Dr Merja Joensuu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & ARC DECRA Research Fellow
Queensland Brain Institute
Journal Articles
Joensuu, Merja, Wallis, Tristan P., Saber, Saber H. and Meunier, Frédéric A. (2019) Phospholipases in neuronal function: a role in learning and memory?. Journal of Neurochemistry, . doi:10.1111/jnc.14918
Witkos, Tomasz M., Chan, Wing Lee, Joensuu, Merja, Rhiel, Manuel, Pallister, Ed, Thomas-Oates, Jane, Mould, A. Paul, Mironov, Alex A., Biot, Christophe, Guerardel, Yann, Morelle, Willy, Ungar, Daniel, Wieland, Felix T., Jokitalo, Eija, Tassabehji, May, Kornak, Uwe and Lowe, Martin (2019) GORAB scaffolds COPI at the trans-Golgi for efficient enzyme recycling and correct protein glycosylation. Nature Communications, 10 1: . doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08044-6
Joensuu, Merja, Lanoue, Vanessa and Hotulainen, Pirta (2018) Dendritic spine actin cytoskeleton in autism spectrum disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 84 Pt B: 362-381. doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.08.023
Joensuu, Merja, Martinez-Marmol, Ramon, Padmanabhan, Pranesh, Glass, Nick R., Durisic, Nela, Pelekanos, Matthew, Mollazade, Mahdie, Balistreri, Giuseppe, Amor, Rumelo, Cooper-White, Justin J., Goodhill, Geoffrey J. and Meunier, Frederic A. (2017) Visualizing endocytic recycling and trafficking in live neurons by subdiffractional tracking of internalized molecules. Nature Protocols, 12 12: 2590-2622. doi:10.1038/nprot.2017.116
Joensuu, Merja, Padmanabhan, Pranesh, Durisic, Nela, Bademosi, Adekunle T. D., Cooper-Williams, Elizabeth, Morrow, Isabel C., Harper, Callista B., Jung, WooRam, Parton, Robert G., Goodhill, Geoffrey J., Papadopulos, Andreas and Meunier, Frederic A. (2016) Subdiffractional tracking of internalized molecules reveals heterogeneous motion states of synaptic vesicles. Journal of Cell Biology, 215 2: 277-292. doi:10.1083/jcb.201604001
Ramo, Olli, Kumar, Darshan, Gucciardo, Erika, Joensuu, Merja, Saarekas, Maiju, Vihinen, Helena, Belevich, Ilya, Smolander, Olli-Pekka, Qian, Kui, Auvinen, Petri and Jokitalo, Eija (2016) NOGO-A/RTN4A and NOGO-B/RTN4B are simultaneously expressed in epithelial, fibroblast and neuronal cells and maintain ER morphology. Scientific Reports, 6 . doi:10.1038/srep35969
Belevich, Ilya, Joensuu, Merja, Kumar, Darshan, Vihinen, Helena and Jokitalo, Eija (2016) Microscopy image browser: a platform for segmentation and analysis of multidimensional datasets. PLoS Biology, 14 1: . doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002340
Joensuu, Merja and Jokitalo, Eija (2015) ER sheet-tubule balance is regulated by an array of actin filaments and microtubules. Experimental Cell Research, 337 2: 170-178. doi:10.1016/j.yexcr.2015.04.009
Dopie, Joseph, Rajakyla, Eeva K., Joensuu, Merja S., Huet, Guillaume, Ferrantelli, Evelina, Xie, Tiao, Jaalinoja, Harri, Jokitalo, Eija and Vartiainen, Maria K. (2015) Genome-wide RNAi screen for nuclear actin reveals a network of cofilin regulators. Journal of Cell Science, 128 13: 2388-2400. doi:10.1242/jcs.169441
Joensuu, Merja, Belevich, Ilya, Ramo, Olli, Nevzorov, Ilya, Vihinen, Helena, Puhka, Maija, Witkos, Tomasz M., Lowe, Martin, Vartiainen, Maria K. and Jokitalo, Eija (2014) ER sheet persistence is coupled to myosin 1c-regulated dynamic actin filament arrays. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 25 7: 1111-1126. doi:10.1091/mbc.E13-12-0712
Puhka, Maija, Joensuu, Merja, Vihinen, Helena, Belevich, Ilya and Jokitalo, Eija (2012) Progressive sheet-to-tubule transformation is a general mechanism for endoplasmic reticulum partitioning in dividing mammalian cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 23 13: 2424-2432. doi:10.1091/mbc.E10-12-0950
Puhka, Maija, Vihinen, Helena, Joensuu, Merja and Jokitalo, Eija (2007) Endoplasmic reticulum remains continuous and undergoes sheet-to-tubule transformation during cell division in mammalian cells. Journal of Cell Biology, 179 5: 895-909. doi:10.1083/jcb.200705112
Conference Papers
Joensuu, Merja, Blum, Ailisa, Mollazade, Mahdie, Lanoue, Vanessa, Padmanabhan, Pranesh, Small, Christopher, Mahrhold, Stefan, Krez, Nadja, Rummel, Andreas and Meunier, Frederic A. (2018). Super-resolving botulinum neurotoxin type A molecules: from surface landing to internalization in synaptic vesicles. In: TOXINS 2019: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Botulinum and Other Neurotoxins, Copenhagen, Denmark, (S51-S52). 16-19 January 2019. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2018.11.122
Harper, Callista B., Wang, Tong, Joensuu, Merja, Papadopulos, Andreas and Meunier, Frederic A. (2017). Nanoscale imaging of botulinum neurotoxin type a retrograde axonal trafficking. In: Rose Puleo, TOXINS: Basic Science and Clinical Aspects of Botulinum and other Neurotoxins, Madrid, Spain, (S37-S38). 18-21 January 2017. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.11.106