Peer-Reviewed Research

Nguyen C, Thompson-Peer KL. (2021). Comparing automated morphology quantification software on dendrites of uninjured and injured Drosophila neurons. Neuroinformatics. In Press. doi: 10.1007/s12021-021-09532-9

Yadav S, Younger SH, Zhang L, Thompson-Peer KL, Li T, Jan LY, Jan YN. (2019).  Glial ensheathment of the somatodendritic compartment regulates sensory neuron structure and activity.  PNAS.  2019 Feb 25. pii: 201814456. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1814456116.  PMID:30804200.

Song Y, Li D, Farrelly O, Miles L, Li F, Kim SE, Lo TY, Wang F, Li T, Thompson-Peer KL, Gong J, Murthy SE, Coste B, Yakubovich N, Patapoutian A, Xiang Y, Rompolas P, Jan LY, Jan YN. (2019).  The mechanosensitive ion channel Piezo inhibits axon regeneration.  Neuron.   2019 Feb 15. pii: S0896-6273(19)30077-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.050. PMID: 30819546.

DeVault L, Li T, Izabel S, Thompson-Peer KL, Jan LY, Jan YN. (2018). Dendrite regeneration of adult Drosophila sensory neurons diminishes with aging and is inhibited by epidermal-derived matrix metalloproteinase 2. Genes & Development. 2018 Mar 1;32(5-6):402-414. doi: 10.1101/gad.308270.117. PMID: 29563183.

Pym E, Sasidharan N, Thompson-Peer KL, Simon DJ, Anselmo A, Sadreyev R, Hall Q, Nurrish S, and Kaplan JM. (2017). Shank is a dose-dependent regulator of Cav1 calcium current and CREB target expression. eLife. 2017 May 6;6. pii: e18931. doi: 10.7554/eLife.18931. PMID: 28477407.

Lin C, Yao E, Zhang K, Jiang, X, Croll S, Thompson-Peer KL, and Chuang PT. (2017). YAP is essential for mechanical force production and epithelial cell proliferation during lung branching morphogenesis. eLife. 2017 Mar 21;6. pii: e21130. doi: 10.7554/eLife.21130. PMID: 28323616.

Thompson-Peer KL, DeVault L, Li T, Jan LY, and Jan YN. (2016). In vivo dendrite regeneration after injury is different from dendrite development. Genes & Development. 2016 Aug 1; 30(15): 1776-89. doi: 10.1101/gad.282848.116. PMID: 27542831.           **Cover article**

Rumpf S, Bagley JA, Thompson-Peer KL, Zhu S, Gorczyca D, Beckstead RB, Jan LY, and Jan YN. (2014). Drosophila Valosin-Containing Protein is required for dendrite pruning through a regulatory role in mRNA metabolism. PNAS. 2014 May 20;111(20):7331-6. doi:10.1073/pnas.1406898111. PMID: 24799714.

Thompson-Peer KL, Bai J, Hu Z, Kaplan JM. (2012). HBL-1 patterns synaptic remodeling in C. elegans. Neuron. 2012 Feb 9; 73(3):453-65. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.11.025. PMID: 22325199.

Simon DJ, Madison JM, Conery AL, Thompson-Peer KL, Soskis M, Ruvkun GB, Kaplan JM, Kim JK. (2008). The microRNA miR-1 regulates a MEF-2-dependent retrograde signal at neuromuscular junctions. Cell. 2008 May 30; 133(5):903-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.04.035. PMID:18510933.

Huang Z, Yazdani U, Thompson-Peer KL, Kolodkin AL, Terman JR. (2007). Crk-associated substrate (Cas) signaling protein functions with integrins to specify axon guidance during development. Development. 2007 Jun; 134(12):2337-47. doi: 10.1242/dev.004242. PMID:17537798.

Kantor DB, Chivatakarn O, Peer KL, Oster SF, Inatani M, Hansen MJ, Flanagan JG, Yamaguchi Y, Sretavan DW, Giger RJ, Kolodkin AL. (2004). Semaphorin 5A is a bifunctional axon guidance cue regulated by heparan and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Neuron. 2004 Dec 16; 44(6):961-75. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2004.12.002. PMID:15603739.

Invited Commentaries

Thompson-Peer KL.  (2020).  Casein Kinase 1δ Triggers Giant Ankyrin Expression.  Developmental Cell.  2020 Jan 5; 51(1) 4-5.  doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2019.12.012.

Non-research publications

Thompson-Peer KL. (2018). Health tips for research groups: Get lab members multiple mentors. Nature. 17 May 2018; 557(7705)302-304. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-05146-5 PMID: 29769687.

White K & Thompson-Peer KL. (2017). Peer Mentoring—Colleagues as a Resource for Your Career Development. ASCB (American Society for Cell Biology) Newsletter. Women in Cell Biology Column. 1 Oct 2017; 40(7)24-26. link.

Thompson-Peer KL. (2015). Postdocs Reimagined. Science. 03 Jul 2015;349(6243)24-27. doi: 10.1126/science.349.6243.24.