Publications

For a complete list of published work, please see my NCBI Bibliography.

For code used by and source data produced by the Piacentino Lab, check out our GitHub.

Selected Publications:

  1. Piacentino ML, Fasse AJ, Camacho-Avila A, Grabylnikov I, and Bronner ME (2024). SMPD3 expression is spatially regulated in the developing embryo by SOXE factors. Developmental Biology. 506:31-41. Article Link. Github for code and source data. 2023 Preprint - bioRxiv: Article Link.

  2. Piacentino ML, Hutchins EJ, Andrews CJ, and Bronner ME (2022). Temporal changes in plasma membrane lipid content induce endocytosis to regulate developmental epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119:e2212879119. Article Link. Github for code and source data. 2020 Preprint - bioRxiv: Article Link.

  3. Hutchins EJ, Gandhi S, Chacon J, Piacentino ML, and Bronner ME (2022). RNA-binding protein Elavl1/HuR is required for maintenance of cranial neural crest specification. Elife. 11:e63600. Article Link.

  4. Piacentino ML, Hutchins EJ, and Bronner ME (2021). Essential function and targets of BMP signaling during midbrain neural crest delamination. Developmental Biology 477, 251-261. Article Link. Github for code and source data.

  5. Gandhi S, Li Y, Tang W, Christensen JB, Urrutia HA, Vieceli FM, Piacentino ML, and Bronner ME (2021). A combinatorial approach for genome editing and lineage tracing in chick embryos using replication-incompetent avian retroviruses. Development 148(7). Article Link.

  6. Hutchins EH, Piacentino ML, and Bronner ME (2021). Transcriptomic identification of Draxin-responsive targets during cranial neural crest EMT. Frontiers in Physiology. 12:624037. Article Link.

  7. Hutchins EJ, Piacentino ML, and Bronner ME (2020). P-bodies are sites of rapid RNA decay required for the neural crest epithelial-mesenchymal transition. bioRxiv: Article Link.

  8. *Piacentino ML, Li Y, and Bronner ME (2020). Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and different migration strategies as viewed from the neural crest. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 66, 43-50. PMID: 32531659. Article Link. *Invited Review

  9. Hogan JD, Keenan JL, Luo L, Ibn-Salem J, Lambda A, Schatzberg D, Piacentino ML, Zuch DT, Core AB, Blumberg C, Timmermann B, Grau JH, Speranza E, Andrade M, Irie N, Poustka AJ, and Bradham CA (2020). The developmental transcriptome for Lytechinus variegatus exhibits temporally punctuated gene expression changes. Developmental Biology 460 (2): 139-154. PMID: 31816285. Article Link.

  10. Soldatov R, Kaucka M, Kastriti ME, Petersen J, Chontorotzea T, Englmaier L, Akkuratova N, Yang Y, Haring M, Dyachuk V, Bock C, Farlik M, Piacentino ML, Boismoreau F, Hilscher MM, Yokota C, Qian X, Milsson M, Bronner ME, Croci L, Hsiao WY, Cuertin D, Brunet JF, Consalez GG, Enfors P, Fried K, Kharchenko PV, and Adameyko I (2019). Spatio-temporal structure of cell fate decisions in neural crest. Science 364(6444). pii: eaas9536. PMID: 31171666. Article Link.

  11. Cohen KL, Piacentino ML, and Warkentin KM (2019). Two types of hatching gland cells facilitate escape-hatching at different developmental stages in red-eyed treefrogs, Agalychnis callidryas (Anura: Phylomedusidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 21: 24-40. Article Link.

  12. Piacentino ML and Bronner ME (2018). Intracellular attenuation of BMP signaling via CKIP-1/Smurf1 is essential during neural crest induction. PLoS Biology 16(6): e2004425. PMID: 29949573. Article Link.

  13. Hutchins EJ, Kunttas E, Piacentino ML, Bronner ME, and Uribe R (2018). Migration and diversification of the vagal neural crest. Developmental Biology 444. S98-S109. PMID: 29981692. Article Link.

  14. Cohen KL, Piacentino ML, and Warkentin KM (2018). The hatching process and mechanisms of adaptive hatching acceleration in hourglass treefrogs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology 217: 63-74. PMID: 29056480. Article Link.

  15. Gandhi S, Piacentino ML, Vieceli FM and Bronner ME (2017). Optimization of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing for loss-of-function in the early chick embryo. Developmental Biology 432(1): 86-97. PMID: 29150011. Article Link.

  16. Piacentino ML, Chung O, Ramachandran J, Zuch DT, Hameeduddin H, Reyna A, Yu J, and Bradham CA (2016). Zygotic LvBMP5-8 is required for skeletal patterning and for left-right but not dorsal-ventral specification in the sea urchin embryo. Developmental Biology 412 (1): 44-56. PMID: 26905309. Article Link.

  17. Piacentino ML, Zuch DT, Fishman J, Rose S, Speranza EE, Li C, Yu J, Chung O, Ramachandran J, Ferrell P, Patel V, Reyna A, Hameeduddin H, Chaves J, Hewitt FB, Bardot E, Lee D, Core AB, Hogan JD, Keenan JL, Luo L, Coulombe-Huntington J, Blute TA, Oleinik E, Ibn-Salem J, Poustka AJ, and Bradham CA (2016). RNA-Seq identifies SPGs as a ventral skeletal patterning cue in sea urchins. Development 143 (4): 703-714. PMID: 26755701. Article Link.

  18. Piacentino ML, Ramachandran J, and Bradham CA (2015). Late Alk4/5/7 signaling is required for anterior skeletal patterning in sea urchin embryos. Development 142 (5): 943-952. PMID: 25633352. Article Link.