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Coming soon:

Edgar, L.G. and B. Goldstein (2012). Culture and Manipulation of Embryonic Cells, in Caenorhabditis elegans: Cell Biology and Physiology, eds. Joel H. Rothman and Andrew Singson. Methods in Cell Biology, 107:151-175 (in press).


Published articles and reviews:
Minna Roh-Johnson C. elegans gastrulation myosin

Roh-Johnson, M.*, Shemer, G.*, Higgins, C.D., McClellan, J.H., Werts, A.D., Tulu, U.S., Gao, L., Betzig, E., Kiehart, D.P., and B. Goldstein (2012) Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Pre-Existing Actomyosin Contractions. Science 335:1232-1235.
(freely accessible pdf)

GPR-1 TPR GoLoco C. elegans Goldstein lab Adam Werts


Werts, A.D., M. Roh-Johnson and B. Goldstein (2011) Dynamic localization of C. elegans TPR-GoLoco proteins mediates mitotic spindle orientation by extrinsic signaling. Development 138:4411-4422.

C. elegans gastrulation morphogenesis genetics genes

Sawyer, J.M., S. Glass, T. Li, G. Shemer, N.D. White, N.G. Starostina, E.T. Kipreos, C.D. Jones, and B. Goldstein (2011) Overcoming Redundancy: an RNAi Enhancer Screen for Morphogenesis Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 188:549-564.

          


Goldstein, B. (2011) Primer: Visualizing with ImageJ. Make 27:116-121. (This magazine article introduces non-scientists to ImageJ and encourages hobbyists to write new ImageJ plugins that might benefit science).

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Harrell, J.R. and B. Goldstein (2011) Internalization of multiple cells during C. elegans gastrulation depends on common cytoskeletal mechanisms but different cell polarity and cell fate regulators. Developmental Biology 350:1-12.

Werts, A.D. and B. Goldstein (2011) How signaling between cells can orient a mitotic spindle. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology 22:842-9.

Higgins C.D. and B. Goldstein (2010) Asymmetric Cell Division: A New Way to Divide Unequally. Current Biology R1029-31.

Sawyer, J.M., J.R. Harrell, G. Shemer, J. Sullivan-Brown, M. Roh-Johnson, and B. Goldstein (2010) Apical constriction: A cell shape change that can drive morphogenesis. Developmental Biology 341:5-19.

Roh-Johnson, M., J. Sullivan-Brown, and B. Goldstein (2010) Roles for Actin Dynamics in Cell Movements During Development. Chapter in Actin-Based Motility: Cellular, Molecular and Physical Aspects, ed. M.-F. Carlier, Springer.

Arata, Y., J.-Y. Lee, B. Goldstein, and H. Sawa (2010) Extracellular control of PAR protein localization during asymmetric cell division in the C. elegans embryo. Development 137:3337-3345.

asymmetric division spindle anaphase C. elegans Chamberlain
McCarthy Campbell, E.K., A.D. Werts, and B. Goldstein (2009) A Cell Cycle Timer for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning. PLoS Biology 7(4): e88.

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Roh-Johnson, M. and B. Goldstein (2009) In vivo roles for Arp2/3 in cortical actin organization during C. elegans gastrulation. J Cell Science 122: 3983-93.

Goldstein, B. and H. Hamada (2009) Shape Meets Polarity in Japan. Development 136: 2487-2492.

Marston, D.J., M. Roh, A. Mikels, R. Nusse, and B. Goldstein (2008) Wnt signaling during Caenorhabditis elegans embryonic development. Methods in Molecular Biology 469: 103-111.

Goldstein, B. and I.G. Macara (2007) The PAR Proteins: Fundamental Players in Animal Cell Polarization. Developmental Cell 13: 609-622.

Water bear

Gabriel, W.N., R. McNuff, S.K. Patel, T.R. Gregory, W.R. Jeck, C.D. Jones, and B. Goldstein (2007) The Tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, a New Model for Studying the Evolution of Development.  Developmental Biology 312: 545-559.
 
Hypsibius dujardini tardigrade

 
Gabriel, W.N. and B. Goldstein (2007) Segmental Expression of Pax3/7 and Engrailed Homologs in Tardigrade Development. Development Genes and Evolution 217: 421-433.

Marston, D.J. and B. Goldstein (2006) Symmetry Breaking in C. elegans: Another Gift from the Sperm. Developmental Cell 11: 273-274.
 
Lee Marston Current Biology 2006 Wnt Gastrulation C. elegans Andrew Chisholm


Lee, J.-Y.*, D.J. Marston*, T. Walston, J. Hardin, A. Halberstadt, and B. Goldstein (2006) Wnt/Frizzled Signaling Controls C. elegans Gastrulation by Activating Actomyosin Contractility. Current Biology 16: 1986-1997. (*co-first authors)

Marston, D.J. and B. Goldstein (2006) Actin-based forces driving embryonic morphogenesis in C. elegans. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development 16: 392-398.

Wnt Polarity C. elegans Polarization


Goldstein B.*, H. Takeshita*, K. Mizumoto, and H. Sawa (2006) Wnt Signals Can Function as Positional Cues in Establishing Cell Polarity. Developmental Cell 10: 391-396.
(Lay Summary)

McCarthy, E.K. and B. Goldstein (2006) Asymmetric Spindle Positioning. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 18: 79-85.


Nance, J., J.-Y. Lee, and B. Goldstein (2005) Gastrulation in C. elegans, WormBook, ed. The C. elegans Research Community.

McCarthy, E.K. and B. Goldstein (2005) Asymmetric Division: A Kinesin for Spindle Positioning. Current Biology 15: R591-593.

Dudley, N.R., A.Z. Amin, and B. Goldstein (2005) Genes Required for RNA Interference, pp 55-68 in RNA Interference Technology: From Basic Science to Drug Development, edited by K. Appasani (Cambridge University Press).

Dudley, N.R. and B. Goldstein (2005) RNA Interference in Caenorhabditis elegans. Chapter in RNA Silencing: Methods and Protocols, edited by G. Carmichael (Humana Press), Methods in Molecular Biology 309:29-38.

tether forces spindle
 

Labbé, J.-C., E. McCarthy and B. Goldstein (2004) The forces that position a mitotic spindle asymmetrically are tethered until after the time of spindle assembly. The Journal of Cell Biology 167: 245-256.


Cheeks par myosin p granules



Cheeks, R.J., J.C. Canman, W.N. Gabriel, N. Meyer, S. Strome and B. Goldstein (2004) C. elegans PAR Proteins Function by Mobilizing and Stabilizing Asymmetrically Localized Protein Complexes. Current Biology 14: 851-862.


Goldstein, B. (2003) Asymmetric Division: AGS Proteins Position the Spindle. Current Biology 13: R879-R880.

microtubule dynamics stability


Labbé, J.-C., P.S. Maddox, E.D. Salmon, and B. Goldstein (2003) PAR proteins regulate microtubule dynamics at the cell cortex in C. elegans. Current Biology 13: 707-714.


Lee gastrulation morphogenesis



Lee, J.-Y. and B. Goldstein (2003) Mechanisms of cell positioning during C. elegans gastrulation. Development 130: 307-320.


Dudley, N.R. and B. Goldstein (2003) RNA interference: Silencing in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Curr Opin Mol Ther 5:113-117.

Dudley RNAi to RNAi chromatin



Dudley, N.R., J.-C. Labbé, and B. Goldstein (2002) Using RNA Interference to Identify Genes Required for RNA Interference. PNAS 99:4191-4196.


Labbé, J.-C. and B. Goldstein (2002) Embryonic Development: A New SPN on Cell Fate Specification. Current Biology 12:R396-R398.

Goldstein, B. and M. Blaxter (2002) Tardigrades. Current Biology 12: R475.

Goldstein, B. (2001) On the Evolution of Early Development in the Nematoda.  Phil Trans Royal Society B 356: 1521-31.

leech dorsal snail



Goldstein, B., M. Leviten, and D. A. Weisblat (2001) Dorsal and Snail homologs in leech development. Development Genes and Evolution 211: 329-337.

Goldstein B. (2000) The Professional Debunker  (review of the book Voodoo Science: the Road from Foolishness to Fraud, by Robert L. Park), Nature Cell Biology 2:E212.

Goldstein, B. (2000) Embryonic polarity: A role for microtubules. Current Biology 10:R820-R822.

Goldstein, B. (2000) When cells tell their neighbors which direction to divide. Developmental Dynamics 218:23-29.

evolution axis anterior posterior sperm



Goldstein, B., L. Frisse, and W. K. Thomas (1998) Embryonic axis specification in nematodes: evolution of the first step in development. Current Biology 8: 157-160.


ceh-13 P1 isolation


Wittmann, C., O. Bossinger, B. Goldstein, M. Fleischmann, R. Kohler, K. Brunschwig, H. Tobler, and F. Müller (1997) The expression of the C. elegans labial-like Hox gene ceh-13 during early embryogenesis relies on cell fate and on anteroposterior cell polarity. Development 124: 4193-4200.


Goldstein, B. and G. Freeman (1997) Axis specification in animal development. BioEssays 19: 105-116.

polarity axis reversal sperm stem cell division


Goldstein, B. and S. N. Hird (1996) Specification of the anteroposterior axis in Caenorhabditis elegans. Development 122: 1467-1474.


spindle orientation cell contact


Goldstein, B. (1995) Cell contacts orient some cell division axes in the early C. elegans embryo. The Journal of Cell Biology 129: 1071-1080.


timing interaction p2 ems


Goldstein, B. (1995) An analysis of the response to gut induction in the C. elegans embryo. Development 121: 1227-1236.

Goldstein, B., S. N. Hird, and J. G.White (1993) Cell polarity in early C. elegans development. Development 1993 Supplement: 279-287.

endoderm induction move p2


Goldstein, B. (1993) Establishment of gut fate in the E lineage of C. elegans: the roles of lineage-dependent mechanisms and cell interactions. Development 118: 1267-1277.


goldstein endoderm induction nature


Goldstein, B. (1992) Induction of gut in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. Nature 357: 255-257.

(asterisks indicate co-first authors)
Reviews of our work:

"Cell Biology: Embryonic Clutch Control", by William Razzell and Paul Martin in Science

Faculty of 1000 reviews of "Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Pre-Existing Actomyosin Contractions"

"Cell Change Up", a review of "Triggering a Cell Shape Change by Exploiting Pre-Existing Actomyosin Contractions" in The Scientist

Faculty of 1000 review of "Dynamic localization of C. elegans TPR-GoLoco proteins mediates mitotic spindle orientation by extrinsic signaling"

"TPR-GoLoco moves to orientate division", an In This Issue highlight about Werts et al (2011) in Development

Genetics highlight of "Overcoming Redundancy: an RNAi Enhancer Screen for Morphogenesis Genes in Caenorhabditis elegans"

Faculty of 1000 review of "A Cell Cycle Timer for Asymmetric Spindle Positioning"

Faculty of 1000 review of "The Tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, a New Model for Studying the Evolution of Development"

Faculty of 1000 review of "Segmental Expression of Pax3/7 and Engrailed Homologs in Tardigrade Development"

"Gastrulation: Wnts Signal Constriction", a Dispatch article about Lee et al. 2006, from Current Biology

Faculty of 1000 reviews of "Wnt/Frizzled Signaling Controls C. elegans Gastrulation by Activating Actomyosin Contractility"

"Tugging and pulling in asymmetric cell divisions" from The Journal of Cell Biology

Faculty of 1000 reviews of "Wnt Signals Can Function as Positional Cues in Establishing Cell Polarity"


"Bringing classical embryology to C. elegans gastrulation", a Preview article written by our hero Eric Wieschaus and colleagues, from Developmental Cell
 
"Microtubule cytoskeleton: Navigating the intracellular landscape", a Dispatch article about Labbé et al 2003 and four other new papers, from Current Biology

"Gastrulation: Partaking of the bottle", a Dispatch article about Lee & Goldstein 2003 and one other paper, from Current Biology

Faculty of 1000 reviews of "Mechanisms of cell positioning during C. elegans gastrulation"

"New & Notable: RNA Interference", from The Scientist

Faculty of 1000 reviews of "Using RNA Interference to Identify Genes Required for RNA Interference"

"UNC's Bob Goldstein talks about getting into RNAi and hunting for genes", from RNAi News

"RNAi to RNAi", from Genome Biology

   
Popular press, blogs:

National Geographic Channel
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a National Geographic Channel clip of us talking about tardigrades

NPR Science Friday
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"Behold The Mighty, Microscopic Water Bear", a video about our evo-devo work using tardigrades

Endeavors Magazine
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"Tardi-whats?", a story about our evo-devo work using tardigrades

The Scientist
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"Biology Rocks", a video essay about our gig posters for scientists
- free access video, YouTube
- our favorite of a few blog posts about this

ScientificBlogging
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"And water bear it is!", a story about the our work toward the tardigrade genome project, from the DNA & Diversity column at ScientificBlogging

Science
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"Cannes of Worms", about our C. elegans Movies web site, from Science 295:2331 (2002)