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Pavak Kirit Shah

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
SchoolCollege of Letters and Science
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    Understanding the Developmental Mechanisms that Ensure Robustness in Neuronal Patterning
    NIH R00HD096050Sep 30, 2019 - Sep 29, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Understanding the developmental mechanisms that ensure robustness in neuronal patterning
    NIH K99HD096050Sep 7, 2018 - Aug 31, 2020
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Mitochondria transported by Kinesin-3 prevent localized calcium spiking to inhibit caspase-dependent specialized cell death. Curr Biol. 2025 Sep 19. Sharmin R, Elkhalil A, Pena S, Gaddipati P, Clark G, Shah PK, Pellegrino MW, Shaham S, Ghose P. PMID: 40975051; PMCID: PMC12462904.
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    2. Long-term ex ovo culture of Caenorhabditis elegans embryos. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 28. Stubbert CA, Soe C, Shah PK. PMID: 40666948; PMCID: PMC12262650.
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    3. IPPK-1 and IP6 contribute to ventral nerve cord assembly in C. elegans. Dev Biol. 2025 Oct; 526:159-172. Noblett N, Roenspies T, Kirezi CB, Stubbert C, Flibotte S, Shah PK, Colavita A. PMID: 40685063.
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    4. Automated cell lineage reconstruction using label-free 4D microscopy. Genetics. 2024 Oct 07; 228(2). Waliman M, Johnson RL, Natesan G, Peinado NA, Tan S, Santella A, Hong RL, Shah PK. PMID: 39139100; PMCID: PMC11457935.
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    5. Single-cell topographical profiling of the immune synapse reveals a biomechanical signature of cytotoxicity. Sci Immunol. 2024 06 28; 9(96):eadj2898. de Jesus M, Settle AH, Vorselen D, Gaetjens TK, Galiano M, Romin Y, Lee E, Wong YY, Fu TM, Santosa E, Winer BY, Tamzalit F, Wang MS, Santella A, Bao Z, Sun JC, Shah P, Theriot JA, Abel SM, Huse M. PMID: 38941478; PMCID: PMC11826491.
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    6. Automated Cell Lineage Reconstruction using Label-Free 4D Microscopy. bioRxiv. 2024 Jan 22. Waliman M, Johnson RL, Natesan G, Tan S, Santella A, Hong RL, Shah PK. PMID: 38328064; PMCID: PMC10849476.
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    7. Novel metrics reveal new structure and unappreciated heterogeneity in Caenorhabditis elegans development. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 Dec; 19(12):e1011733. Natesan G, Hamilton T, Deeds EJ, Shah PK. PMID: 38113280; PMCID: PMC10763962.
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    8. Novel metrics reveal new structure and unappreciated heterogeneity in C. elegans development. bioRxiv. 2023 May 24. Natesan G, Hamilton T, Deeds EJ, Shah PK. PMID: 37292606; PMCID: PMC10245744.
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    9. Topographical analysis of immune cell interactions reveals a biomechanical signature for immune cytolysis. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 18. de Jesus M, Settle AH, Vorselen D, Gaetjens TK, Galiano M, Wong YY, Fu TM, Santosa E, Winer BY, Tamzalit F, Wang MS, Bao Z, Sun JC, Shah P, Theriot JA, Abel SM, Huse M. PMID: 37131635; PMCID: PMC10153123.
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    10. Visualizing and quantifying molecular and cellular processes in Caenorhabditis elegans using light microscopy. Genetics. 2022 07 30; 221(4). Shah P, Bao Z, Zaidel-Bar R. PMID: 35766819; PMCID: PMC9339300.
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    11. Microparticle traction force microscopy reveals subcellular force exertion patterns in immune cell-target interactions. Nat Commun. 2020 01 07; 11(1):20. Vorselen D, Wang Y, de Jesus MM, Shah PK, Footer MJ, Huse M, Cai W, Theriot JA. PMID: 31911639; PMCID: PMC6946705.
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    12. EFF-1 fusogen promotes phagosome sealing during cell process clearance in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 04; 20(4):393-399. Ghose P, Rashid A, Insley P, Trivedi M, Shah P, Singhal A, Lu Y, Bao Z, Shaham S. PMID: 29556089; PMCID: PMC5876135.
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    13. An In Toto Approach to Dissecting Cellular Interactions in Complex Tissues. Dev Cell. 2017 11 20; 43(4):530-540.e4. Shah PK, Santella A, Jacobo A, Siletti K, Hudspeth AJ, Bao Z. PMID: 29161596; PMCID: PMC5728429.
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    14. PCP and SAX-3/Robo Pathways Cooperate to Regulate Convergent Extension-Based Nerve Cord Assembly in C. elegans. Dev Cell. 2017 04 24; 41(2):195-203.e3. Shah PK, Tanner MR, Kovacevic I, Rankin A, Marshall TE, Noblett N, Tran NN, Roenspies T, Hung J, Chen Z, Slatculescu C, Perkins TJ, Bao Z, Colavita A. PMID: 28441532; PMCID: PMC5469364.
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    15. The Regulatory Landscape of Lineage Differentiation in a Metazoan Embryo. Dev Cell. 2015 Sep 14; 34(5):592-607. Du Z, Santella A, He F, Shah PK, Kamikawa Y, Bao Z. PMID: 26321128; PMCID: PMC4573902.
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    16. WormGUIDES: an interactive single cell developmental atlas and tool for collaborative multidimensional data exploration. BMC Bioinformatics. 2015 Jun 09; 16:189. Santella A, Catena R, Kovacevic I, Shah P, Yu Z, Marquina-Solis J, Kumar A, Wu Y, Schaff J, Colón-Ramos D, Shroff H, Mohler WA, Bao Z. PMID: 26051157; PMCID: PMC4459063.
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