Research Topics

We are building the next generation of Immunoactive Cell Therapies

Implantable
Antibody-Producing
Cell Factories

Broadly Immunoactive Cell Therapy
Engineering

Organelle
biogenesis
and coupling

Dysregulation of
intracellular
transport

Selected Publications

Christian Schreib, Maria Jarvis, Tanguy Terlier, Jacob Goell, Sudip Mukherjee, Michael Doerfert, Taylor Anne Wilson, Michael Beauregard, Kevin Martins, Jared Lee, Leo Sanchez Solis, Esperanza Vazquez, Matthias Oberli, Brian Hanak, Michael Diehl, Isaac Hilton, and Omid Veiseh (2023).
"Lipid Deposition Profiles Influence Foreign Body Responses."
Advanced Materials.


Nancy Cui, Amanda Nash, Leo Sanchez Solis, Maya Levitan, Samira Aghlara-Fotovat, Michael Diehl, and Omid Veiseh (2022).
"Development of Serum-Free Media for Cryopreservation of Hydrogel Encapsulated Cell-Based Therapeutics."
Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering.


NJ Trenton, RT McLaughlin, SK Bellamkonda, DS Tsao, A Rodzinski, EM Mace, JS Orange, V Schweikhard, MR Diehl (2020).
"Membrane and Actin Tethering Transitions Help IQGAP1 Coordinate GTPase and Lipid Messenger Signaling."
Biophysical Journal, 118(3):597-610.


Lam MT, Coppola S, Krumbach OHF, Prencipe G, Insalaco A, Cifaldi C, Brigida I, Zara E, Scala S, Di Cesare S, Martinelli S, Di Rocco M, Pascarella A, Niceta M, Pantaleoni F, Ciolfi A, Netter P, Carisey AF, Diehl M, Akbarzadeh M, Conti F, Merli P, Pastore A, Levi Mortera S, Camerini S, Farina L, Buchholzer M, Pannone L, Cao TN, Coban-Akdemir ZH, Jhangiani SN, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Basso-Ricci L, Chiriaco M, Dvorsky R, Putignani L, Carsetti R, Janning P, Stray-Pedersen A, Erichsen HC, Horne A, Bryceson YT, Torralba-Raga L, Ramme K, Rosti V, Bracaglia C, Messia V, Palma P, Finocchi A, Locatelli F, Chinn IK, Lupski JR, Mace EM, Cancrini C, Aiuti A, Ahmadian MR, Orange JS, De Benedetti F, Tartaglia M. (2019).
"A novel disorder involving dyshematopoiesis, inflammation, and HLH due to aberrant CDC42 function."
The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 216(12):2778-2799.


Q Wang, MR Diehl, B Janad, MS Cheung, AB Kolomeisky, JN Onuchica (2017).
"Molecular origin of the weak susceptibility of kinesin velocity to loads and its relation to the collective behavior of kinesins."
PNAS, 114(36), 9680-9685.


E.B. Samson, D.S. Tsao, J. Zimak, R. Tyler McLaughlin, N.J. Trenton, E.M. Mace, J.S. Orange, V. Schweikhard, M.R. Diehl (2017).
"The coordinating role of IQGAP1 in the regulation of local, endosome-specific actin networks."
Biology Open, 6(4), 567-576.


Wolfe AR, Trenton NJ, Debeb BG, Larson R, Ruffell B, Chu K, Hittelman W, Diehl M, Reuben JM, Ueno NT, Woodward WA (2016).
"Mesenchymal stem cells and macrophages interact through IL-6 to promote inflammatory breast cancer in pre-clinical models."
Oncotarget, 7(42), 82482-82492.


AR Wolfe, BG Debeb, L Lacerda, RL Larson MS, A Bambhroliya, X Huang, F Bertucci, P Finetti, D Birnbaum, S Van Laere, P Diagaradjan, B Ruffell, NJ Trenton, K Chu, WN Hittelman, MR Diehl, I Levental, NT Ueno, WA Woodward (2015).
"Simvastatin prevents triple-negative breast cancer metastasis in pre-clinical models through regulation of FOXO3a."
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 154(3):495-508.


R. Tyler McLaughlin, MR Diehl, AB Kolomeisky (2015).
"Collective Dynamics of Cytoskeletal Motor Proteins."
Soft Matter, 12, 14-21.


Rogers A, Constantinou PE, Jamison DK, Driver JW, Diehl MR (2014).
"Construction and analyses of elastically coupled multiple-motor systems."
Methods in Enzymology, Volume 540: Chapter 11.


Efremov, A. K., Radhakrishnan, A., Tsao, D. S., Bookwalter, C. S., Trybus, K. M., Diehl, M. R. (2014).
"Delineating cooperative responses of processive motors in living cells."
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,111(3), E334-E343.


Tsao, D. S., & Diehl, M. R. (2014).
"Molecular motors: Myosins move ahead of the pack."
Nature Nanotechnology, 9(1), 9-10.

K. Uppulary, J.W. Driver, M.R. Diehl, A.B. Kolomeisky (2013).
"Analysis of cooperative responses of multiple kinesin motors to structural and chemical factors."
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering 6, 38-47.


Diehl, M.R. (2012).
"Templating a Molecular Tug-of-War."
Science 338, 626-627.


Zimak, J., Schweller, R. M., Duose, D. Y., Hittelman, W. N., & Diehl, M. R. (2012).
"Programming in Situ Immunofluorescence Intensities through Interchangeable Reactions of Dynamic DNA Complexes."
ChemBioChem,13(18), 2722-2728.


Schweller, R.M. Zimak, J. Duose, D.Y. Qutub, A.A. Hittelman, W.N. Diehl, M.R. (2012).
"Multiplexed in situ Immunofluorescence via Dynamic DNA Complexes."
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51, 9292-9296.


Uppulury, K. Efremov, A.K. Driver, J.W. Jamison, D.K. Diehl, M.R. and Kolomeisky, A. (2012).
"How the Interplay Between Mechanical and Non-Mechanical Interactions Affect Multiple Kinesin Dynamics."
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 116. 8846-8855.


Lu, H. Efremov, A.K. Bookwalter, C.S. Krementsova, E.B. Driver, J.W. Trybus, K.M. Diehl, M.R. (2012).
"Collective Dynamics of Elastically-Coupled Myosin V Motors."
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 287. 27753-27761.


Duose, D.Y. Schweller, R.M. Zimak, J. Rogers, A. Hittelman, W. Diehl, M.R. (2012).
"Configuring Robust DNA Strand Displacement Reactions for In Situ Molecular Analyses."
Nucleic Acids Research 40, 3289-3298.


Jamison, D.K. Driver, J.W. Diehl, M.R. (2011).
"Cooperative Responses of Multiple Kinesins to Variable and Constant Loads."
Journal of Biological Chemistry 287, 3357-3365.


Driver, J.W. Jamison, D.K. Uppulury, K. Rogers, A.R. Kolomeisky, A.B. Diehl, M.R. (2011).
"Productive Cooperation Among Processive Motors Depends Inversely on their Mechanochemical Efficiency."
Biophysical Journal 101, 386-395.


Duose, D.Y. Schweller, R.M. Hittelman, W.N. Diehl, M.R. (2010).
"Multiplexed and Reiterative Fluorescence Labeling via DNA-Circuitry."
Bioconjugate Chemistry 21, 2327-2331.


Jamison, D.K. Driver, J.W. Rogers, A.R. Constantinou, P.E. Diehl, M.R. (2010).
"Two Kinesins Transport Cargo Primarily via the Action of One Motor: Implications for Intracellular Transport."
Biophysical Journal 99, 2967-2977.


Driver, J.W. Rogers, A.R. Jamison, D.K. Das, R.K. Kolomeisky, A.B. Diehl, M.R. (2010).
"Coupling Between Motor Proteins Determines Dynamic Behaviors of Motor Protein Assemblies."
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 12, 10398-10405.


Rogers, A.R. Driver, J.W. Constantinou, P.E. Diehl, M.R. (2009).
"Negative Interference Dominates Collective Transport of Kinesin Motors in the Absence of Load."
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 11, 4882-4912.


Constantinou, P.E. Diehl, M.R. (2009).
"The Mechanochemistry of Integrated Motor Protein Complexes."
Journal of Biomechanics 43, 31-37.


Schweller, R.M. Constantinou, P.E. Frankel, N.W. Narayan, P. Diehl, M.R. (2008).
"Design of DNA-Conjugated Polypeptide-based Capture Probes for the Anchoring of Proteins to DNA Matrices."
Bioconjugate Chemistry 19, 2304-2307.


Graduate Students

Michael Beauregard
mb112@rice.edu

Broadly Immunoactive Cell Therapy Engineering

Anthony Davis
aed15@rice.edu

Implantable Antibody-Producing Cell Factories

Guy Bedford
gcb8@rice.edu