Julia Mason

This study shows phosphoinositide lipids have distinct roles at filopodial tips and bases, affecting actin dynamics and filopodial movement in Xenopus retinal ganglion cells.

This study investigates SNX9's membrane binding and actin polymerization roles, finding it binds preferentially to PI(4,5)P2 and PI(3)P and forms diverse actin structures.

The paper identifies antibodies that lengthen filopodia-like actin bundles by stabilizing the open D-loop conformation of actin filaments, revealing a mechanism for regulating their length.