Preprints: bioRxiv and arXiv and Zenodo
Select Publications:
Regulated development of cannibalistic supergiant cells in the ciliate Euplotes gigatrox
Larson BT, Giannotti D, Mtawali M, Lord SJ, Boscaro V, Keeling PJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026, 123(20):e2606891123.
Adhesion pilus retraction powers twitching motility in the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Charles-Orszag A, van Wolferen M, Lord SJ, Albers SV, Mullins RD. Nat Commun. 2024, 15(1):5051.
High-Temperature Live-Cell Imaging of Cytokinesis, Cell Motility, and Cell-Cell Interactions in the Thermoacidophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
Charles-Orszag, A.; Lord, S. J.; Mullins, R. D. Front. Microbiol. 2021, 12, 707124.
SuperPlots: Communicating reproducibility and variability in cell biology Editors’ pick 2021
Lord, S. J.; Velle, K. B.; Mullins, R. D.; Fritz-Laylin, L. K. J. Cell Biol. 2020, 219(6), e202001064.
WASP and SCAR are evolutionarily conserved in actin-filled pseudopod-based motility spotlighted in JCB; top 10 articles in JCB in 2017; selected for Cytoskeletal Dynamics issue
Fritz-Laylin, L. K.; Lord, S. J.; Mullins, R. D. J. Cell Biol. 2017, 216(6), 1673-1688.
Spatial Organization of EphA2 at the Cell-Cell Interface Modulates Trans-Endocytosis of EphrinA1
Greene, A. C.;* Lord, S. J.;* Tian, A.; Rhodes, C.; Kai, H.; Groves, J. T. Biophys. J. 2014, 106(10), 2196-2205. *equal contribution
Superresolution Imaging of Targeted Proteins in Fixed and Living Cells Using Photoactivatable Organic Fluorophores highlighted in Nature; evaluated by F1000
Lee, H. D.; Lord, S. J.; Iwanaga, S.; Zhan, K.; Xie, H.; Williams, J. C.; Wang, H.; Bowman, G. R.; Goley, E. D.; Shapiro, L.; Twieg, R. J.; Rao, J.; Moerner W. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132(43), 15099-15101.
Review: Single-Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging of Biomolecules in Living Cells
Lord, S. J.; Lee, H. D.; Moerner, W. E. Anal. Chem. 2010, 82(6), 2192-2203.
A Photoactivatable Push-Pull Fluorophore for Single-Molecule Imaging in Live Cells highlighted in C&E News
Lord, S. J.; Conley, N. R.; Lee, H. D.; Samuel, R.; Liu, N.; Twieg, R. J.; Moerner, W. E. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130(29), 9204-9205.
Photophysical Properties of Acene DCDHF Fluorophores: Long-Wavelength Single-Molecule Emitters Designed for Cellular Imaging
Lord, S. J.; Lu, Z.; Wang, H.; Willets, K. A.; Schuck, P. J; Lee, H. D.; Nishimura, S. Y.; Twieg, R. J.; Moerner, W. E. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111(37), 8934-8941.
Tadpole conformation of gradient polymer brushes (HTML, PDF)
Lord, S. J.; Sheiko, S. S.; LaRue, I.; Lee, H. I.; Matyjaszewski, K. Macromolecules 2004, 37(11), 4235-4240.
Dissertation: Fluorophores for Single-Molecule Imaging in Living Cells: Characterizing and Optimizing DCDHF Photophysics (HTML, PDF)
Lord, S. J. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, March 2010.