POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW (2011 – 2016)
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CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
PUBLICATIONS from the Rusan Lab (PubMed)
8. Lerit DA, Shebelut CW, Lawlor KJ, Rusan NM, Gavis ER, Schedl P, Deshpande G. Germ Cell-less Promotes Centrosome Segregation to Induce Germ Cell Formation. Cell Rep. 2017 Jan 24;18(4):831-839
7. Lerit DA*# and Poulton JS*#. Centrosomes are multifunctional regulators of genome stability. Chromosome Research, 24(1):5-17. * equal contributors, # corresponding author
6. Lerit DA, Jordan HA, Poulton JS, Fagerstrom CJ, Galletta BJ, Peifer M, Rusan NM. Interphase centrosome organization by the PLP-Cnn scaffold is required for centrosome function. Journal of Cell Biology, 210(1):79-97.
___– JCB Biosights – “Interphase centrosomes flare up”
5. Lerit DA, Plevock KM, Rusan NM. Live imaging of Drosophila larval neuroblasts. J Vis Exp. 2014 Jul 7;(89).
4. Galletta BJ, Guillen RX, Fagerstrom CJ, Brownlee CW, Lerit DA, Megraw TL, Rogers GC, Rusan NM. Drosophila Pericentrin requires interaction with Calmodulin for its function at centrosomes and neuronal basal bodies, but not at sperm basal bodies. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Jul 16.
3. Lerit DA, Rusan NM. PLP inhibits the activity of interphase centrosomes to ensure their proper segregation in stem cells. J Cell Biol. 2013 Sep 30;202(7):1013-22.
2. Lerit DA, Smyth JT, Rusan NM. Organelle asymmetry for proper fitness, function, and fate. Chromosome Res. 2013 May;21(3):271-86.
1. Gopalakrishnan J, Chim YC, Ha A, Basiri ML, Lerit DA, Rusan NM, Avidor-Reiss T. Tubulin nucleotide status controls Sas-4-dependent pericentriolar material recruitment. Nat Cell Biol. 2012 Aug;14(8):865-73.
INVITED SEMINARS (from the Rusan lab)
2015 The 55th Annual American Society for Cell Biology. San Diego, CA.
2014 The 54th Annual American Society for Cell Biology. Philadelphia, PA.
2013 The 53rd Annual American Society for Cell Biology. New Orleans, LA.
2013 The 54th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. Washington, D.C.
OF NOTE (from the Rusan lab)
2016-2019 NHLBI Career Transition Award (K22) – $747,000 direct costs
2014 Awarded a travel fellowship to attend the Centrosomes and Spindle Pole Bodies EMBO meeting in Lisbon, Portugal
2012 Awarded the Lenfant Biomedical Research Fellowship – F32 equivalent