Dr Sevannah Steeves
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute

Publications
Journal Articles
                  Matthews, Benjamin, Steeves, Sevannah A., Akefe, Isaac O., Ahmed, Noorya Yasmin, Gormal, Rachel S., Dehorter, Nathalie, Wallis, Tristan P. and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2025). Lysine myristoylation mediates long-term potentiation via membrane enrichment of synaptic plasticity effectors. The EMBO Journal, 44 (15), 4196-4221. doi: 10.1038/s44318-025-00484-3
                
              
                  Jiang, Anmin, Kudo, Kye, Gormal, Rachel S., Ellis, Sevannah, Guo, Sikao, Wallis, Tristan P., Longfield, Shanley F., Robinson, Phillip J., Johnson, Margaret E., Joensuu, Merja and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2024). Dynamin1 long- and short-tail isoforms exploit distinct recruitment and spatial patterns to form endocytic nanoclusters. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 4060, 1-21. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-47677-8
                
              
                  Akefe, Isaac O, Saber, Saber H., Matthews, Benjamin, Venkatesh, Bharat G., Gormal, Rachel S., Blackmore, Daniel G., Alexander, Suzy, Sieriecki, Emma, Gambin, Yann, Bertran-Gonzalez, Jesus, Vitale, Nicolas, Humeau, Yann, Gaudin, Arnaud, Ellis, Sevannah A., Michaels, Alysee A., Xue, Mingshan, Cravatt, Benjamin, Joensuu, Merja, Wallis, Tristan P. and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2024). The DDHD2-STXBP1 interaction mediates long-term memory via generation of saturated free fatty acids. The EMBO Journal, 43 (4), 533-567. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00030-7
                
              
                  Stewart, Romal, Yan, Kexin, Ellis, Sevannah A., Bishop, Cameron R., Dumenil, Troy, Tang, Bing, Nguyen, Wilson, Larcher, Thibaut, Parry, Rhys, Sng, Julian De Jun, Khromykh, Alexander A., Sullivan, Robert K. P., Lor, Mary, Meunier, Frédéric A., Rawle, Daniel J. and Suhrbier, Andreas (2023). SARS-CoV-2 omicron BA.5 and XBB variants have increased neurotropic potential over BA.1 in K18-hACE2 mice and human brain organoids. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14 1320856, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1320856
                
              
                  Benetatos, Joseph, Bennett, Rachel E., Evans, Harrison T., Ellis, Sevannah A., Hyman, Bradley T., Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel and Götz, Jürgen (2020). PTEN activation contributes to neuronal and synaptic engulfment by microglia in tauopathy. Acta Neuropathologica, 140 (1), 7-24. doi: 10.1007/s00401-020-02151-9