ZFIN Person: Sonawane, Mahendra

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-001110-15

Sonawane, Mahendra

Email:	mahendras@tifr.res.in
URL:	http://www.tifr.res.in/dbs/faculty/mahendra/index.html
Affiliation:	Sonawane Lab
Address:	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba Mumbai- 400005
Country:	India
Phone:	91-22-22782707
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

PUBLICATIONS

Bhavna, R., Sonawane, M. (2023) A deep learning framework for quantitative analysis of actin microridges. NPJ systems biology and applications. 9:2121

Rajwar, A., Shetty, S.R., Vaswani, P., Morya, V., Barai, A., Sen, S., Sonawane, M., Bhatia, D. (2022) Geometry of a DNA Nanostructure Influences Its Endocytosis: Cellular Study on 2D, 3D, and in Vivo Systems. ACS nano. 16(7):10496-10508

Gupta, K., Mukherjee, S., Sen, S., Sonawane, M. (2022) Coordinated activities of Myosin Vb isoforms and mTOR signaling regulate epithelial cell morphology during development. Development (Cambridge, England). 149(6)

Pradhan, S.J., Reddy, P.C., Smutny, M., Sharma, A., Sako, K., Oak, M.S., Shah, R., Pal, M., Deshpande, O., Dsilva, G., Tang, Y., Mishra, R., Deshpande, G., Giraldez, A.J., Sonawane, M., Heisenberg, C.P., Galande, S. (2021) Satb2 acts as a gatekeeper for major developmental transitions during early vertebrate embryogenesis. Nature communications. 12:6094

Phatak, M., Kulkarni, S., Miles, L.B., Anjum, N., Dworkin, S., Sonawane, M. (2021) Grhl3 promotes retention of epidermal cells under endocytic stress to maintain epidermal architecture in zebrafish. PLoS Genetics. 17:e1009823

Arora, P., Dongre, S., Raman, R., Sonawane, M. (2020) Stepwise polarisation of developing bilayered epidermis is mediated by aPKC and E-cadherin in zebrafish. eLIFE. 9:

Pinto, C.S., Khandekar, A., Bhavna, R., Kiesel, P., Pigino, G., Sonawane, M. (2019) Microridges are apical epithelial projections formed of F-actin networks that organize the glycan layer. Scientific Reports. 9:12191

Magre, I., Fandade, V., Damle, I., Banerjee, P., Yadav, S.K., Sonawane, M., Joseph, J. (2019) Nup358 regulates microridge length by controlling SUMOylation-dependent activity of aPKC in zebrafish epidermis. Journal of Cell Science. 132(12):

Kujawski, S., Sonawane, M., Knust, E. (2019) penner/lgl2 is required for the integrity of the photoreceptor layer in the zebrafish retina. Biology Open. 8(4):

Phatak, M., Sonawane, M. (2018) Functional characterisation of romeharsha and clint1 reaffirms the link between plasma membrane homeostasis, cell size maintenance and tissue homeostasis in developing zebrafish epidermis. Journal of biosciences. 43:605-619

Sidhaye, J., Pinto, C.S., Dharap, S., Jacob, T., Bhargava, S., Sonawane, M. (2016) The zebrafish goosepimples/myosin Vb mutant exhibits cellular attributes of human microvillus inclusion disease. Mechanisms of Development. 142:62-74

Sonawane, M. (2016) At the double for tumor suppressor. eLIFE. 5

Raman, R., Damle, I., Rote, R., Banerjee, S., Dingare, C., Sonawane, M. (2016) aPKC regulates apical localization of Lgl to restrict elongation of microridges in developing zebrafish epidermis. Nature communications. 7:11643

Nagendran, M., Arora, P., Gori, P., Mulay, A., Ray, S., Jacob, T., Sonawane, M. (2015) Correction: Canonical Wnt signalling regulates epithelial patterning by modulating levels of laminins in zebrafish appendages. Development (Cambridge, England). 142:2080

Nagendran, M., Arora, P., Gori, P., Mulay, A., Ray, S., Jacob, T., Sonawane, M. (2015) Canonical Wnt signalling regulates epithelial patterning by modulating levels of laminins in zebrafish appendages. Development (Cambridge, England). 142(2):320-30

Bakthavatsalam, S., Das Sharma, S., Sonawane, M., Thirumalai, V., Datta, A. (2014) A Zebrafish model of human manganism points to specific deficits in sensory, motor, and neuro-modulatory functions. Disease models & mechanisms. 7(11):1239-51

Sonal, ., Sidhaye, J., Phatak, M., Banerjee, S., Mulay, A., Deshpande, O., Bhide, S., Jacob, T., Gehring, I., Nuesslein-Volhard, C., Sonawane, M. (2014) Myosin Vb Mediated Plasma Membrane Homeostasis Regulates Peridermal Cell Size and Maintains Tissue Homeostasis in the Zebrafish Epidermis. PLoS Genetics. 10:e1004614

Chen, Y.Y., Harris, M.P., Levesque, M.P., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Sonawane, M. (2012) Heterogeneity across the dorso-ventral axis in zebrafish EVL is regulated by a novel module consisting of sox, snail1a and max genes. Mechanisms of Development. 129(1-4):13-23

Reischauer, S., Levesque, M.P., Nüsslein-Volhard, C., and Sonawane, M. (2009) Lgl2 executes its function as a tumor suppressor by regulating ErbB signaling in the zebrafish epidermis. PLoS Genetics. 5(11):e1000720

Wittkopp, N., Huntzinger, E., Weiler, C., Saulière, J., Schmidt, S., Sonawane, M., and Izaurralde, E. (2009) Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay effectors are essential for zebrafish embryonic development and survival. Molecular and cellular biology. 29(13):3517-3528

Sonawane, M., Martin-Maischein, H., Schwarz, H., and Nüsslein-Volhard, C. (2009) Lgl2 and E-cadherin act antagonistically to regulate hemidesmosome formation during epidermal development in zebrafish. Development (Cambridge, England). 136(8):1231-1240

Sonawane, M., Carpio, Y., Geisler, R., Schwarz, H., Maischein, H.M., and Nuesslein-Volhard, C. (2005) Zebrafish penner/lethal giant larvae 2 functions in hemidesmosome formation, maintenance of cellular morphology and growth regulation in the developing basal epidermis. Development (Cambridge, England). 132(14):3255-3265

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