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BRIEF CV
EDUCATION
2014-2018 PhD Developmental Biology
Wellcome Trust / University of Cambridge PhD Programme in Developmental Mechanisms
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK
Supervisor: Dr Bénédicte Sanson
2013-2014 MPhil Developmental Biology
Research-based Master’s as part of the Wellcome Trust/University of Cambridge PhD Programme
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK
2012-2013 MPhil Biological Sciences (Genetics)
Research-based Master’s
Department of Genetics and Wellcome Trust / CRUK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Supervisor: Professor Rafael Carazo Salas (now at University of Bristol, UK)
2009-2012 MA (BA (Hons)) – Natural Sciences Class I
Part II Genetics
Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Scientist; from May 2023
Co-PI for the Finegan-Bergstralh Lab, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate; October 2022 - May 2023
Bergstralh Lab, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate; May 2022 – September 2022
Ross Lab, Syracuse University, NY, USA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate; December 2020 – May 2022 (parental leave May – October 2021)
J.M. Schwarz and M.L. Manning Theory Groups, Syracuse University, NY, USA.
Computational modelling of tumor growth.
Postdoctoral Research Associate; April 2018 – December 2020 (parental leave February – October 2019)
Bergstralh Lab, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, NY, USA.
Biomechanics of epithelial remodeling.
PhD, Developmental Biology; October 2014 - March 2018
Sanson Lab, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.
Thesis title: “The localisation and role of Sidekick in Drosophila epithelial morphogenesis.”
MPhil Developmental Biology; October 2013 - September 2014
Rotations in Developmental Biology labs at various departments, University of Cambridge, UK.
MPhil Genetics; October 2012- July 2013
Department of Genetics and The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK.
Biochemical screening to investigate the polarity network in the fission yeast S. pombe.
Undergraduate Summer Research Projects; Summer 2011 and 2012
Williams Lab, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
Structural biochemistry of phosphoinositide signalling.
PUBLICATIONS
15. Finegan T.M., Cammarota C., Mendoza Andrade O., Garoutte A.M., Bergstralh D.T. (2024) Fas2[EB112]: A Tale of Two Chromosomes G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, jkae047.
14. Cammarota, C., Bergstralh, D.T., Finegan, T.M. (2024) Automated Layer Analysis (ALAn): An Image Analysis Tool for the Unbiased Characterization of Mammalian Epithelial Architecture in Culture . Bio-protocol 14(8): e4971.
13. Cammarota, C., Dawney, N.S., Bellomio, P.M., J ̈ung, M., Fletcher, A.G., Finegan, T.M., Bergstralh, D.T. (2024) The Mechanical Influence of Densification on Initial Epithelial Architecture. PLOS Computational Biology 20(4): e1012001.
12. Schmidt, A., Finegan, T.M., Häring, M., Kong, D., Fletcher, A.G., Alam, Z., Grosshans, J., Wolf, F., Peifer, M. (2023) Polychaetoid/ZO-1 strengthens cell junctions under tension while localizing differently than core adherens junction proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell 34:8, Special issue on Forces On and Within Cells.
11. Lindsay, K.A., Abdelhamid, N., Kahawatte, S., Dima, R.I., Sackett, D.L., Finegan, T.M., Ross, J.L. (2023) A Tale of 12 Tails: Katanin Severing Activity Affected by Carboxy-Terminal Tail Sequences. Biomolecules, 13(4), 620.
10. Dawney, N.S.*, Cammarota, C.*, Jia, Q., Shipley, A., Glichowski, J.A., Vasandani, M., Finegan, T.M.*, Bergstralh, D.T.* (2023) An unbiased characterization of epithelial monolayer development in culture. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 34(4):ar25.
9. Neville, K.E.*, Finegan, T.M.*, Lowe, N., Bellomio, P.M., Na, D., Bergstralh, D.T. (2023) The spindle orienting machinery requires activation, not just localization. EMBO Reports, 24(3):e56074.
8. Perez-Vale, K.Z., Yow K.D., Johnson R., Byrnes, A., Finegan T.M., Slep, K.C., and Peifer M. (2021) Multivalent interactions make adherens junction-cytoskeletal linkage robust during morphogenesis. Journal of Cell Biology, 220(12):e202104087.
7. Finegan, T.M., and Bergstralh, D.T. (2020) Gametogenesis: germ cells aren’t just along for the ride. Current Biology 30(18) in press. Dispatch article on Chanet S., Huynh J-R (2020) “Collective cell sorting requires contractile cortical waves in germline cells.” Current Biology 30(18).
6. Cammarota, C.*, Finegan, T.M.*, Wilson, T.J., Yang, S., Bergstralh, D.T. (2020) An Axon-Pathfinding Mechanism Preserves Epithelial Tissue Integrity. Current Biology, 30(24): 5049-5057.
5. Finegan, T.M. and Bergstralh, D.T. (2020) Neuronal IgCAMs in epithelial morphogenesis: insights from Drosophila. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B, 375(1809):20190553. Review in 'Contemporary morphogenesis' theme issue.
4. Finegan, T.M.*, Hervieux, N.*, Nestor-Bergmann, A., Fletcher, A.G., Blanchard, G.B., Sanson, B. (2019) The tricellular vertex-specific adhesion molecule Sidekick facilitates polarised cell intercalation during Drosophila axis extension. PLoS Biology 17(12): e3000522.
3. Finegan, T.M. and Bergstralh, D.T. (2019) Division orientation: disentangling shape and mechanical forces. Cell Cycle. 18(11):1187-1198. Invited Review.
2. Finegan, T.M., Na, D., Cammarota, C., Skeeters, A.V., Nádasi, T.J., Dawney, N.S., Fletcher, A.G., Oakes, P.W., Bergstralh, D.T. (2018) Tissue tension and not interphase cell shape determines cell division orientation in the Drosophila follicular epithelium. The EMBO Journal 38(3): e100072. Cover article. Article in highlighted in News and Views Articles: 1) Scepanovic G. and Fernandez-Gonzalez R. (2018) Developmental Cell 47(6), 686-687 and 2) Manning L.A. and Peifer M. The EMBO Journal.
1. Burke, J.E., Vadas, O., Berndt, A., Finegan, T., Perisic, O., Williams, R.L. (2011) Dynamics of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase p110δ interaction with p85α and membranes reveals aspects of regulation distinct from p110α. Structure 19(8):1127-37.