*Denotes undergraduate author 
† Denotes corresponding/senior author

McVey, S.L*., Cosby, J.K*. and N.J. Nannas†. 2021. Aurora B tension sensing mechanisms in the kinetochore ensure accurate chromosome segregation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (8818): 1-19. [Link]

Nannas, N.J.† 2021. Teaching CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing through novel research in a multi-week lab module. Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 47 (2) 20-31. [Pdf]

Nannas, N.J.† 2020. Flickering Lights in the Darkness: How Microscopy Shaped My Scientific Path. Journal of Stories in Science. ISSN# 2575-5129. [Link]

Liu, J. Nannas N.J., Shi, J., Aspinwall, B*.and Dawe R.K. 2019. Sequence shattering and chromothripsis-like genome rearrangements following biolistic transformation in rice and maize. Plant Cell, 31(2): 368-383. [Link]

Gent, J. Nannas, N.J., Liu, U., Su, H., Zhao, H., Dawe, R.K., Jiang, J., Han, F. and Birchler J.A. “Genomics of Maize Centromeres”. The Maize Genome. Ed. Jeffrey Bennetzen. 2018. Springer Publishing Group. [Pdf]

Nannas N.J. and Dawe R.K. 2016. Live cell imaging of meiotic spindle and chromosome dynamics in maize (Zea mays). Current Protocols in Plant Biology 1:546-565. [Pdf]

Nannas N.J., Higgins D.M. and Dawe R.K. 2016. Anaphase asymmetry and dynamic repositioning of the division plane during maize meiosis. Journal of Cell Science 129(21): 4014-4024. [Link]

Higgins D.M., Nannas N.J. and Dawe R.K. 2016. The Maize Divergent spindle-1 (dv1) gene encodes a kinesin-14A motor protein required for meiotic spindle pole organization. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1277. [Link]

Nannas N.J. and Dawe R.K. 2015. Genetic and genomic toolbox of Zea mays. Genetics, 199(3): 655-69. [Link]

Nannas N.J., O'Toole E.T., Winey M. and Murray A.W. 2014. Chromosomal attachments set length and microtubule number in the S.cerevisiae mitotic spindle. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 25(25): 4034-48. [Link]

Nannas N.J. and Murray A.W. 2014. Tethering sister chromatids to each other suggests that the spindle checkpoint responds to stretch within the kinetochore. PLoS Genetics, 10(8): e1004492. [Link]

Nannas N.J. and Murray A.W. 2012. Complications dawn for kinetochore regulation by Aurora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(40): 15972-3. [Link]

Weissman T., Torello T., Nannas N.J. and Dowling J. 2010. Guide to Using and Citing Sources When Writing in the Life Sciences. Harvard University Life Sciences document. [Link]

*Denotes Undergraduate MENTEE and author

Research PUBLICATIONS:

Liu, J. Nannas N.J., Shi, J., Aspinwall, B*. and Dawe R.K. 2019. Sequence shattering and chromothripsis-like genome rearrangements following biolistic transformation in rice and maize. Plant Cell, 31(2): 368-383. 

Nannas N.J. and Dawe R.K. 2016. Live cell imaging of meiotic spindle and chromosome dynamics in maize (Zea mays). Current Protocols in Plant Biology 1:546-565.

Nannas N.J., Higgins D.M. and Dawe R.K. 2016. Anaphase asymmetry and dynamic repositioning of the division plane during maize meiosis. Journal of Cell Science 129(21): 4014-4024.

Nannas N.J., O'Toole E.T., Winey M. and Murray A.W. 2014. Chromosomal attachments set length and microtubule number in the S.cerevisiae mitotic spindle. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 25(25): 4034-48.

Higgins D.M., Nannas N.J. and Dawe R.K. 2016. The maize Divergent spindle-1 (dv1) gene encodes a kinesin-14A motor protein required for meiotic spindle pole organization. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7:1277.

Nannas N.J. and Murray A.W. 2014. Tethering sister chromatids to each other suggests that the spindle checkpoint responds to stretch within the kinetochore. PLoS Genetics, 10(8): e1004492.

Reviews, Chapters and Other Scholarly Publications:

Gent, J. Nannas, N.J., Liu, U., Su, H., Zhao, H., Dawe, R.K., Jiang, J., Han, F. and Birchler J.A. “Genomics of Maize Centromeres”. The Maize Genome. Ed. Jeffrey Bennetzen. 2018. Springer Publishing Group.

Nannas N.J. and Dawe R.K. 2015. Genetic and genomic toolbox of Zea mays. Genetics, 199(3): 655-69.

Nannas N.J. and Murray A.W. 2012. Complications dawn for kinetochore regulation by Aurora. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(40): 15972-3.