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Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Author(s): Needhi Bhalla,JoAnn Trejo,Mary Munson

Source: Nature cell biology
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Author(s): Stephen Curry,Eunice Mercado-Lara,Virginia Arechavala-Gomeza,C Glenn Begley,Christophe Bernard,René Bernard,Stefano Bertuzzi,Needhi Bhalla,Dawn Bowers,Samuel Brod,Christopher Chambers,Michael R Dougherty,Yensi Flores Bueso,Stefânia Forner,Alexandra L J Freeman,Magali Haas,Darla P Henderson,Kanika Khanna,Rebecca Lawrence,Kif Liakath-Ali,Christine Liu,Neil Malhotra,José G Merino,Edward Miguel,Rachel Miles,Mary Munson,Shinichi Nakagawa,Robert Nobles,Joy Owango,Michel Tuan Pham,Gina Poe,Alexandra N Ramirez,Sarvenaz Sarabipour,Jill L Silverman,Laura N Smith,P Sriramarao,Paul W Sternberg,Geeta K Swamy,Malú Gámez Tansey,Gonzalo E Torres,Erick H Turner,Lauren von Klinggraeff,Frances Weis-Garcia

Source: PLoS biology
The C-terminal domain of SEC-10 is fundamental for exocyst function, apical organization, and cell morphogenesis in Neurospora crassa

Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Author(s): Alfredo Figueroa-Meléndez,Mónica E Cante-Paz,Diego L Delgado-Álvarez,Altair C Hernández,Juan M Martínez-Andrade,Leonora Martínez-Núñez,Baldo Oliva,Adriana M Rico-Ramírez,Daniel Salgado-Bautista,Oriol Gallego,Mary Munson,Meritxell Riquelme

Source: Molecular biology of the cell
Exocyst stimulates multiple steps of exocytic SNARE complex assembly and vesicle fusion

Friday, September 06, 2024

Author(s): Chanwoo Lee,Dante Lepore,Seung-Hak Lee,Tae Gyun Kim,Natasha Buwa,Jongchan Lee,Mary Munson,Tae-Young Yoon

Source: Nature structural & molecular biology
ASCB statement of commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Monday, July 22, 2024

Author(s): Sandra A Murray,Erika L F Holzbaur,Mary Munson,Daniela Cimini,Timothy F Lane,Rebecca Alvania,Derek A Applewhite,Fred Chang,Elizabeth H Chen,William C Earnshaw,Chantell S Evans,Rong Li,Beata E Mierzwa,Tiffany Oliver,Verónica A Segarra,Ahna R Skop,Lesley N Weaver,David J Asai,Michael Boyce,Maria Elena Zavala,Latanya Hammonds-Odie,Jim Vigoreaux

Source: Molecular biology of the cell
Gender equity: toward redefining values

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Author(s): Chrystal A Starbird,Zara Y Weinberg,Mary Munson

Source: Nature cell biology
The exocyst complex in neurological disorders

Friday, April 21, 2023

Author(s): Dilara O Halim,Mary Munson,Fen-Biao Gao

Source: Human genetics
Approaches to address bias in letters of recommendation

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Author(s): Vivian Y Chang,Mary Munson,Christina Marie Termini

Source: Trends in pharmacological sciences
Dissecting the Structural Dynamics of the Nuclear Pore Complex

Thursday, December 17, 2020

Author(s): Zhanna Hakhverdyan,Kelly R Molloy,Sarah Keegan,Thurston Herricks,Dante M Lepore,Mary Munson,Roman I Subbotin,David Fenyö,John D Aitchison,Javier Fernandez-Martinez,Brian T Chait,Michael P Rout

Source: Molecular cell
Rab-E and its interaction with myosin XI are essential for polarised cell growth

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Author(s): Robert G Orr,Fabienne Furt,Erin L Warner,Erin M Agar,Jennifer M Garbarino,Sarah E Cabral,Michelle L Dubuke,Allison M Butt,Mary Munson,Luis Vidali

Source: The New phytologist
Introduction

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Author(s): Mary Munson

Source: Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society
Retro Is Cool: Structure of the Versatile Retromer Complex

Thursday, April 09, 2020

Author(s): Leonora Martínez-Núñez,Mary Munson

Source: Structure (London, England : 1993)
Integrative structure and function of the yeast exocyst complex

Friday, April 03, 2020

Author(s): Sai J Ganesan,Michael J Feyder,Ilan E Chemmama,Fei Fang,Michael P Rout,Brian T Chait,Yi Shi,Mary Munson,Andrej Sali

Source: Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society
Exocyst structural changes associated with activation of tethering downstream of Rho/Cdc42 GTPases

Tuesday, January 07, 2020

Author(s): Guendalina Rossi,Dante Lepore,Lillian Kenner,Alexander B Czuchra,Melissa Plooster,Adam Frost,Mary Munson,Patrick Brennwald

Source: The Journal of cell biology
Exposing the Elusive Exocyst Structure

Monday, July 30, 2018

Author(s): Dante M Lepore,Leonora Martínez-Núñez,Mary Munson

Source: Trends in biochemical sciences
SNARE complex assembly and disassembly

Wednesday, April 25, 2018

Author(s): Tae-Young Yoon,Mary Munson

Source: Current biology : CB
Capturing endosomal vesicles at the Golgi

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Author(s): J Christopher Fromme,Mary Munson

Source: Nature cell biology
Getting mRNA-Containing Ribonucleoprotein Granules Out of a Nuclear Back Door

Friday, November 03, 2017

Author(s): Anup Parchure,Mary Munson,Vivian Budnik

Source: Neuron
A novel homozygous VPS45 p.P468L mutation leading to severe congenital neutropenia with myelofibrosis

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Author(s): Rikin K Shah,Mary Munson,Klaas J Wierenga,Hanumantha R Pokala,Peter E Newburger,David Crawford

Source: Pediatric blood & cancer
The Trypanosome Exocyst: A Conserved Structure Revealing a New Role in Endocytosis

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Author(s): Cordula M Boehm,Samson Obado,Catarina Gadelha,Alexandra Kaupisch,Paul T Manna,Gwyn W Gould,Mary Munson,Brian T Chait,Michael P Rout,Mark C Field

Source: PLoS pathogens
The Secret Life of Tethers: The Role of Tethering Factors in SNARE Complex Regulation

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

Author(s): Michelle L Dubuke,Mary Munson

Source: Frontiers in cell and developmental biology
Subunit connectivity, assembly determinants and architecture of the yeast exocyst complex

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Author(s): Margaret R Heider,Mingyu Gu,Caroline M Duffy,Anne M Mirza,Laura L Marcotte,Alexandra C Walls,Nicholas Farrall,Zhanna Hakhverdyan,Mark C Field,Michael P Rout,Adam Frost,Mary Munson

Source: Nature structural & molecular biology
Three steps forward, two steps back: mechanistic insights into the assembly and disassembly of the SNARE complex

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Author(s): Jeffrey P Bombardier,Mary Munson

Source: Current opinion in chemical biology
The Exocyst Subunit Sec6 Interacts with Assembled Exocytic SNARE Complexes

Friday, October 09, 2015

Author(s): Michelle L Dubuke,Stephanie Maniatis,Scott A Shaffer,Mary Munson

Source: The Journal of biological chemistry
Synaptic-vesicle fusion: a need for speed

Wednesday, July 08, 2015

Author(s): Mary Munson

Source: Nature structural & molecular biology
To protect or reject

Thursday, June 19, 2014

Author(s): Mary Munson

Source: eLife
Exorcising the exocyst complex

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Author(s): Margaret R Heider,Mary Munson

Source: Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Regulation of exocytosis by the exocyst subunit Sec6 and the SM protein Sec1

Friday, November 25, 2011

Author(s): Francesca Morgera,Margaret R Sallah,Michelle L Dubuke,Pallavi Gandhi,Daniel N Brewer,Chavela M Carr,Mary Munson

Source: Molecular biology of the cell
Show me the MUN-y

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Author(s): Mary Munson

Source: Structure (London, England : 1993)
Crystal structure of the APOBEC3G catalytic domain reveals potential oligomerization interfaces

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Author(s): Shivender M D Shandilya,Madhavi N L Nalam,Ellen A Nalivaika,Phillip J Gross,Johnathan C Valesano,Keisuke Shindo,Ming Li,Mary Munson,William E Royer,Elena Harjes,Takahide Kono,Hiroshi Matsuo,Reuben S Harris,Mohan Somasundaran,Celia A Schiffer

Source: Structure (London, England : 1993)
Watching proteins in motion

Friday, October 30, 2009

Author(s): Mary Munson,Daniel N Bolon

Source: Genome biology
The N-terminal peptide of the syntaxin Tlg2p modulates binding of its closed conformation to Vps45p

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Author(s): Melonnie L M Furgason,Chris MacDonald,Scott G Shanks,Sean P Ryder,Nia J Bryant,Mary Munson

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Conservation of helical bundle structure between the exocyst subunits

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Author(s): Nicole J Croteau,Melonnie L M Furgason,Damien Devos,Mary Munson

Source: PloS one
A role for the syntaxin N-terminus

Friday, January 23, 2009

Author(s): Mary Munson,Nia J Bryant

Source: The Biochemical journal
Sec6p anchors the assembled exocyst complex at sites of secretion

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Author(s): Jennifer A Songer,Mary Munson

Source: Molecular biology of the cell
TBC-domain GAPs for Rab GTPases accelerate GTP hydrolysis by a dual-finger mechanism

Friday, July 21, 2006

Author(s): Xiaojing Pan,Sudharshan Eathiraj,Mary Munson,David G Lambright

Source: Nature
The exocyst defrocked, a framework of rods revealed

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Author(s): Mary Munson,Peter Novick

Source: Nature structural & molecular biology
The structure of the exocyst subunit Sec6p defines a conserved architecture with diverse roles

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Author(s): Mylavarapu V S Sivaram,Melonnie L M Furgason,Daniel N Brewer,Mary Munson

Source: Nature structural & molecular biology
Dimerization of the exocyst protein Sec6p and its interaction with the t-SNARE Sec9p

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Author(s): Mylavarapu V S Sivaram,Jennifer A Saporita,Melonnie L M Furgason,Angela J Boettcher,Mary Munson

Source: Biochemistry

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May 31, 2023

Graduation 2023!

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