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CBP Faculty - Simon C. Watkins, Ph.D.

Simon C. Watkins, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair
Tel: 412-648-3051
Fax: 412-648-2797
swatkins@pitt.edu
PubMed pub. listing
CBP Research Group(s):

Cellular Organization and Cell-cell Communications
CBMP Graduate Program Groups:
Cell Communication, Signaling and Ion Channel Biology

Simon C. Watkins, Ph.D.

Research Interest


Research Assistant Professors

Patricia Loughran, Ph.D.

Publications
  1. Draviam RA, Shand SH, Watkins SC. The beta-delta-core of sarcoglycan is essential for deposition at the plasma membrane. Muscle Nerve. 2006 Oct 11
  2. Draviam RA, Wang B, Li J, Xiao X, Watkins SC. Mini-dystrophin efficiently incorporates into the dystrophin protein complex in living cells. J Muscle Res Cell Motil. 2006 Feb 23
  3. Draviam RA, Wang B, Shand SH, Xiao X, Watkins SC. alpha-Sarcoglycan is Recycled from the Plasma Membrane in the Absence of Sarcoglycan Complex Assembly. Traffic. 2006 May 5
  4. Watkins SC, Salter RD. Functional connectivity between immune cells mediated by tunneling nanotubules. Immunity. 2005 Sep;23(3):309-18.
  5. Salter RD, Tuma-Warrino RJ, Hu PQ, Watkins SC. Rapid and extensive membrane reorganization by dendritic cells following exposure to bacteria revealed by high-resolution imaging. J Leukoc Biol. 2004 Feb;75(2):240-3.(COVER)
  6. Birder LA, Nakamura Y, Kiss S, Nealen ML, Barrick S, Kanai AJ, Wang E, RuizG, De Groat WC, Apodaca G, Watkins S, Caterina MJ. Altered urinary bladder function in mice lacking the vanilloid receptor TRPV1. Nature Neurosci. 2002 Sep;5(9):856-86
  7. Watkins S, Geng X, Li L, Papworth G, Robbins PD, Drain P. Imaging secretory vesicles by fluorescent protein insertion in propeptide rather than mature secreted Peptide.Traffic. 2002 Jul;3(7):461-71.
  8. Finkel, M.S., Oddis, C.V., Jacob, T.D., Watkins, S.C., Hattler, B.G., and Simmons, R.L. Nitric oxide mediated inotropic effects of cytokines in the heart. Science 257: 387-389, 1992.
  9. Khurana, T.S., Watkins, S.C. and Kunkel, L.M.,The subcellular distribution of Chromosome 6-encoded protein in the brain. J. Cell Biol. 119: 357-366, 1992.
  10. Lidov, H.G., T.J. Byers, S.C. Watkins, and L.M. Kunkel, Localization of dystrophin to postsynaptic regions of central nervous system cortical neurons. Nature, 1990. 348(6303): p. 725-8.
  11. Watkins, S.C., E.P. Hoffman, H.S. Slayter, and L.M. Kunkel, Immunoelectron microscopic localization of dystrophin in myofibres. Nature, 1988. 333(6176): 863-6.