Vicki Losick
Assistant Professor
Vicki Losick
Ph.D.
Contact
Higgins Hall 501
Telephone: 617-552-6432
Email: vicki.losick@bc.edu
ORCID
Education
- Ph.D., Tufts University School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences
Department
Publications
Dehn AS, Duhaime L, Gogna N, Nishina PM, Kelley K, and Losick VP. Epithelial mechanics are maintained by inhibiting cell fusion with age in Drosophila. Journal of Cell Science. 2023. Oct 15; 136 (20): jcs260974.ÌýPMCID:Ìý.
Losick VPÌýand Duhaime L. The endocycle restores tissue tension in Drosophila post wound repair. Cell Reports 2021 Oct 12; 37(2):109827.ÌýPMCID:Ìý.
Bailey EC, Kobielski S, Park J, and Losick VP. Polyploidy in Tissue Repair and Regeneration. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2021 Oct 1; 13(10):a040881. PMCID:Ìý.
Besen-McNally R, Gjelsvik KJ, and Losick VP. Wound-induced polyploidization is dependent on Integrin-Yki signaling. Biology Open. 2021, Jan 25; 10(1): bio055996.ÌýPMCID:Ìý.
Bailey EC*, Dehn A*, Gjelsvik KJ, Besen-McNally R, and Losick VP. A Drosophila Model to Study Wound-induced Polyploidization. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2020, Jun 9;(160): 10.3791/61252.ÌýPMCID:.
Grendler J, Lowgren S, Mills M, and Losick VP. Wound-induced polyploidization is driven by Myc and supports tissue repair in the presence of DNA damage. Development. 2019, Aug 2; 146(15): dev173005.ÌýPMCID:Ìý.
Gjelsvik KJ, Besen-McNally R, and Losick VP. Solving the polyploid mystery in health and disease. Trends in Genetics. 2019, Jan;35(1):6-14.ÌýPMCID:Ìý.
Grendler J, Lowgren S, Mills M, andÌýLosick VP.ÌýÌýÌýDevelopment.Ìý2019, Aug 2; pii: dev173005.Ìý
Gjelsvik KJ, Besen-McNally R, andÌýLosick VP. ÌýTrends in Genetics. 2019, Jan;35(1):6-14.Ìý
Published Losick VP. (New Rochelle). 2016, Jun 1;5(6):271-278.
Losick, VP, Jun, AS, and Spradling, AC. PLoS One. 2016 Mar 9;11(3):e0151251.
Losick, VP, Fox DT, and Spradling, AC. Current Biology. 2013, Nov 18; 23(22):2224-32.
Liu M, Uehara T, Losick VP, Park JT, and Isberg RR. A Cell Host Microbe. 2012, Aug 16; 12(2):166-76.
Losick VP, Morris LX, Fox DT, Spradling A. Developmental Cell. 2011, Jul 19; 21(1):159-71.
Losick VP, Haenssler E, Moy M, and Isberg RR. Cell Microbiology. 2010, Aug; 12(8):1083-97.
Li Z, Dugan AS, Bloomfield G, Skelton J, Ivens A, Losick VP, and Isberg RR. Cell Host Microbe. 2009, Sep 17; 6(3):253-67.
Losick VP* , Stephan KS* , Isberg, RR, Poltorak A. Infection and Immunity. 2009, Jan; 77(1):196-204.
*Co-primary authors. Losick VP and Isberg RR. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2006, Sep 4; 203(9):2177-89.
Losick VP, Schlax PE, Emmons RA, Lawson TG. Virology. 2003, May 10; 309(2):306-19.