Selected publications

Kursel LE.*, Goktepe K., Rog O.* “Skp1 is a conserved structural component of the meiotic synaptonemal complex” bioRxiv. (*co-corresponding authors; Preprint)

Xu K., Zhang Y.*, Baldwin-Brown J.*, Sasani TA., Phadnis N., Miller MP., Rog O. “Decoding chromosome organization using CheC-PLS: chromosome conformation by proximity labeling and long-read sequencing” bioRxiv. (*equally contributing authors; Preprint)

von Diezmann L.*, Bristow C., and Rog O.* “Diffusion within the synaptonemal complex can account for signal transduction along meiotic chromosomes.” bioRxiv. (*co-corresponding authors; Preprint)

Olaya I., Burgess SM.*, Rog O.* ”Formation and resolution of meiotic chromosome entanglements and interlocks” Journal of Cell Science 137(13): jcs262004 (*co-corresponding authors; Review) (pdf)

Kursel LE.*, Martinez JEA., Rog O.* “A suppressor screen in C. elegans identifies a multi-protein interaction that stabilizes the synaptonemal complex“ PNAS 120(50): e2314335120. (*co-corresponding authors) (pdf).

Brown A., Meiborg AB., Franz-Wachtel M., Macek B, Gordon SG., Rog O., Weadick CJ., Werner MS. “Characterization of the Pristionchus pacificus “epigenetic toolkit” reveals the evolutionary loss of the histone methyltransferase complex PRC2.” Genetics 227(1): iyae041 (pdf)

Liu D.*, Riggi M.*, Lee HO.*, Currie SL.*, Goodsell DS.*, Iwasa JH.˚, Rog O.˚ “Depicting a cellular space occupied by condensates” Molecular Biology of the Cell 2023 34(10). (*equally contributing authors; ˚ co-corresponding authors). (pdf) (cover) (Review)

Gordon SG., Rog O. “Building the synaptonemal complex: Molecular interactions between the axis and the central region.” PLoS Genetics 2023 19(7): e1010822. (Review)

Almanzar DE., Gordon SG.*, Bristow C.*, Hamrick A.*, von Diezmann L., Liu H. and Rog O. “Meiotic DNA exchanges in C. elegans are promoted by proximity to the synaptonemal complex.” Life Science Alliance 2023 6(4): e202301906 (*equally contributing authors)

Su Y., Lin OC, Teh LS., Chevance F., James I., Mayfield C., Golic KG., Gagnon J., Rog O., Dale C. “Rational Engineering of a Synthetic Insect-Bacterial Mutualism.” Current Biology 2022 32: 3925-3938.

Almanzar DE., Hamrick A., Rog O. “Single-sister labeling in the C. elegans germline using the nucleotide analog EdU”. STAR protocols 2022 3(2):101344.

Liu H., Gordon SG., Rog O. “Heterologous synapsis in C. elegans is regulated by meiotic double-strand breaks and crossovers” Chromosoma 2021 130: 237–250. (pdf)

Kursel LE.*, Cope HD., Rog O.* “Unconventional conservation reveals structure-function relationships in the synaptonemal complex“ eLife 2021 10: e72061. (*co-corresponding authors)

von Diezmann L.*, Rog O.* “Let’s get physical – mechanisms of crossover interference.” Journal of Cell Science 2021 134: jcs255745. (*co-corresponding authors) (pdf)

von Diezmann L.*, Rog O.* “Single-molecule tracking of chromatin-associated proteins in the C. elegans gonad.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 2021 125, 23, 6162-6170 (pdf) (*co-corresponding authors)

Gordon SG., Kursel LE., Xu K., Rog O. “Synaptonemal Complex dimerization regulates chromosome alignment and crossover patterning in meiosis.” PLoS Genetics 2021 17(3): e1009205.

Almanzar DE., Gordon SG., Rog O. “Meiotic sister chromatid exchanges are rare in C. elegans.” Current Biology 2021 31(7): 1499-1507.e3.

Rog O.*, Köhler S., Dernburg AF.* "The synaptonemal complex has liquid crystalline properties and spatially regulates meiotic recombination factors." Elife 2017 6:e21455 (*co-corresponding authors)

Rog O., Dernburg AF. "Direct visualization reveals kinetics of meiotic chromosome synapsis." Cell Reports 2015 10(10): 1639-1645.

Rog O., Dernburg AF. "Chromosome pairing and synapsis during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis. "Current Opinions in Cell Biology 2013 25(3): 349-356. (Review)

Wynne DJ., Rog O., Carlton PM., Dernburg AF. "Dynein-Dependent Processive Chromosome Motions Promote Homologous Pairing in C. elegans Meiosis." Journal of Cell Biology 2012 196(1): 47-64.

Rog O., Miller KM., Ferreira MG., Cooper JP. "Sumoylation of RecQ helicase controls the fate of dysfunctional telomeres." Molecular Cell 2009 33(5): 559-69.

Rog O., Cooper JP. "Telomeres in Drag: dressing as DNA damage to engage telomerase." Current Opinions in Genetics and Development 2008 18(2): 212-20. (Review)

Miller KM.*, Rog O.*, Cooper JP. "Semi-conservative DNA replication through telomeres requires Taz1." Nature 2006 440(7085): 824-828. (*equally contributing authors)

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