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Maxwell Heiman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator, Boston Children's Hospital
Duplication of a Single Neuron in C. elegans Reveals a Pathway for Dendrite Tiling by Mutual Repulsion.
Authors: Authors: Yip ZC, Heiman MG.
Cell Rep
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The many glia of a tiny nematode: studying glial diversity using Caenorhabditis elegans.
Authors: Authors: Mizeracka K, Heiman MG.
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol
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Computer-Assisted Transgenesis of Caenorhabditis elegans for Deep Phenotyping.
Authors: Authors: Gilleland CL, Falls AT, Noraky J, Heiman MG, Yanik MF.
Genetics
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FBN-1, a fibrillin-related protein, is required for resistance of the epidermis to mechanical deformation during C. elegans embryogenesis.
Authors: Authors: Kelley M, Yochem J, Krieg M, Calixto A, Heiman MG, Kuzmanov A, Meli V, Chalfie M, Goodman MB, Shaham S, Frand A, Fay DS.
Elife
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Shaping dendrites with machinery borrowed from epithelia.
Authors: Authors: McLachlan IG, Heiman MG.
Curr Opin Neurobiol
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Neurons at the extremes of cell biology.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Pallanck L.
Mol Biol Cell
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Structure of sterol aliphatic chains affects yeast cell shape and cell fusion during mating.
Authors: Authors: Aguilar PS, Heiman MG, Walther TC, Engel A, Schwudke D, Gushwa N, Kurzchalia T, Walter P.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Twigs into branches: how a filopodium becomes a dendrite.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Shaham S.
Curr Opin Neurobiol
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DEX-1 and DYF-7 establish sensory dendrite length by anchoring dendritic tips during cell migration.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Shaham S.
Cell
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Ancestral roles of glia suggested by the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans.
Authors: Authors: Heiman MG, Shaham S.
Neuron Glia Biol
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