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2022

2020

D Hadjieconomou, G King, P Gaspar, A Mineo, L Blackie, T Ameku, C Studd, A Mendoza, F Diao, BH White, AEX Brown, P Plaçais, T Préat, I Miguel-Aliaga
Enteric neurons increase maternal food intake during reproduction
Nature 587:455

F Marques, S Thapliyal, A Javer, P Shrestha, AEX Brown, DA Glauser
Tissue-specific isoforms of the single C. elegans Ryanodine receptor gene unc-68 control specific functions
PLOS Genetics 16:e1009102

Y Li, A Osuma, E Correa, MA Okebalama, P Dao, O Gaylord, J Aburas, P Islam, AEX Brown, P Kratsios
Establishment and maintenance of motor neuron identity via temporal modularity in terminal selector function
eLife 9:e59464

H Newton, YF Wang, L Camplese, JB Mokochinski, HB Kramer, AEX Brown, L Fets, S Hirabayashi
Systemic muscle wasting and coordinated tumour response drive tumourigenesis
Nature Communications 7:4653

SS Ding, LS Muhle, AEX Brown, LJ Schumacher, RG Endres
Comparison of solitary and collective foraging strategies of Caenorhabditis elegans in patchy food distributions
Phil Trans R Soc 375:20190382

CN Martineau, AEX Brown, P Laurent
Multidimensional phenotyping predicts lifespan and quantifies health in Caenorhabditis elegans
PLOS Computational Biology 16:e1008002

CL Essmann, D Martinez-Martinez, R Pryor, K Leung, KB Krishnan, PP Lui, NDE Greene, AEX Brown, VM Pawar, MA Srinivasan, F Cabreiro
Mechanical properties measured by atomic force microscopy define health biomarkers in ageing C. elegans
Nature Communications 11:1

SS Ding, M Romenskyy, KS Sarkisyan, AEX Brown
Measuring Caenorhabditis elegans Spatial Foraging and Food Intake Using Bioluminescent Bacteria
Genetics 214:577

W Feng, Y Li, P Dao, J Aburas, P Islam, B Elbaz, A Kolarzyk, AEX Brown, P Kratsios
A terminal selector prevents a Hox transcriptional switch to safeguard motor neuron identity throughout life
eLife 9: e50065

2019

SS Ding*, LJ Schumacher*, AE Javer, RG Endres, AEX Brown
Shared behavioral mechanisms underlie C. elegans aggregation and swarming
eLife 8:e43318
*contributed equally

2018

A Javer, M Currie, C Lee, J Hokanson, K Li, CN Martineau, E Yemini, LJ Grundy, C Li, Q Ch’ng, WR Schafer, EAA Nollen, R Kerr, AEX Brown
An open-source platform for analyzing and sharing worm-behavior data 
Nature Methods 15:645

A Javer, L Ripoll-Sanchez, AEX Brown
Powerful and interpretable behavioural features for quantitative phenotyping of C. elegans 
Phil Trans R Soc B 373:20170375
Special issue: [Intro] [Contents]

YL Chew, LJ Grundy, AEX Brown, I Beets, WR Schafer
Neuropeptides encoded by nlp-49 modulate locomotion, arousal and egg-laying behaviours in C. elegans via the receptor SEB-3 
Phil Trans R Soc B 373:20170375
Special issue: [Intro] [Contents]

AEX Brown, BL de Bivort
Ethology as a physical science 
Nature Physics 14:653

2017

A Gomez-Marin, GJ Stephens, AEX Brown 
Hierarchical compression of C. elegans locomotion reveals phenotypic differences in the organisation of behaviour 
Journal of the Royal Society Interface 13:20160466

B Gyenes, AEX Brown 
Deriving shape-based features for C. elegans locomotion using dimensionality reduction methods 
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 10:159

RF Schwarz, R Branicky, LJ Grundy, WR Schafer, AEX Brown 
Changes in postural syntax characterize sensory modulation and natural variation of C. elegans locomotion 
PLOS Computational Biology 11:e1004322

Y Koren, R Sznitman, PE Arratia, C Carls, P Krajacic, AEX Brown, J Sznitman 
Model-Independent Phenotyping of C. elegans Locomotion Using Scale-Invariant Feature Transform 
PLOS ONE 10:e0122326

EI Yemini, AEX Brown
Tracking single C. elegans using a USB microscope on a motorised stage 
Methods in Molecular Biology 1327:181

E Yemini, T Jucikas, L Grundy, AEX Brown*, WR Schafer* 
A database of C. elegans behavioral phenotypes 
Nature Methods 10:877–879

AEX Brown, E Yemini, L Grundy, T Jucikas, WR Schafer 
A dictionary of behavioral motifs reveals clusters of genes affecting Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion 
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 110:791-796.
Coverage: [F1000 (rated exceptional)] [Nature Methods highlight] 

CA Russell, JM Fonville, AEX Brown, DF Burke, DL Smith, SL James, S Herfst, S van Boheemen, M Linster, EJ Schrauwen, L Katzelnick, A Mosterín, T Kuiken, E Maher, G Neumann, ADME Osterhaus, Y Kawaoka, RAM Fouchier, DJ Smith 
The Potential for Respiratory Droplet–Transmissible A/H5N1 Influenza Virus to Evolve in a Mammalian Host 
Science 336:1541-1547.
Coverage: [Science News & Analysis] [New York Times]

F Rehfeldt, AEX Brown, M Raab, S Cai, AL Zajac, A Zemel, DE Discher
Hyaluronic acid matrices show matrix stiffness in 2D and 3D dictates cytoskeletal order and myosin-II phosphorylation within stem cells 
Integrative Biology 4:422-430

AEX Brown, WR Schafer 
Unrestrained worms bridled by the light 
Nature Methods 8:129-30

A Zhmurov, AEX Brown, RI Litvinov, RI Dima, JW Weisel, V Barsegov 
Mechanism of fibrin(ogen) forced unfolding 
Structure 19:1615-24

PK Purohit, RI Litvinov, AEX Brown, DE Discher, JW Weisel 
Protein unfolding accounts for the unusual mechanical behavior of fibrin networks 
Acta Biomaterialia 7:2374-2383

A Zemel*, F Rehfeldt*, AEX Brown, DE Discher, SA Safran 
Optimal matrix rigidity for stress-fiber polarization in stem cells 
Nature Physics 6:468-473 (2010) 
*contributed equally

K Rajagopal, A Mahmud, DA Christian, JD Pajerowski, AEX Brown, SM Loverde, DE Discher 
Curvature-Coupled Hydration of Semicrystalline Polymer Amphiphiles Yields flexible Worm Micelles but Favors Rigid Vesicles: Polycaprolactone-Based Block Copolymers 
Macromolecules 43:9736–9746

CC Krieger, N Bhasin, M Tewari, AEX Brown, D Safer, HL Sweeney, DE Discher 
Exon-skipped dystrophins for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Mass spectrometry mapping of most exons and cooperative domain designs based on single molecule mechanics 
Cytoskeleton 67:796-807

A Buxboim, K Rajagopal, AEX Brown, DE Discher 
How deeply cells feel: methods for thin gels 
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22:194116

A Zemel, F Rehfeldt, AEX Brown, DE Discher, SA Safran 
Cell shape, spreading symmetry and the polarization of stress-fibers in cells 
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 22:194110

AEX Brown and DE Discher 
Conformational Changes in Cell and Matrix Physics 
Current Biology 19:R781-R789

AEX Brown, RI Litvinov, DE Discher, PK Purohit, JW Weisel 
Multiscale Mechanics of Fibrin Polymer: Gel Stretching with Protein Unfolding and Loss of Water 
Science 325:741-744.
Coverage: [Eurekalert] [NPR]

AEX Brown*, A Hategan*, D Safer, YE Goldman, DE Discher 
Cross-correlated TIRF/AFM reveals Asymmetry in Self-assembled Synthetic Myosin Filaments 
Biophysical Journal 96:1952-1960. 
*contributed equally 

M Kulic, AEX Brown, H Kim, C Kural, B Blehm, PR Selvin, PC Nelson, VI Gelfand 
The Role of Microtubule Movement in Bidirectional Organelle Transport 
Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105:10011-10016.

AEX Brown, RI Litvinov, DE Discher, JW Weisel 
Forced Unfolding of Coiled-coils in Fibrinogen by Single Molecule AFM 
Biophysical Journal - Letters. 92:L39-L41.

2004