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Laura Merlini

University of Geneva
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Mate and fuse: how yeast cells do it

L Merlini, O Dudin, SG Martin - Open biology, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many cells are able to orient themselves in a non-uniform environment by responding to
localized cues. This leads to a polarized cellular response, where the cell can either grow or …

[HTML][HTML] Orbital tumours and tumour-like lesions: exploring the armamentarium of multiparametric imaging

BS Purohit, MI Vargas, A Ailianou, L Merlini… - Insights into …, 2016 - Springer
Although the orbit is a small anatomical space, the wide range of structures present within it
are often the site of origin of various tumours and tumour-like conditions, both in adults and …

The contemporary bacteriologic epidemiology of osteoarticular infections in children in Switzerland

C Juchler, V Spyropoulou, N Wagner, L Merlini… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the contemporary bacteriologic epidemiology of pediatric osteoarticular
infection with particular regard to children's ages, because Kingella kingae has gained …

State-of-the-art MRI techniques in neuroradiology: principles, pitfalls, and clinical applications

M Viallon, V Cuvinciuc, B Delattre, L Merlini… - Neuroradiology, 2015 - Springer
This article reviews the most relevant state-of-the-art magnetic resonance (MR) techniques,
which are clinically available to investigate brain diseases. MR acquisition techniques …

The incidence of narcotic-induced emesis

E Campora, L Merlini, M Pace, M Bruzzone… - Journal of pain and …, 1991 - Elsevier
Epidemiologic studies of the incidence of emesis induced by narcotic analgesics are backing.
The histories of 260 cancer patients receiving oral narcotic analgesics prescribed at the …

Kingella kingae and osteoarticular infections

…, V Spyropoulou, A Tabard-Fougère, L Merlini… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we aimed to contrast the bacteriologic epidemiology of osteoarticular
infections (OAIs) between 2 patient groups in successive 10-year periods, before and …

[HTML][HTML] Optogenetics reveals Cdc42 local activation by scaffold-mediated positive feedback and Ras GTPase

I Lamas, L Merlini, A Vještica, V Vincenzetti… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Local activity of the small GTPase Cdc42 is critical for cell polarization. Whereas scaffold-mediated
positive feedback was proposed to break symmetry of budding yeast cells and …

A toolbox of stable integration vectors in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe

A Vještica, M Marek, PJ Nkosi, L Merlini… - Journal of cell …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a widely used model organism to study many aspects of
eukaryotic cell physiology. Its popularity as an experimental system partially stems from the …

SUFU haploinsufficiency causes a recognisable neurodevelopmental phenotype at the mild end of the Joubert syndrome spectrum

…, H Loucks, F Manti, N Mendelsohn, L Merlini… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Joubert syndrome (JS) is a recessively inherited ciliopathy characterised by
congenital ocular motor apraxia (COMA), developmental delay (DD), intellectual disability, …

[PDF][PDF] Local pheromone release from dynamic polarity sites underlies cell-cell pairing during yeast mating

L Merlini, B Khalili, FO Bendezú, D Hurwitz… - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
Cell pairing is central for many processes, including immune defense, neuronal connection,
hyphal fusion, and sexual reproduction. How does a cell orient toward a partner, especially …