Journal Articles
Donato, Alessandra, Ritchie, Fiona K., Lu, Lachlan, Wadia, Mehershad, Martinez-Marmol, Ramon, Kaulich, Eva, Sankorrakul, Kornraviya, Lu, Hang, Coakley, Sean, Coulson, Elizabeth J. and Hilliard, Massimo A. (2025). OSP-1 protects neurons from autophagic cell death induced by acute oxidative stress. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 300, 300. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55105-0
Donato, Alessandra, Kagias, Konstantinos, Zhang, Yun and Hilliard, Massimo A. (2019). Neuronal sub-compartmentalization: a strategy to optimize neuronal function. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12487
Gallotta, Ivan, Mazzarella, Nadia, Donato, Alessandra, Esposito, Alessandro, Chaplin, Justin C., Castro, Silvana, Zampi, Giuseppina, Battaglia, Giorgio S., Hilliard, Massimo A., Bazzicalupo, Paolo and Di Schiavi, Elia (2016). Neuron-specific knock-down of SMN1 causes neuron degeneration and death through an apoptotic mechanism. Human Molecular Genetics, 25 (12), 2564-2577. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddw119
Nichols, Annika L.A., Meelkop, Ellen, Linton, Casey, Giordano-Santini, Rosina, Sullivan, Robert K., Donato, Alessandra, Nolan, Cara, Hall, David H., Xue, Ding, Neumann, Brent and Hilliard, Massimo A. (2016). The apoptotic engulfment machinery regulates axonal degeneration in C. elegans neurons. Cell Reports, 14 (7), 1673-1683. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.01.050
Harris, Gareth, Shen, Yu, Ha, Heonick, Donato, Alessandra, Wallis, Samuel, Zhang, Xiaodong and Zhang, Yun (2014). Dissecting the signaling mechanisms underlying recognition and preference of food odors. Journal of Neuroscience, 34 (28), 9389-9403. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0012-14.2014
Thesis
Donato, Alessandra (2019). Neuronal response to reactive oxygen species and axonal compartmentalization in C. elegans neurons. PhD Thesis, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.280