PUBLISHED WORK

• Campagna C, Descoteaux A, Poole A, Peet E, Malaiwong N, O’Donell M, and Nechipurenko I. Functions and trafficking mechanisms of RIC-8 in C. elegans and mammalian cilia. bioRxiv DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.07.704597.

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• Salama R, Peet E, Morrione TL, Durant S, Seager M, Rennie M, Scarlata S, Nechipurenko I. (2025). Functional classification of GNAI1 disorder variants in Caenorhabditis elegans uncovers conserved and cell-specific mechanisms of dysfunction. Genetics. Dec 10;231(4):iyaf216. DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyaf216.

 

• Nechipurenko I and Sengupta P. (2025). C. elegans: an elegant experimental system for the study of cilia biology. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. Oct;174:103636. DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2025.103636.

 

• Campagna CM, McMahon H, Nechipurenko I. (2023). The G protein alpha chaperone and guanine-nucleotide exchange factor RIC-8 regulates cilia morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans sensory neurons. PLOS Genetics. Nov 1;19(11):e1011015. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011015.

 

• Nechipurenko IV*, Lavrentyeva S, Sengupta P*. (2021). GRDN-1/Girdin regulates dendrite morphogenesis and cilium position in two specialized sensory neuron types in C. elegans. Developmental Biology. Apr;472:38-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.12.022. *co-corresponding authors

 

• Nechipurenko IV. (2020). The enigmatic role of lipids in cilia signaling. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. Aug 11;8:777. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00777.

 

• Nechipurenko IV*, Berciu C*, Sengupta P, and Nicastro D. (2017). Centriolar remodeling underlies basal body maturation during ciliogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. eLife. Apr 15;6:e25686. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.25686. *authors contributed equally

 

• Nechipurenko IV and Sengupta P. (2017). The rise and fall of basal bodies in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Cilia. Jul 26;6:9. DOI: 10.1186/s13630-017-0053-9.

 

• Nechipurenko IV, Olivier-Mason A, Kazatskaya A, Kennedy J, McLachlan IG, Heiman MG, Blacque OE, and Sengupta P. (2016). A conserved role for Girdin in basal body positioning and ciliogenesis. Developmental Cell. 38(5): 493-506. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.07.013.

 

• McLaughlin CN, Nechipurenko IV, Liu N, and Broihier HT. (2016). A Toll receptor-FoxO pathway represses Pavarotti/MKLP1 to promote microtubule dynamics in motoneurons. Journal of Cell Biology. Aug 15;214(4): 459-474. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201601014.

 

• Olivier-Mason A, Wojtyniak M, Bowie RV, Nechipurenko IV, and Sengupta P. (2013). Transmembrane protein OSTA-1 shapes sensory cilia morphology via regulation of intracellular membrane trafficking in C. elegans. Development. Apr;140(7): 1560-1572. DOI: 10.1242/dev.086249.

 

• Nechipurenko IV, Doroquez DB, and Sengupta P. (2013). Primary cilia and dendritic spines: different but similar signaling compartments. Molecules and Cells. Oct;36(4): 288-303. DOI: 10.1007/s10059-013-0246-z.

 

• Nechipurenko I and Broihier HT. (2012). FoxO limits microtubule stability and is itself negatively regulated by microtubule disruption. Journal of Cell Biology. Feb 6;196(3): 345-362. DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201105154.