Selected Publications

Journal Articles

1. Yu Deng, Tatsat Banerjee, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Parijat Banerjee, Huiwang Zhan, Jane Borleis, Pablo A. Iglesias, Peter N. Devreotes, “PIP5K-Ras bistability initiates plasma membrane symmetry breaking to regulate cell polarity and migration”, bioRxiv, 2024. DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.15.613115

2. Yiyan Lin, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Parijat Banerjee, Tatsat Banerjee, Guanghui Qin, Yu Deng, Jane Borleis, Pablo A. Iglesias, Peter N. Devreotes. “Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration”, Nature Cell Biology, 2024, 26, 1062–1076. DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01453-4

3. Tatsat Banerjee, Satomi Matsuoka, Debojyoti Biswas, Yuchuan Miao, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Yoichiro Kamimura, Masahiro Ueda, Peter N. Devreotes, Pablo A. Iglesias. “A dynamic partitioning mechanism polarizes membrane protein distribution”, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 7909. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43615-2. [Download PDF]

4. Dhiman Sankar Pal, Tatsat Banerjee, Yiyan Lin, Félix de Trogoff, Jane Borleis, Pablo A. Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. “Actuation of single downstream nodes in growth factor network steers immune cell migration”, Developmental Cell, 2023, 58, 1170-1188.e7. DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.04.019

5. Dhiman Sankar Pal, Yiyan Lin, Huiwang Zhan, Tatsat Banerjee, Peter N. Devreotes. “Optogenetic modulation of guanine nucleotide exchange factors of Ras superfamily proteins directly controls cell shape and movement”, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology (Methods article), 2023, 11:1195806. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2023.1195806

6. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A. Iglesias, Peter N. Devreotes. “Spatiotemporal dynamics of membrane surface charge regulates cell polarity and migration”, Nature Cell Biology, 2022, 24:1499-1515. DOI: 10.1038/s41556-022-00997-7. [Download PDF] [Access the article for free]. [The paper was selected as the Hero Image of the journal Website for October 2022]. [Recommended in F1000 Faculty Opinions]

7. Sayak Bhattacharya, Tatsat Banerjee, Yuchuan Miao, Huiwang Zhan, Peter N. Devreotes, Pablo A. Iglesias. “Traveling and standing waves mediate pattern formation in cellular protrusions”, Science Advances, 2020, 6, eaay7682. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay7682

8. Dhiman Sankar Pal, Xiaoguang Li, Tatsat Banerjee, Yuchuan Miao, Peter N. Devreotes. “The excitable signal transduction networks: movers and shapers of eukaryotic cell migration”, International Journal of Developmental Biology, 2019, 63(8-9-10): 407–416 (invited review). DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.190265pd

9. Yuchuan Miao, Sayak Bhattacharya, Tatsat Banerjee, Bedri Abubaker-Sharif, Yu Long, Takanari Inoue, Pablo A. Iglesias, Peter N. Devreotes. “Wave patterns organize cellular protrusions and control cortical dynamics”, Molecular Systems Biology, 2019, 15(3): e8585. DOI: 10.15252/msb.20188585

Oral Presentations

1. Tatsat Banerjee. “The role of biophysical organization of plasma membrane in regulating signaling dynamics and migration”. Weintraub Graduate Student Award Symposium, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, May 3, 2024 (Seattle, WA, US).

2. Tatsat Banerjee, Satomi Matsuoka, Debojyoti Biswas, Yuchuan Miao, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Yoichiro Kamimura, Masahiro Ueda, Peter N. Devreotes, Pablo A. Iglesias. “The role of biophysical organization of plasma membrane in regulating signal transduction dynamics and cell migration”. Minisymposium: Signaling Networks in Cell Migration, Cell Bio 2023, An ASCB|EMBO Meeting, December 2-6, 2023 (Boston, MA, US).

3. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman S Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes.“Dynamics of Inner Membrane Surface Charge Defines the Polarity During Amoeboid Migration”. Directed Cell Migration Gordon Research Conference (GRC), January 8-13, 2023 (Galveston, TX, US).

4. Tatsat Banerjee, Satomi Matsuoka, Yuchuan Miao, Yoichiro Kamimura, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman S Pal, Masahiro Ueda, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes.“Diffusion-limited Dynamic Partitioning Can DefineCortical Asymmetry and Control Wave-like Spatiotemporal Patterning of Multiple Membrane Proteins”. Microsymposium: Spatial Regulation of the Cell, Cell Bio 2022, An ASCB|EMBO Meeting, December 3-7, 2022 (Washington DC, US).

5. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman S Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. "Negative Surface Charge Regulates Biochemical Excitability of Cortex and Limits Protrusion Formation". Platform: Genetic, Cellular, Synthetic, and Systems Biology, Biophysical Society 65th Annual Meeting, February 22-26, 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.850.

6. Tatsat Banerjee. "Excitable systems in cells – new set of sensors and optogenetic modulators". AFOSR Biophysics Program Review, November 29-December 3, 2021, Arlington, VA, US.

7. Tatsat Banerjee, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Debojyoti Biswas, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. “Differential surface charge on the plasma membrane polarizes cells during migration, Subgroup: Dynamic Modes of Cellular Compartmentalization, Cell Bio Virtual 2020, December 2-16, 2020 (online).

8. Tatsat Banerjee. "Surface Charge Sensing and Perturbation Systems for Biochemical Excitable Networks". AFOSR Biophysics Program Review, August 31-September 4, 2020, Arlington, VA, US.

9. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. "Negative Surface Charge Defines the State of Cell Cortex and Regulates Excitable Dynamics in Amoeboid Migration and Macropinocytosis". Minisymposium 14: Cell Polarity, ASCB|EMBO 2019 Meeting, December 7-11, Washington DC, US. DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E19-11-0617.

10. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman Sankar Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. "Negative surface charge defines the state of cell cortex and regulates excitable dynamics". 2019 International Dictyostelium Conference, August 4-8, Ann Arbor, MI, US.

Posters

1. Tatsat Banerjee, Satomi Matsuoka, Yuchuan Miao, Yoichiro Kamimura, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman S Pal, Masahiro Ueda, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. “Diffusion-limited Dynamic Partitioning Can Define Cortical Asymmetry and Control Wave-like Spatiotemporal Patterning of Multiple Membrane Proteins”. Poster # P2895 - Signaling Networks Governing Cell Migration, Cell Bio 2022, An ASCB|EMBO Meeting, December 3-7, 2022, (Washington DC, US)

2. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman S Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N Devreotes. "Diffusion mediated phase separation enables symmetry breaking of membrane protein distributions during excitable cortical wave propagation and macropinocytosis". Session Poster 203 - Plasma Membrane and Signaling Waves in Migration, Cell Bio Virtual 2020, December 2-16, 2020 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E20-10-0665.

3. Tatsat Banerjee, Debojyoti Biswas, Dhiman S Pal, Yuchuan Miao, Pablo A Iglesias, Peter N De- vreotes. “Negative Surface Charge Defines the State of Cell Cortex and Regulates Excitable Dynamics in Amoeboid Migration and Macropinocytosis”. Poster no. P625/B640, ASCB|EMBO 2019 Meeting, December 7-11, 2019 (Washington DC, US). DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E19-11-0617.

4. Tatsat Banerjee, Yuchuan Miao, Debojyoti Biswas, Pablo A. Iglesias, Peter N. Devreotes. "Dynamic Partitioning and Convection: A New Mechanism for the Self-Organization Pattern of the Excitable Cortical Waves?" Biophysical Society 63rd Annual Meeting, March 2-6 (Baltimore, MD, USA). Biophysical Journal 116(3):532a. DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.2863

5. Tatsat Banerjee, Yuchuan Miao, Debojyoti Biswas, Pablo A. Iglesias,Peter N. Devreotes. "Negative Surface Charge Regulates Recruitment and Dynamic Partitioning of the Network Components in Self-Organizing Cortical Waves". Directed Cell Migration Gordon Research Conference (GRC), January 20-25, 2019, Galveston, TX, US.