Modeling cellular signaling: taking space into the computation. Nature Methods 2012, 9: 239-242. PMID: 22373909, PMCID: PMC4713026, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1900.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Her7 node modulates the network topology of the zebrafish segmentation clock via sequestration of the Hes6 hub
Trofka A, Schwendinger-Schreck J, Brend T, Pontius W, Emonet T, Holley SA. The Her7 node modulates the network topology of the zebrafish segmentation clock via sequestration of the Hes6 hub. Development 2012, 139: 940-947. PMID: 22278920, PMCID: PMC3274355, DOI: 10.1242/dev.073544.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription FactorsBiological ClocksBody PatterningComputer SimulationDimerizationDNAGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene Knockdown TechniquesGene Regulatory NetworksRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRepressor ProteinsTranscription FactorsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsZebrafish segmentation clockSegmentation clockBinds DNACis-regulatory sequencesDNA-binding heterodimersTranscriptional negative feedbackGenetic experimentsHer7Regulatory sequencesDNA bindingHes6Vivo assaysDNAHomodimerHeterodimersDistinct preferenceEmergent functionsNetwork hubsNegative feedbackComputational analysisClockDimersSequestrationProteinRegulation
2010
Efficient modeling, simulation and coarse-graining of biological complexity with NFsim
Sneddon MW, Faeder JR, Emonet T. Efficient modeling, simulation and coarse-graining of biological complexity with NFsim. Nature Methods 2010, 8: 177-183. PMID: 21186362, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1546.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2005
AgentCell: a digital single-cell assay for bacterial chemotaxis
Emonet T, Macal CM, North MJ, Wickersham CE, Cluzel P. AgentCell: a digital single-cell assay for bacterial chemotaxis. Bioinformatics 2005, 21: 2714-2721. PMID: 15774553, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBacterial chemotaxisSingle-cell biologySingle-cell assaysSingle-cell levelChemotaxis networkCellular behaviorBacterial populationsIntracellular processesIndividual cellsSingle cellsSwimming cellsMolecular interactionsChemotaxis assaysBiological systemsNew computational approachCellsComputational approachChemotaxisAssaysFlagellaBiologyBacterium