Selected Publications

  1. C.A. Stevens, H.L. Stott, S.V. Desai, and N. Yakoby. Shared cis-regulatory modules control expression of the tandem paralogs midline and H15 in the follicular epithelium. Development (accepted Oct. 11th, 2022) 149:22 Nov. 2022.

  2. C.J. Sottolano, N.T. Revaitis, A.J. Geneva, and N. Yakoby. Nebulous without white: annotated long-read genome assembly and CRISPR/Cas9 genome engineering in Drosophila nebulosa. G3 (accepted July 27th, 2022) 12:11 Nov. 2022.

  3. M.A.Herman, B.R. Aiello, J.D. DeLong, H. Garcia-Ruiz, A.L. González, E. Hwang, C. McBeth, E.A, Stojković, M.A. Trakselis, and N. Yakoby.  A unifying framework for understanding biological structures and functions across levels of biological organization. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icab167, https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icab167 Published 24 July 2021.
  4. C.A. Stevens, N.T. Revaitis, R. Caur, and N. Yakoby. The ETS-transcription factor Pointed is sufficient to regulate the posterior fate of the follicular epithelium. 2020. Development. : dev.189787 doi: 10.1242/dev.189787 Published 7 October 2020.
  5. N.T. Revaitis, M.G. Niepielko, R.A. Marmion, E.A. Klein, B. Piccoli, N. Yakoby. Quantitative analyses of EGFR localization and trafficking dynamics in the follicular epithelium. 2020. Development. Jul 17;dev.183210. doi: 10.1242/dev.183210.
  6. R.A. Marmion, N. Yakoby. In locus analysis of patterning evolution in the BMPR2 Wishful thinking. 2018. Development, 145: dev161083 doi: 10.1242/dev.161083 Published 9 July.
  7. N.T. Revaitis, R.A. Marmion, M. Farhat, V. Ekiz, W. Wang, N. Yakoby. Simple expression domains are regulated by discrete CRMs during Drosophila oogenesis. 2017. G3 7:2705-2718; early online June 20, 2017. doi:10.1534/g3.117.043810.
  8. G. Pyrowolakis, V. Veikkolainen, N. Yakoby, S.Y. Shvartsman. Gene regulation during Drosophila eggshell patterning. 2017. PNAS Jun 6;114(23):5808-5813. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610619114. 
  9. M.G. Niepielko and N. Yakoby. Evolutionary changes in TGF-alpha distribution underlie morphological diversity in Drosophila eggshells. 2014. Development 15;141(24):4710-4715.
  10. M.G. Niepielko, R.A. Marmion, K. Kim, D. Luor, C. Ray, N. Yakoby. Chorion Patterning: A window into gene regulation and Drosophila species-relatedness. 2014. Molecular Biology & Evolution. 31 (1):154-164.
  11. R.A. Marmion, M. Jevtic, A. Springhorn, G. Pyrowolakis, and N. Yakoby. The Drosophila BMPRII, Wishful thinking, is required for eggshell patterning. 2013. Developmental Biology 375:45-53.
  12. M.G. Niepielko, K. Ip, J.S. Kanodia, D. Lun, and N. Yakoby. The evolution of BMP signaling in Drosophila oogenesis: a receptor-based mechanism. 2012. Biophysical Journal. 102:1722-1730.
  13. J.J. Zartman, L.S. Cheung, M.G. Niepielko, C. Bonini, B. Haley, N. Yakoby, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Pattern formation by a moving morphogen source. 2011. Physical Biology. Aug;8(4):045003. Epub 2011 Jul 12.
  14. M.G. Niepielko, Y. Hernáiz-Hernández, and N. Yakoby. BMP signaling dynamics in the follicle cells of multiple Drosophila species. 2011. Developmental Biology. 354:151-159.
  15. J. Lembong, N. Yakoby, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Modeling of epithelial patterning by interacting signaling pathways. 2009. PNAS. 9:3213-3218.
  16. J.J. Zartman, J.S. Kanodia, N. Yakoby, X. Schafer, C. Watson, K. Schlichting, C. Dahmann and S.Y. Shvartsman. Expression patterns of cadherin genes in Drosophila oogenesis. 2009. Gene Expression Patterns. 9(1):31-36.
  17. J.J. Zartman, N. Yakoby, C.A. Bristow, X. Zhou, K. Schlichting, C. Dahmann, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Cad74A is regulated by BR and is required for robust dorsal appendage formation in Drosophila oogenesis. 2008. Developmental Biology. 322:289-301.
  18. N. Yakoby, C.A. Bristow, D. Gong, X. Schafer, J. Lembong, J.J. Zartman, M. Halfon, T. Schupbach, and S.Y. Shvartsman. A combinatorial code for pattern formation in Drosophila oogenesis. 2008. Developmental Cell. 15:725-737. This paper was selected as a PaperPick for Dev. Cell 10th Anniversary.
  19. J. Lembong, N. Yakoby, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Spatial regulation of BMP signaling by patterned receptor expression. 2008. Tissue Engineering. 14:1469-1477.
  20. N. Yakoby, J. Lembong, T. Schüpbach, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Drosophila eggshell is patterned by sequential action of feedforward and feedback loops. 2008. Development. 135:343-351.
  21. L.A. Goentoro, N. Yakoby, J. Goodhouse, T. Schüpbach, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Fluorescence-based quantitative analysis of GAL4/UAS systems in Drosophila oogenesis. 2006. Genesis. 44:66-74.
  22. N. Yakoby, C.A. Bristow, I. Gouzman, M.P. Rossi, Y. Gogotsi, T. Schüpbach, and S.Y. Shvartsman. Systems-level questions in Drosophila oogenesis. 2005. IEE Systems Biology. 152:169-302.