ZFIN Person: Ashworth, Rachel

ZFIN ID: ZDB-PERS-010102-1

Ashworth, Rachel

Email:	r.ashworth@qmul.ac.uk
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Affiliation:
Address:	Rachel Ashworth BSc PhD Lecturer Oral Growth & Development Institute of Dentistry, QMUL POSTAL ADDRESS: School of Biological and Chemical Sciences Queen Mary University of London Mile End Road London, E1 4NS United Kingdom
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Phone:	44-20-7679-6563
Fax:	020-8983-0973
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BIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

CALCIUM SIGNALLING
NERVE AND MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT
AXOGENESIS AND PATHFINDING

PUBLICATIONS

Mazelet, L., Parker, M.O., Li, M., Arner, A., Ashworth, R. (2016) Role of Active Contraction and Tropomodulins in Regulating Actin Filament Length and Sarcomere Structure in Developing Zebrafish Skeletal Muscle. Frontiers in Physiology. 7:91

Buchanan-Kilbey, G., Djumpah, J., Papadopoulou, M.V., Bloomer, W., Hu, L., Wilkinson, S.R., and Ashworth, R. (2013) Evaluating the developmental toxicity of trypanocidal nitroaromatic compounds on zebrafish. Acta tropica. 128(3):701-5

de Paula, W.B., Agip, A.N., Missirlis, F., Ashworth, R., Vizcay-Barrena, G., Lucas, C.H., and Allen, J.F. (2013) Female and male gamete mitochondria are distinct and complementary in transcription, structure, and genome function. Genome biology and evolution. 5(10):1969-1977

Prodromou, N.V., Thompson, C., Osborn, D.P., Cogger, K.F., Ashworth, R., Knight, M.M., Beales, P.L., and Chapple, J.P. (2012) Heat shock induces rapid resorption of primary cilia. Journal of Cell Science. 125(18):4297-4305

Wu, H.H., Brennan, C., and Ashworth, R. (2011) Ryanodine receptors, a family of intracellular calcium ion channels, are expressed throughout early vertebrate development. BMC research notes. 4(1):541

Hawkins, T.A., Haramis, A.P., Etard, C., Prodromou, C., Vaughan, C.K., Ashworth, R., Ray, S., Behra, M., Holder, N., Talbot, W.S., Pearl, L.H., Strähle, U., and Wilson, S.W. (2008) The ATPase-dependent chaperoning activity of Hsp90a regulates thick filament formation and integration during skeletal muscle myofibrillogenesis. Development (Cambridge, England). 135(6):1147-1156

Ashworth, R., Devogelaere, B., Fabes, J., Tunwell, R.E., Koh, K.R., De Smedt, H., and Patel, S. (2007) Molecular and functional characterization of IP33 receptors during early zebrafish development. The Journal of biological chemistry. 282(19):13984-13993

Ashworth, R., and Brennan, C. (2005) Use of transgenic zebrafish reporter lines to study calcium signalling in development. Briefings in functional genomics & proteomics. 4(2):186-193

Ashworth, R. and Bolsover, S.R. (2002) Spontaneous activity-independent intracellular calcium signals in the developing spinal cord of the zebrafish embryo. Brain research. Developmental brain research. 139(2):131-137

Ashworth, R., Zimprich, F., and Bolsover, S.R. (2001) Buffering intracellular calcium disrupts motoneuron development in intact zebrafish embryos. Brain research. Developmental brain research. 129(2):169-179

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