Christian Cammarota
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Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
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- PhD
- University of Rochester, Biological Physics (2023)
- BS
- Rochester Institute of Technology, Physics (2017)
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2025
Social Computational Literacy in Practice: A Framework Describing STEM Researchers’ Communication
Cammarota C, Foster M, Verostek M, Patterson K, MacIntyre M, Dorsey K, Camacho-Betancourt A, Wong T, Zwickl B. Social Computational Literacy in Practice: A Framework Describing STEM Researchers’ Communication. Journal For STEM Education Research 2025, 1-31. DOI: 10.1007/s41979-025-00155-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAspects of computingComputer literacyComputational thinkingComputer scienceComputerSTEM researchSocial aspectsResearch efficiencyDecision makingFrameworkCommunicationEffective problem-solvingContext of scienceLiteracy frameworkSTEM educationSTEM disciplinesActivity theoryProblem-solvingLiteracyRepresentationThinkingBiology exams rarely use visual models to engage higher-order cognitive skills
Uminski C, Cammarota C, Couch B, Wright L, Newman D. Biology exams rarely use visual models to engage higher-order cognitive skills. PLOS ONE 2025, 20: e0317077. PMID: 40601675, PMCID: PMC12221023, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower-order cognitive skillsHigher-order cognitive skillsExam itemsCognitive skillsVisual literacy skillsMolecular biology educationUndergraduate biology coursesUndergraduate biology studentsLiteracy experiencesModel-based reasoningBiology educationAssessment practicesMolecular biology conceptsBiology studentsLiteracy skillsBiology courseBloom's taxonomyVisual literacyInstructorsStudentsTeachingBiological conceptsVisual modelBiological examsSkills
2024
Toward an Assessment of Students’ (Social) Computational Literacy
Foster M, Dunham M, Cammarota C, Verostek M, Zwickl B, Wong T. Toward an Assessment of Students’ (Social) Computational Literacy. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Series 2024, 181-184. DOI: 10.22318/cscl2024.398177.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutomated Layer Analysis (ALAn): An Image Analysis Tool for the Unbiased Characterization of Mammalian Epithelial Architecture in Culture
Cammarota C, Bergstralh D, Finegan T. Automated Layer Analysis (ALAn): An Image Analysis Tool for the Unbiased Characterization of Mammalian Epithelial Architecture in Culture. Bio-protocol 2024, 14: e4971. PMID: 38686346, PMCID: PMC11056004, DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4971.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpithelial monolayersCaco-2 colon carcinoma cellsStudies of epithelial biologyEpithelial architectureColon carcinoma cellsCentroid coordinatesArchitectureCarcinoma cellsSegment nucleiCanine kidneyEpithelial biologyImage analysis pipelineEpithelial cell shapeEpithelial layerImage analysis toolsCaco-2Cell layerAnalysis toolsVolume of nucleiCulture wellsGross disorganizationThe mechanical influence of densification on epithelial architecture
Cammarota C, Dawney N, Bellomio P, Jüng M, Fletcher A, Finegan T, Bergstralh D. The mechanical influence of densification on epithelial architecture. PLOS Computational Biology 2024, 20: e1012001. PMID: 38557605, PMCID: PMC11008847, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell-cell adhesionEpithelial architectureCadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesionShape of epithelial cellsCell-cell bordersEpithelial tissue architectureEpithelial cellsCell-based computational modelsEpithelial tissuesCultured cell experimentsMechanical roleCell densityTissue typesCellsTissue architectureArchitectural transitionsBody cavityEpithelial layer formationComponent cellsAdhesionCompartment barriersInfluence of densificationFas2EB112: a tale of two chromosomes
Finegan T, Cammarota C, Andrade O, Garoutte A, Bergstralh D. Fas2EB112: a tale of two chromosomes. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 2024, 14: jkae047. PMID: 38447284, PMCID: PMC11075550, DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae047.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
A novel tool for the unbiased characterization of epithelial monolayer development in culture
Dawney N, Cammarota C, Jia Q, Shipley A, Glichowski J, Vasandani M, Finegan T, Bergstralh D. A novel tool for the unbiased characterization of epithelial monolayer development in culture. Molecular Biology Of The Cell 2023, 34: ar25. PMID: 36696175, PMCID: PMC10092640, DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e22-04-0121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutomated Layer Analysis (ALAn): An Image Analysis Tool for the Unbiased Characterization of Mammalian Epithelial Architecture in Culture
Cammarota C, Bergstralh D, Finegan T. Automated Layer Analysis (ALAn): An Image Analysis Tool for the Unbiased Characterization of Mammalian Epithelial Architecture in Culture. Bio-protocol 2023 DOI: 10.21769/p2429.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
An Axon-Pathfinding Mechanism Preserves Epithelial Tissue Integrity
Cammarota C, Finegan T, Wilson T, Yang S, Bergstralh D. An Axon-Pathfinding Mechanism Preserves Epithelial Tissue Integrity. Current Biology 2020, 30: 5049-5057.e3. PMID: 33065006, PMCID: PMC7755670, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContext of nervous system developmentSpectrin-based membrane skeletonSeptate junctionsDrosophila follicular epitheliumVertebrate tight junctionsNervous system developmentNeurexin IVProliferating follicle cellsFasciclin 2Extracellular adhesionAdhesion assemblyNeural IgCAMsDaughter cellsCell adhesion moleculesMembrane skeletonFAS2Tight junctionsFasciclinEpithelial cellsIgCAMsFollicle cellsAdhesion moleculesApical directionFollicular epitheliumEpithelial tissuesCell Division: Interkinetic Nuclear… Mechanics
Cammarota C, Bergstralh D. Cell Division: Interkinetic Nuclear… Mechanics. Current Biology 2020, 30: r759-r761. PMID: 32634414, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.05.028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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