2021

Pluripotency transcription factors at the focus: the phase separation paradigm in stem cells.
Oses C, Stortz M, Verneri P, Guberman A, Levi V.
Biochem Soc Trans. 2021; BST20210856. doi: 10.1042/BST20210856.

SUMO conjugation susceptibility of Akt/protein kinase B affects the expression of the pluripotency transcription factor Nanog in embryonic stem cells.
Francia M, Stortz M, Echegaray CV, Oses C, Verneri P, Petrone MV, Toro A, Waisman A, Miriuka S, Cosentino MS, Levi V, Guberman A.
PLoS One. 2021;16(7):e0254447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254447

Extraction-free protocol combining proteinase K and heat inactivation for detection of SARS-CoV-2 by RT-qPCR.
Genoud V*, Stortz M*, Waisman A, Berardino BG, Verneri P, Dansey V, Salvatori M,Remes Lenicov F, Levi V.
PLoS ONE 16(2): e0247792. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247792. 2021

The intramolecular self-healing strategy applied to near infrared fluorescent aminotricarbocyanines.
Abbas JM, Stortz M, Rodríguez HB, Levi V, Wolosiuk A, Spagnuolo CC.
Dyes and Pigments, 186: 109040.  doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2020.109040. 2021

 Phasing the intranuclear organization of steroid hormone receptors.
Stortz M, Presman D, Pecci A, Levi V.
Biochem J. 478 (2): 443–461. doi: 10.1042/BCJ20200883. 2021
 

2020
 
Novel Interplay between p53 and HO-1 in Embryonic Stem Cells.
Toro A, Anselmino N, Solari C, Francia M, Oses C, Sanchis P, Bizzotto J, Vazquez Echegaray C, Petrone MV, Levi V, Vazquez E, Guberman A.
Cells 2020; 10(1):35. doi: 10.3390/cells10010035.

Unraveling the Molecular Interactions Involved in Phase Separation of Glucocorticoid Receptor.
Stortz M, Pecci A, Presman D, Levi V.
BMC Biol. 18(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s12915-020-00788-2. 2020

Apparent stiffness of vimentin intermediate filaments in living cells and its relation with other cytoskeletal polymers.
Smoler M, Coceano G, Testa I, Bruno L, Levi V.
Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 1867(8):118726. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118726. 2020

Dynamical reorganization of the pluripotency transcription factors Oct4 and Sox2 during early differentiation of embryonic stem cells.
Verneri P, Vazquez Echegaray C, Oses C, Stortz M, Guberman A and Levi V.
Sci Rep, 10:5195. 2020
This article was of one of the Top 100 downloaded cell and molecular biology papers for Scientific Reports in 2020
 
Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy reveals the dynamics of kinesins interacting with organelles during microtubule-dependent transport in cells.
De Rossi MC, González Bardeci N, Álvarez Y, Mocksos E, Romero JJ, Bruno L, Wetzler, DE, Levi V.
BBA - Molecular Cell Research, 1867:118572. 2020


2019
 
The glucocorticoid receptor interferes with progesterone receptor-dependent genomic regulation in breast cancer cells.
Ogara MF, Rodríguez-Seguí SA, Marini M, Nacht AS, Stortz M, Levi V, Presman DM, Vicent GP, Pecci A.
Nucleic Acids Research, 47:10645-10661. 2019

Kat6b modulates Oct4 and Nanog binding to chromatin in embryonic stem cells and is required for efficient neural differentiation.
Cosentino M, Oses C, Vazquez Echegaray C, Solari C, Waisman A, Álvarez Y, Petrone MV, Francia MG, Schultz M, Sevlever G, Miriuka S, Levi V, Guberman A.
J Mol Biol, 431:1148-1159. 2019

Click–based thiol-ene photografting of COOH groups to SiO2 nanoparticles: strategies comparison.
Penelas MJ, Soler-Illia G, Levi V, Bordoni A, Wolosiuk A.
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 562: 61-70. 2019


2018
 
Imaging transcription factors dynamics with advanced fluorescence microscopy methods.
Verneri P, Romero JJ,  De Rossi MC, Alvarez Y, Oses C, Guberman A, Levi V.
Mechanisms of Development 154:60-63. 2018.

Proteasome stress leads to APP axonal transport defects by promoting its amyloidogenic processing in lysosomes.
Otero MG, Bessone IF, Hallberg AE, Cromberg LE, De Rossi MC, Saez TM, Levi V, Almenar-Queralt A, Falzone TL.
J Cell Sci. 131 jcs214536. 2018.

Retraction of rod-like mitochondria during microtubule-dependent transport.
De Rossi MC, Levi V*, Bruno L*.
Bioscience reports 38(3). pii: BSR20180208. 2018

Mapping the dynamical organization of the cell nucleus through fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
Stortz M,  Angiolini J, Mocksos E, Wolosiuk A, Pecci A, Levi V.
Methods:  140-141:10-22. 2018. 


2017
 
Mechanical coupling of microtubule-dependent motor teams during peroxisome transport in Drosophila S2 cells.
De Rossi MC, Wetzler DE, Benseñor L, De Rossi ME, Sued M, Rodríguez D, Gelfand V, Bruno L, Levi V.
BBA-General Subjects 1861(12):3178-3189. 2017

Diffusion of single dye molecules in hydrated TiO2 mesoporous films.
Angiolini JF, Stortz M, Steinberg PY, Mocskos E, Bruno L, Soler-Illia G, Angelomé PC, Wolosiuk A, Levi V.
Phys Chem Chem Phys 19(39):26540-26544. 2017

Mapping the Dynamics of the Glucocorticoid Receptor within the Nuclear Landscape.
Stortz M, Presman DM, Bruno L, Annibale P, Dansey MV, Burton G, Gratton E, Pecci A, Levi V.
Sci Rep: 6219. 2017 

Characterization of microtubules buckling in living cell.
Pallavicini C, Monastra A, González Bardeci N,  Wetzler D, Levi V, Bruno L.
Eur Biophys J 46:581-594. 2017

Dynamics of intracellular processes in live-cell systems unveiled by fluorescence correlation microscopy.
González Bardeci N, Angiolini JF, De Rossi MC, Bruno L, Levi V.
IUBMB Life 69(1):8-15. 2017 


2016
 
Heme oxygenase-1 in the forefront of a multi-molecular network that governs cell–cell contacts and filopodia-induced zippering in prostate cancer.
Alejandra Paez, Carla Pallavicini, Federico Schuster, Maria Pia Valacco, Jimena Giudice, Emiliano Ortiz, Nicolás Anselmino, Estefania Labanca, Maria Binaghi, Marcelo Salierno, Marcelo Martí, Javier Cotignola, Anna Woloszynska-Read, Luciana Bruno, Valeria Levi, Nora Navone, Elba Vazquez and Geraldine Gueron.
Cell Death and Disease 7(12):e2570. 2016

Quantitative imaging of mammalian transcriptional dynamics:  from single cells to whole embryos.
Ziqing W Zhao; Melanie D White; Stephanie Bissiere; Valeria Levi; Nicolas Plachta.
BMC Biology 14:115. 2016

Long-Lived Binding of Sox2 to DNA Predicts Cell Fate in the Four-Cell Mouse Embryo.
Melanie D. White, Juan Francisco Angiolini, Yanina D. Alvarez, Gurpreet Kaur, Ziqing W. Zhao, Esteban Mocskos, Luciana Bruno, Stephanie Bissiere, Valeria Levi*, Nicolas Plachta* (*Both corresponding authors)
Cell 165(1):75-87. 2016
This article was journal cover
 
 
2015

One photon lithography for high-quality lipid bilayer micro-patterns.
Sánchez, M. Florencia; Dodes Traian, Martín; Levi, Valeria*; Carrer, Dolores*.
Langmuir 31(43):11943-50. 2015

Agonist mobility on supported bilayers affects Fas mediated death response.
M. Florencia Sánchez, Valeria Levi, Thomas Weidemann and Dolores C. Carrer.
FEBS Letters 589 (23):3527-33. 2015
 
Asymmetries in kinesin-2 and cytoplasmic dynein contributions to melanosome transport.
María Cecilia De Rossi, María Emilia De Rossi, Mariela Sued, Daniela Rodríguez, Luciana Bruno, Valeria Levi.
FEBS Letters, 589(19 Pt B):2763-8. 2015

Exploring the dynamics of cell processes through Monte Carlo simulations of advanced fluorescence microscopy experiments.
Juan Angiolini, Nicolas Plachta, Esteban Mocskos, Valeria Levi.
Biophysical Journal 108(11):2613-8. 2015.
Selected by the Editor as one of the 13 outstanding contributions in the field of fluorescence methods during 2015
 
 
2014

Lateral motion and bending of microtubules studied with a new single filament tracking routine in living cells.
Carla Pallavicini, Valeria Levi, Diana E. Wetzler, Juan F. Angiolini, Lorena Benseñor, Marcelo A. Despósito,  and Luciana Bruno.
Biophysical Journal 106(12):2625-35. 2014

Live Cell Imaging Unveils Multiple Domain Requirements for In Vivo Dimerization of the Glucocorticoid Receptor
Diego M. Presman, M. Florencia Ogara, Martín Stortz, Lautaro D. Alvarez, John R. Pooley, R. Louis Schiltz, Lars Grøntved, Thomas A. Johnson, Paul R. Mittelstadt, Jonathan D. Ashwell, Sundar Ganesan, Gerardo Burton, Valeria Levi, Gordon L. Hager, Adali Pecci.
Plos Biology 12(3):e100183. 2014.
 
 
2013

When size does matter: organelle size influences the properties of transport mediated by molecular motors.
María C De Rossi; Luciana Bruno, Alejandro Wolosiuk, Marcelo A Despósito, Valeria Levi.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1830(11):5095-5103. 2013

Temperature response of luminescent tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II)-doped silica nanoparticles
Martín Mirenda, Valeria Levi, Mariano Luis Bossi, Luciana Bruno, Andrea V. Bordoni, Alberto E. Regazzoni, Alejandro Wolosiuk.
J Colloid Interface Sci. 392:96-101. 2013.

Extracting the stepping dynamics of molecular motors in living cells from trajectories of single particles.
Augusto Bruno, Luciana Bruno y Valeria Levi.
Cell Biochem Biophys. 65(1):1-11. 2013
 
 
2012

Transport properties of melanosomes along microtubules interpreted by a Tug-of-War model with loose mechanical coupling.
S Bouzat, V. Levi, L Bruno.
PLoS One.;7(8):e43599.  2012

A two-stage model for lipid modulation of the activity of integral membrane proteins.
Martin Dodes Traian; Diego Ignacio Cattoni; Valeria Levi; Luis Gonzalez Flecha.
PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e3925. 2012

Imaging lipid lateral organization in membranes with C-laurdan in a confocal microscope.
Martín Dodes Traian, Luis G Flecha, Valeria Levi.
J Lipid Res. 53(3):609-16. 2012 

Detection of low quantum yield fluorophores with improved imaging time using metallic nanoparticles.
Estrada LC, Roberti MJ, Simoncelli S, Levi V, Aramendía PF, Martínez OE..
J Phys Chem B. 116(7):2306-13.  2012 

Melatonin inhibits glucocorticoid-dependent GR-TIF2 interaction in newborn kidney hamster (BHK21) cells.
Diego M. Presman, Valeria Levi, Omar Pignataro and Adali Pecci.
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 349(2):214-21. 2012