Publications

110. Kuhn JA, Banerjee P, Haye A, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA, Devreotes PN. Complementary cytoskeletal feedback loops control signal transduction excitability and cell polarity. Nat. Comm. 2025; In press.

109. Lin Y, Parajón E, Yuan Q, Ye S, Qin G, Deng Y, Borleis J, Koyfman A, Iglesias PA, Konstantopoulos K, Robinson DN, Devreotes PN. Dynamic and biphasic regulation of cell migration by Ras. bioRxiv; 2025, Feb. 16. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.13.638204

108. Dolgitzer D, Plaza-Rodriguez AI, Iglesias MA, Jacob MAC, Todd BA, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. A continuum model of mechanosensation based on contractility kit assembly. Biophys. J. 2025; 124: 1-15. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.10.020 / PDF

107. Razavi S, Wong F, Abubaker-Sharif B, Matsubayashi H, Nakamura H, Nguyen NTH, Robinson DN, Chen B, Iglesias PA, Inoue T. Synthetic control of actin polymerization and symmetry breaking in active protocells. Sci. Adv. 2024; 10(24): 1-11. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk9731 / PDF

106. Waechtler BE, Jayasankar R, Morin EP, Robinson DN*. Benefits and challenges of reconstituting the actin cortex. Cytoskeleton, 2024; 81: 843-863. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21855 / PDF

105. Kuhn JA, Banerjee P, Haye A, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA, Devreotes PN. Complementary cytoskeletal feedback loops control signal transduction excitability and cell polarity. bioRxiv; 2024. Feb. 13. DOI: https://doi.org/1101/2024.02.13.580131.

104. Trevorrow P and Robinson DN. An interview with Douglas N. Robinson—Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Cytoskeleton 2024; 81(6-7): 266-268. https://doi.org/10.1002/cm.21817 / PDF

103. Razavi S, Wong F, Abubaker-Sharif B, Matsubayashi HT, Nakamura H, Sandoval E, Robinson DN, Chen B, Liu J, Iglesias PA, Inoue T. Synthetic control of actin polymerization and symmetry breaking in active protocells. bioRxiv, 2023. Sep. 23; doi: 10.1101/2023.09.22.559060

102. Nguyen JMK, Liu Y, Nguyen L, Sidhaye VK, Robinson DN.* 2024. Discovery and Quantitative Dissection of Cytokinesis Mechanisms Using Dictyostelium discoideum. In Kimmel A (ed.) Dictyostelium discoideum. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2814. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3894-1_1 / PDF

101. Balaban AE, Nguyen LTS, Parajón E, and Robinson DN*. Non-muscle myosin IIB is a driver of cellular reprogramming. Mol. Biol. Cell, 2023; 34(7): ar71, 1-15. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E21-08-0386. / PDF

100. Plaza-Rodriguez A., Nguyen LTS, Robinson DN, Iglesias, PA. Particle-based model of mechanosensory contractility kit assembly. Biophys. J. 2022; 121: 1-15. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2022.10.031 / PDF

99. Nguyen LTS and Robinson DN*. The lectin Discoidin I acts in the cytoplasm to help assemble the contractile machinery. J. Cell Biol. 2022; 221(11):e202202063. / PDF

98. Liu Y, Leng J, Nguyen LTS, and Robinson DN*. An RNA binding protein, RNP1A, works with Contractility Kit proteins to facilitate macropinocytosis. bioRxiv 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.08.499268

97. Nguyen LTS, Jacob MAC, Parajón E, and Robinson DN*. Cancer as a biophysical disease: targeting the mechanical-adaptability program. Biophys.J. 2022; 121(19): 3573-3585. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2022.04.039 / PDF

96. Angstadt S, Zhu Q, Jaffee EM, Robinson DN*, and Anders RA*. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cortical mechanics and clinical implications. Frontiers in Oncology, 2022; 12: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.809179 / PDF

95. DiNapoli, KT, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. A mesoscale mechanical model of cellular interactions. Biophys. J. 120: 4905-4917. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2021.10.021 / PDF

94. Srivastava V, Balaban AE. Robinson DN*. Cytokinesis. In Joseph Jez (ed) The Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry 3rd Edition, 2021; Oxford: Elsevier. Vol. 5, pp. 42-48. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819460-7.00067-0. / PDF

93. Kliment CR, Nguyen JMK, Kaltreider MJ, Lu YW, Claypool SM, Radder JE, Sciurba FC, Zhang Y, Gregory AD, Iglesias PA, Sidhaye VK, Robinson DN*. Adenine Nucleotide Translocase regulates airway epithelial metabolism, surface hydration, and ciliary function. J. Cell Sci. 2021; 134(4): jcs257162.  / PDF  Featured in Scientific American

92. Nguyen JMK, Robinson DN*, Sidhaye VK*. Why New Biology Must Be Uncovered to Advance Therapeutic Strategies for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am. J. Phys. Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 2021; 320: L1–L11. DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00367.2020 / PDF

91. Parajón E, Surcel A, Robinson DN*. The Mechanobiome: A Goldmine for Cancer Therapeutics. Am. J. Physiol.-Cell Physiol. 2021; 320: C306-C323. DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00409.2020 / PDF

90. DiNapoli K, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. Tools for computational analysis of moving boundary problems in cellular mechanobiology. WIREs Mech. Dis. 2020; e1514 1-33. doi.org/10.1002/wsbm.1514 / PDF

89. Bryan DS, Stack M, Krystofiak K, Cichoń U, Thomas DG, Surcel A, Schiffhauer ES, Khodarev NN, Xue L, Poli EC, Pearson AT, Posner MC, Robinson DN, Rock RS, Weichselbaum RR. 4-hydroxyacetophenone modulates the actomyosin cytoskeleton to reduce metastasis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2020; 117 (36) 22423-22429.  doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014639117 / PDF

88. Kliment CR, Nguyen JMK, Kaltreider MJ, Lu YW, Claypool SM, Radder JE, Sciurba FC, Zhang Y, Gregory AD, Iglesias PA, Sidhaye VK, Robinson DN*. Adenine Nucleotide Translocase regulates airway epithelial homeostasis, mitochondrial metabolism and ciliary function. bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.05.18.101378. / PDF

87. Nguyen L, Robinson DN*. The Unusual Suspects in Cytokinesis: Fitting the Pieces Together. Front. Cell Dev. Bio. 2020; 8:441. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00441.  / PDF

86. Woolums BM, McCray BA, Sung H, Tabuchi M, Sullivan JM, Ruppell K, Yang Y, Mamah C, Aisenberg WH, Saavedra-Rivera PC, Larin BS, Lau A, Robinson DN, Xiang Y, Wu MN, Sumner CJ, Lloyd TE. TRPV4 disrupts mitochondrial transport and causes axonal degeneration via CaMKII-dependent elevation of intracellular Ca2+. Nat. Comm. 2020; 11(1):2679. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16411-5.  / PDF

85. Crews DC, Wilson KL, Sohn J, Kabacoff CM, Poynton SL, Murphy LR, Bolz J, Wolfe A, White PT, Will C, Collins C, Gauda E, Robinson DN*. Helping scholars overcome socioeconomic barriers to medical and biomedical careers: Creating a pipeline initiative.  Teach. Learn. Med. 2020; 32(4): 422-433. doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2020.1729161 / PDF

84. Kothari P, Johnson C, Sandone C, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN*. How the mechanobiome drives cell behavior, viewed through the lens of control theory. J. Cell Sci. 2019; 132:1-10. jcs234476. / PDF

83. Surcel A, Schiffhauer ES, Thomas DG, Zhu Q, DiNapoli K, Herbig M, Otto O, West-Foyle H, Jacobi A, Kräter M, Plak K, Guck J, Jaffee EM, Iglesias PA, Anders RA, Robinson DN*. Targeting mechanoresponsive proteins in pancreatic cancer: 4-hydroxyacetophenone blocks dissemination and invasion by activating MYH14. Cancer Res. 2019; 79(18):4665-4678. / PDF

82. Surcel A, Robinson DN.* Meddling with myosin’s mechanobiology in cancer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019; 116(31): 15322-15323.  / PDF

81. Schiffhauer ES, Ren Y, Iglesias V, Kothari P, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN*. Myosin IIB assembly-state determines myosin IIB mechanosensitive dynamics. J. Cell Biol. 2019; 218(3): 895-908. / PDF

80. Kothari P, Srivastava V, Aggarwal V, Tchernyshyov I, Van Eyk J, Ha T, and Robinson DN*. Contractility kits promote assembly of the mechanoresponsive cytoskeletal network. J. Cell Sci. 2019; 132(2): 1-12. / PDF

79. Liu Y and Robinson D*. Recent advances in cytokinesis: Understanding the molecular underpinnings. F1000Research 2018; 7(F1000 Faculty Rev): 1849. / PDF

78. Duan R, Kim JH, Shilagardi K, Schiffhauer E, Lee, D, Son S, Li S, Thomas C, Luo T, Fletcher DA, Robinson DN, Chen EH. Spectrin is a mechanoresponsive protein shaping fusogenic synapse architecture during myoblast fusion. Nat. Cell Biol. 2018; 20, 688–698. [Available as a preprint on bioRxiv; DOI: 10.1101/154831] / PDF

77. West-Foyle H, Kothari P, Osborne J, Robinson DN*. 14-3-3 proteins tune non-muscle myosin-II assembly. J. Biol. Chem. ​2018; 293(18), 6751-6761.  / PDF

76. Evans JP, Robinson DN. Micropipette aspiration of oocytes to assess cortical tension. Mouse oocyte development – Methods and Protocols, Eds M.H. Verlhac, and M.E. Terret.  Methods Mol. Biol. 2018; 1818: 163-171.  / PDF

75. Surcel A, Schiffhauer ES, Thomas DG, Zhu Q, DiNapoli K, Herbig M, Otto O, Guck J, Jaffee EM, Iglesias PA, Anders RA, Robinson DN*. Harnessing the adaptive potential of mechanoresponsive proteins to overwhelm pancreatic cancer dissemination and invasion. bioRxiv; DOI: 10.1101/190553. / PDF

74. Miao C, Schiffhauer ES, Okeke EI, Robinson DN, Luo T. Parallel compression is a fast, low-cost assay for the high throughput screening of mechanosensory cytoskeletal proteins in cells. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017; 9(34): 28168–28179. / PDF

73. Hamann JC, Surcel A, Chen R, Teragawa C, Albeck JG, Robinson DN, Overholtzer M. Entosis is induced by glucose starvation. Cell Rep. 2017; 20: 201-210.  / PDF

72. Nishida K, Brune KA, Putcha N, Mandke P, O’Neal WK, Shade D, Srivastava V, Wang M, An SS, Drummond MB, Hansel NN, Robinson DN, Sidhaye V. Cigarette smoke disrupts monolayer integrity by altering epithelial cell-cell adhesion and cortical tension. Am. J. Physiol. – Lung Cell Mol. Physiol. 2017; 313(3): L581-L591.  / PDF

71. Thomas DG, Robinson DN*. The fifth sense: Mechanosensory regulation of alpha-actinin-4 and its relevance for cancer metastasis. Sem. Cell Dev. Biol. 2017; 71: 68-74.  / PDF

70. Schiffhauer ES, Robinson DN.* Mechanochemical signaling directs cell shape change. Biophys. J. 2017; 112: 207-214.  / PDF

69. Kothari P, Schiffhauer ES, Robinson DN.* Cytokinesis from nanometers to micrometers and microseconds to minutes. Methods Cell Biol. 2017;137:307-322.  / PDF

68. Ibo M, Srivastava V, Robinson DN, Gagnon Z. Cell Blebbing in Confined Microfluidic Environments. PLoS One 2016; 11(10): e0163866.  / PDF

67. Ngo T, Miao X, Robinson DN, Zhou Q-q. An RNA-binding protein, RNP-1, protects microtubules from nocodazole and localizes to the leading edge during cytokinesis and cell migration in Dictyostelium cells. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica 2016; 37: 1449-1457.​ / PDF

66. Bai H, Zhu Q, Surcel A, Luo T, Ren Y, Guan B, Liu Y, Wu N, Joseph NE, Wang T-L, Zhang N, Pan D, Alpini G, Robinson DN, Anders RA. Yes-Associated Protein impacts adherens junction assembly through regulating actin cytoskeleton organization. Am. J. Physiol. – Gastrointest. Liver Phys. 2016; 311(3): G396-G411. / PDF

65. Schiffhauer ES, Luo T, Mohan K, Srivastava V, Qian X, Griffis E, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN*. Mechanoaccumulative elements of the mammalian actin cytoskeleton. Curr. Biol. 2016; 26(11): 1473-1479.​ / PDF

64. Mackenzie ACL, Kyle DD, McGinnis LA, Lee HJ, Aidana N, Robinson DN, Evans JP. Cortical mechanics and myosin-II abnormalities associated with post-ovulatory aging:  Implications for functional defects in aged eggs. Mol. Hum. Reprod. 2016; 22(6): 397-409. / PDF

63. Christianson MS, Gerolstein AL, Lee HJ, Monseur BC, Robinson DN, Evans JP. Effects of inhibition of Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) on sperm incorporation and cortical tension in mouse eggs. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 2016; 183(3): 188-189. / PDF

62. Srivastava V, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN*. Cytokinesis: Robust cell shape regulation. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 2016; 53:39-44. / PDF

61. Mohan K, Luo T, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. Cell shape regulation through mechanosensory feedback control. J. R. Soc. Interface. 2015; 12(109): 20150512. / PDF

60. McGinnis L, Lee H, Robinson DN, Evans JP. MAPK3/1 (ERK1/2) and myosin light chain kinase in mammalian eggs affect myosin-II function and regulate the metaphase II state in a calcium- and zinc- dependent manner. Biol. Reprod. 2015; 92(6): 146 (1-14). / PDF

59. Kim JH, Ren Y, Ng WP, Li S, Son S, Kee Y-S, Zhang S, Zhang G, Fletcher DA, Robinson DN, Chen EH. Mechanical tension drives cell membrane fusion. Dev. Cell 2015; 32(5): 561-573. / PDF

58. Srivastava V, Robinson DN*. Mechanical stress and network structure drive protein dynamics during cytokinesis. Curr. Biol. 2015; 25(5): 663-670.  / PDF

57. Surcel A, Ng WP, West-Foyle H, Zhu Q, Ren Y, Avery L, Krenc AK, Meyers D, Rock RS, Anders RA, Freel Meyers C, Robinson DN*. Pharmacological activation of myosin II paralogs to correct cell mechanics defects. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2015; 112(5): 1428-1433. / PDF

56. Luo T*, Robinson DN*. Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of the assembly of filamentous biomacromolecules by the dimer addition mechanism. RSC Adv. 2015; 5(6): 3922-3929. / PDF

55. Ren Y, West-Foyle H, Surcel A, Miller C, Robinson DN*. Genetic suppression of a phosphomimic myosin II identifies system-level factors promoting myosin II cleavage furrow accumulation. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2014; 25(25): 4150-4165. / PDF

54. Sun Q, Luo T, Ren Y, Florey O, Shirasawa S, Sasazuki T, Robinson DN, Overholtzer M. Competition between human cells by entosis. Cell Res. 2014; 24: 1299-1310. / PDF

53. Luo T, Srivastava V, Ren Y, Robinson DN.* Mimicking the mechanical properties of the cell cortex by the self-assembly of an actin cortex in vesicles. App. Phys. Lett. 2014; 104: 153701-1-5. / PDF

52. Luo T, Mohan K, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN*. Molecular mechanisms of cellular mechanosensing. Nat. Mater. 2013; 12: 1064-1071. / PDF

51. Kryzak CA, Moraine MM, Kyle DD, Lee HJ, Robinson DN, Evans JP. Prophase I mouse oocytes are deficient in the ability to respond to fertilization by decreasing membrane receptivity to sperm and establishing a membrane block to polyspermy. Biol. Reprod. 2013; 89: 44, 1-13. / PDF

50. Kabacoff C, Srivastava V, Robinson DN*. A Summer Academic Research Experience for Disadvantaged Youth. CBE Life Sci. Educ. 2013; 12: 410-418.  / PDF

49. Kee YS, Robinson DN.* Micropipette Aspiration for Studying Cellular Mechanosensory Responses and Mechanics. Methods Mol. Biol. 2013; 983:367-382.  / PDF

48. Srivastava V, Robinson DN.* Cytokinesis. In Lennarz & Lane (eds.) The Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry 2nd Edition, 2013; Waltham, MA: Academic Press. Vol. 1, pp. 622-626. / PDF

47. Robinson DN*, Iglesias PA*. Bringing the physical sciences into your cell biology research. Mol. Biol. Cell 2012; 23(21): 4167-4170. / PDF

46. Robinson DN*, Kee Y-S, Luo T, Surcel A. Understanding how dividing cells change shape.  In Egelman EH (ed.) Comprehensive Biophysics, 2012; Elsevier, Amsterdam. Vol. 7, pp. 48-72.  / PDF

45. Dickinson D, Robinson DN, Nelson WJ, Weis WI. α-catenin and IQGAP regulate myosin localization to control epithelial tube morphogenesis in Dictyostelium. Dev. Cell 2012; 23: 533-546. / PDF

44. West-Foyle H, Robinson DN.* Cytokinesis Mechanics and Mechanosensing. Cytoskeleton 2012; 69(10): 700-709. / PDF

43. Sidhaye VK, Chau E, Srivastava V, Sirimalle S, Balabhadrapatruni C, Aggarwal NR, D’Alessio FR, Robinson DN, King LS. A novel role for aquaporin-5 in enhancing microtubule organization and stability. PLoS ONE 2012; 7(6): e38717. / PDF

42. Mohan K, Iglesias PA*, Robinson DN.* Separation anxiety: stress, tension, and cytokinesis. Exp. Cell Res. 2012; 318(12): 1428-1434. / PDF

41. Poirier CC, Ng WP, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. Deconvolution of the cellular force-generating subsystems that govern cytokinesis furrow ingression. PLoS Comp. Biol. 2012; 8(4): e1002467. / PDF

40. Kee YS, Ren Y, Dorfman D, Iijima M, Firtel RA, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* A mechanosensory system governs myosin II accumulation in dividing cells. Mol. Biol. Cell 2012; 23(8): 1510-1523.  / PDF

39. Luo T, Mohan K, Srivastava V, Ren Y, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* Understanding the cooperative interactions between myosin II and actin crosslinkers mediated by actin filaments during mechanosensation. Biophys. J. 2012; 102(2): 238-247. / PDF

38. Evans JP, Robinson DN. The spatial and mechanical challenges of female meiosis. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 2011; 78:769-777.  / PDF

37. Wang Y, Steimle PA, Ren Y, Ross CA, Robinson DN, Egelhoff TT, Sesaki H, Iijima M. Dictyostelium huntingtin controls chemotaxis and cytokinesis through regulation of myosin II phosphorylation. Mol. Biol. Cell 2011; 22:2270-2281. / PDF

36. Luo T, Robinson DN.* The role of the actin cytoskeleton in mechanosensation. Kamkin A. & Kiseleva I. eds. Mechanosensitivity in Cells and Tissues 4: Mechanosensitivity and Mechanotransduction, 2011; Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 25-65. / PDF

35. Robinson DN.* 14-3-3, an integrator of cell mechanics and cytokinesis. Small GTPases 2010; 1(3):165-169.  / PDF

34. Surcel A, Kee Y-S, Luo T, Robinson DN.* Cytokinesis through biochemical-mechanical feedback loops. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 2010; 21:866-873.  / PDF

33. Zhou Q, Kee Y-S, Poirier CC, Jelinek C, Osborne J, Divi S, Surcel A, Will ME, Eggert US, Müller-Taubenberger A, Iglesias PA, Cotter RJ, Robinson DN.* 14-3-3 coordinates microtubules, Rac, and myosin II to control cell mechanics and cytokinesis. Curr. Biol. 2010; 20:1881-1889. / PDF

32. Larson SM, Lee HJ, Hung P-h, Matthews LM, Robinson DN*, Evans JP*. Cortical mechanics and meiosis II completion in mammalian oocytes are mediated by myosin-II and ezrin-radixin-moesin (ERM) proteins. Mol. Biol. Cell 2010; 21:3182-3192. / PDF

31. Lee S, Shen Z, Robinson DN, Briggs S, Firtel RA. Involvement of the cytoskeleton in controlling leading edge function during chemotaxis. Mol. Biol. Cell 2010; 21(11):1810-1824. / PDF

30. Xiong Y, Kabacoff C, Franca-Koh J, Devreotes PN, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. Automated characterization of cell shape changes during amoeboid motility. BMC Systems Biology 2010; 4:33. / PDF

29. Ren Y, Effler JC, Norstrom M, Luo T, Firtel RA, Iglesias PA, Rock, RS, Robinson DN.* Mechanosensing through cooperative interactions between myosin-II and the actin crosslinker cortexillin-I. Curr. Biol. 2009; 19(17):1421-1428. / PDF

28. Tikhonenko I, Nag DK, Robinson DN, Koonce MP. A novel role for a central motor kinesin in connecting the nucleus and MTOC. Euk. Cell 2009; 8(5):723-731. / PDF

27. Yang L, Effler JC, Kutscher BL, Sullivan SP, Robinson DN, Iglesias PA. Modeling cellular deformations using the level set formalism. BMC Systems Biology 2008; 2:68. / PDF

26. Reichl EM, Ren Y, Morphew MK, Delannoy M, Effler JC, Girard KD, Divi S, Iglesias PA, Kuo SC, Robinson DN.* Interactions between myosin and actin crosslinkers control cytokinesis contractility dynamics and mechanics. Curr. Biol. 2008; 18(7):471-480. / PDF

25. Kee YS, Robinson DN.* Motor Proteins: Myosin mechanosensors. Curr. Biol. 2008; 18(18): r860-r862. / PDF

24. Reichl EM, Robinson DN.* Putting the brakes on cytokinesis with alpha-actinin. Dev. Cell 2007; 13: 460-462. / PDF

23. Effler JC, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* A mechanosensory system controls cell shape during mitosis. Cell Cycle 2007; 6(1):30-35.  / PDF

22. Kabacoff C, Xiong Y, Musib R, Reichl EM, Kim J, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* Dynacortin facilitates polarization of chemotaxing cells. BMC Biol. 2007; 5:53. / PDF

21. LeDuc PR*, Robinson DN.* Using lessons from cellular and molecular structures for future materials. Adv. Mat. 2007; 19(22):3761-3770.  / PDF

20. Effler JC, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN. Regulating cell shape during cytokinesis. In B.A. Francis and J.C. Willems, eds, Control of Uncertain Systems: Modelling, Approximation and Design, 2006; pp. 203-224. Springer-Verlag, New York.  / PDF

19. Octtaviani E, Effler JC, Robinson DN.* Enlazin, a natural fusion of two classes of canonical cytoskeletal proteins, contributes to cytokinesis dynamics. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2006; 17(12):5275-5286. / PDF

18. Effler JC, Kee Y-S, Berk JM, Tran MN, Iglesias PA, Robinson DN.* Mitosis-specific mechanosensing and contractile protein redistribution control cell shape. Curr. Biol. 2006; 16(19):1962-1967. / PDF

17. Girard KD, Kuo SC, Robinson DN.* Dictyostelium myosin-II mechanochemistry promotes active behavior of the cortex on long time-scales. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2006; 103(7):2103-2108. / PDF

16. Zhang W., Robinson DN.* Balance of actively generated contractile and resistive forces controls cytokinesis dynamics. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2005; 102(20):7186-7191. / PDF

15. Reichl EM, Effler JC, Robinson DN.* Stress and strain of cytokinesis. Trends Cell Biol. 2005; 15(4):200-206.  / PDF

14. Robinson DN*, Spudich JA. Mechanics and regulation of cytokinesis. Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 2004; 16(2):182-188. / PDF

13. Girard KD, Chaney C, Delannoy M, Kuo SC, Robinson DN.* Dynacortin contributes to cortical viscoelasticity and helps determine the shape changes of cytokinesis.  EMBO J. 2004; 23(7):1536-1546. / PDF

12. Robinson DN*, Girard KD, Octtaviani E, Reichl EM. Dictyostelium cytokinesis: From molecules to mechanics. J. Musc. Res. Cell Motil. 2002; 23(7-8):719-727.  / PDF

11. Robinson DN*, Cavet G, Warrick HM, Spudich JA. Quantitation of the distribution and flux of myosin-II during cytokinesis.  BMC Cell Biology 2002; 3:4. / PDF

10. Robinson DN*, Ocon SS, Rock RS, Spudich JA. Dynacortin is a novel actin bundling protein that localizes to dynamic actin structures. J. Biol. Chem. 2002; 277(11):9088-9095. / PDF

9. Robinson DN.* Cell division: Biochemically controlled mechanics. Curr. Biol. 2001; 11(18):R737-740. / PDF

8. Robinson DN*, Spudich JA. Dynacortin, a genetic link between equatorial contractility and global shape control discovered by library complementation of a Dictyostelium cytokinesis mutant. J. Cell Biol. 2000; 150(4):823-838. / PDF

7. Robinson DN*, Spudich JA. Towards a molecular understanding of cytokinesis. Trends Cell Biol. 2000; 10(6):228-237.  / PDF

6. Robinson DN, Cooley L. Genetic analysis of the actin cytoskeleton in the Drosophila ovary. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 1997; 13:147-170.  / PDF

5. Robinson DN, Cooley L. Drosophila kelch is an oligomeric ring canal actin organizer. J. Cell Biol. 1997; 138(4):799-810. / PDF

4. Robinson DN, Cooley L. Examination of two kelch proteins produced by stop codon suppression. Development 1997; 124(7):1405-1417. / PDF

3. Robinson DN, Smith TA, Sokol NS, Hudson AM, Cooley L. Formation of the Drosophila ovarian ring canal inner rim depends on cheerio.  Genetics 1997; 145(4):1063-1072. / PDF

2. Robinson DN, Cooley L. Stable intercellular bridges in development: The cytoskeleton lining the tunnel. Trends Cell Biol. 1996; 6(12):474-479. / PDF

1. Robinson DN, Cant K, Cooley L. Morphogenesis of Drosophila ovarian ring canals. Development 1994; 120(7):2015-2025. / PDF