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Marco Vilela

Researcher at Brown University

Publications -  19
Citations -  912

Marco Vilela is an academic researcher from Brown University. The author has contributed to research in topics: GTPase & Wireless broadband. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 18 publications receiving 724 citations. Previous affiliations of Marco Vilela include Texas A&M University & Harvard University.

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LOVTRAP: an optogenetic system for photoinduced protein dissociation

TL;DR: By reversibly sequestering proteins at mitochondria, LOVTRAP precisely modulated the proteins' access to the cell edge, demonstrating a naturally occurring 3-mHz cell-edge oscillation driven by interactions of Vav2, Rac1, and PI3K proteins.
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Parameter optimization in S-system models

TL;DR: The proposed method of eigenvector optimization constitutes an advancement over S-system parameter identification from time series using a recent method called Alternating Regression and overcomes convergence issues encountered in alternate regression by identifying nonlinear constraints that restrict the search space to computationally feasible solutions.
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Automated smoother for the numerical decoupling of dynamics models.

TL;DR: The Whittaker's smoother is reformulated within the context of information theory and extended by the development of adaptive signal segmentation to account for heterogeneous noise structures and constitutes a rather general tool for the reverse engineering of mechanistic model descriptions from multivariate experimental time series.
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ERK reinforces actin polymerization to power persistent edge protrusion during motility.

TL;DR: A model in which surges in ERK activity induced by extracellular cues enhance Arp2/3-mediated actin polymerization to generate protrusion power phases with enough force to counteract increasing membrane tension and to promote sustained motility is supported.