To access the papers (on public platforms) and matrices, visit following links:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Swadhin%20Jana

https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=ek-iPhAAAAAJ&hl=en

Literature reviewes in cooking/preparation/review:

o   Centrosome-to-Cilium Conversion: Variations on a theme?

o   Transition Zone: Similarity vs Variations across eukaryotes.

 

Scientific stories in cooking/preparation/review:

o   Ciliary proteins´ synergistic roles in maintainance and regrowth of Drosophila cilia.

o   Geometric guided active non-head leading movements of gigantic sperm tails in insects.

o   Digenic (triallelic) mutations in IFT complexes lead to defective cilia and causes a novel complex ciliopathy phenotype.

o   RNA processing proteins at the ciliary base play synergistic roles at the ciliary base to assemble and maintain fly sensory cilia.

o   Creative approaches for achieving stable CRISPR knockouts of genes near chromosomal ends in Drosophila.

 

Scientific stories on public platforms:

7. Desai M, Priya P, Shriya, Dar HA, Choudhuri P, Okenve-Ramos P, Morarka A, Singh N, Bettencourt-Dias M, Jana SC†¶. Centrosome maintains the integrity of and repairs mature olfactory cilia in adult Drosophila. bioRxiv 2026.09.02.748762; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.02.748762. † -corresponding author, ¶ -lead/last author.

6. Billon A, Vieillard J, Priya P, Desai M, Fontaine E, Freitas Sd, Lapart JA, Mangé A, Dar HA, Morel V, Thomas J, Jana SC†¶, Bénédicte Durand†¶. bioRxiv 2026.09.08.749861; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.09.08.749861  † -corresponding authors, ¶ -lead/last authors.

5. Agarwal RG†, Iyer S, Barbora A, Deasi M, Gadgil Y, Jana SC†¶ , Ray K †¶. EB1 surges promote ciliary outer-segment growth through periodic tubulin influxes into the Drosophila olfactory cilia.J Cell Sci. 2026 Jan 15;139(2):jcs263625. doi: 10.1242/jcs.263625. Epub 2026 Feb 3.   † -corresponding authors, ¶ -lead/last authors.

4. Werner S*†, Okenve-Ramos P*, Hehlert P, Zitouni S, Priya P, Mendonça M, Sporbert A, Spalthoff C, Göpfert MC, Jana SC†¶, Bettencourt-Dias M†¶. IFT88 maintains sensory function by localising signalling proteins along Drosophila cilia. Life Sci Alliance. 2024. https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202302289 † -corresponding authors, ¶ -lead/last authors.

3. Jana SC*†, Jain A*, Datt P*, … Ray K†. Kinesin-2 transports Orco into the olfactory cilium of Drosophila melanogaster at specific developmental stages. PLoS Genet. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009752  *-equal contribution, †-corresponding authors.

2. (Literature Review) Jana SC†. Centrosome structure and biogenesis: Variations on a theme? Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Feb;110:123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.10.014 †-corresponding authors.

1. Mookherjee D, Das S, Mukherjee R, Bera M, Jana SC, Chakrabarti S, Chakrabarti O. RETREG1/FAM134B mediated autophagosomal degradation of AMFR/GP78 and OPA1—a dual organellar turnover mechanism. Autophagy. 2020 Jul 1;1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2020.1783118

 

2012 - 2019:

Research articles:

Ito D, Zitouni S#, Jana SC#, … Bettencourt-Dias M. Pericentrin-mediated SAS-6 recruitment promotes centriole assembly. eLife 8, e41418 # -equal contributions

Jana SC†, … Bettencourt-Dias M†. Differential regulation of core transition zone and centriole components contributes to ciliary base diversity. Nature Cell Biology. 2018 Aug;20(8):928-941. †-corresponding authors.

Marteil G, Guerrero A, Vieira AF, Almeida BP, Machado P, Mendonça S, Mesquita M, Villarreal B, Fonseca I, Francia ME, Dores K, Martins NP, Jana SC, … Bettencourt-Dias M. Over-elongation of centriole in cancer promotes centriole amplification and chromosome mis-segregation. Nat Comm. 2018 Mar 28;9(1):1258.

Pimenta-Marques A*, Bento I*, Lopes C, Duart P, Jana SC, Bettencourt-Dias M. A mechanism for the elimination of the female gamete centrosome in Drosophila melanogaster. Science. 2016 Jul 1;353(6294):aaf4866. * -equal contribution

Lopes CAM*, Jana SC*, Cunha-Ferreira I*, … Bettencourt-Dias M. PLK4 trans-autoactivation controls centriole biogenesis in space. Dev Cell 2015 Oct 13. pii: S1534-5807(15)00621-8. *-equal contribution

Chen JV, Kao LR, Jana SC, … Megraw TL. Rootletin organizes the ciliary rootlet to achieve sensory neuron function in Drosophila. J Cell Biol 2015 Oct 19. pii: jcb.201502032.

Cunha-Ferreira I*, Bento I*, Marques AP#, Jana SC#, … Bettencourt-Dias M. Regulation of autophosphorylation controls PLK4 self-destruction and centriole number. Curr Biol 2013 Nov 18;23(22):2245-54. * and # -equal contributions for first and second authors, respectively.

Carvalho-Santos Z, Machado P, Alvarez-Martins I, Gouveia SM, Jana SC, … Bettencourt-Dias M. BLD10/CEP135 is a microtubule-associated protein that controls the formation of the flagellum central microtubule pair. Dev Cell. 2012 Aug 14;23(2):412-24.

Review and Method articles:

Jana SC†, Mendoca SO, Werner S, Bettencourt-Dias M†. Methods to study centrosomes and cilia in Drosophila. Methods of Molecular Biology: Cilia. Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1454:215-36. †-corresponding authors.

Jana SC†, Benedicte D†, Megrew T†, Bettencourt-Dias M†. Drosophila melanogaster as a model for basal body research. Cilia. 2016 Jul 5;5:22. †-corresponding authors.

Zitouni S, Nabais C, Jana SC, Guerrero A, Bettencourt-Dias M. Polo-like kinases: structural variations lead to multiple functions Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2014 Jul;15(7):433-52.

Jana SC*†, Marteil G*†, Bettencourt-Dias M†. Mapping molecules to structure: unveiling old secrets of centriole and cilia with near-atomic resolution. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2014 Feb;26:96-106. *-equal contribution, †-corresponding authors.

Jana SC†, Bazan JF†, Bettencourt-Dias M†. Polo boxes come out of the crypt: a new view of PLK function and evolution. Structure. 2012 Nov 7;20(11):1801-4. †-corresponding authors

Jana SC, Machado P, Bettencourt-Dias M. A structural road map to unveil basal body composition and assembly. EMBO J. 2012 Feb 1;31(3):519-21.

Till 2012:

Asthana J, Kuchibhatla A, Jana SC, Ray K, Panda D. Dynein light chain 1 (LC8) association enhances microtubule stability and promotes microtubule bundling. J Biol Chem. 2012 Nov 23;287(48):40793-805.

Doodhi H, Jana SC, Devan P, Mazumdar S, Ray K. Biochemical and molecular dynamic simulation analysis of a weak coiled coil association between kinesin-II stalks. PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e45981.

Sadananda A, Hamid R, Doodhi H, Ghosal D, Girotra M, Jana SC, Ray K. Interaction with a kinesin-2 tail propels choline acetyltransferase flow towards synapse. Traffic. 2012 Jul;13(7):979-91.

Jana SC, Girotra M, Ray K. Heterotrimeric kinesin-II is necessary and sufficient to promote different stepwise assembly of morphologically distinct bipartite cilia in Drosophila antenna. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 Mar 15;22(6):769-81.

Doodhi H*, Ghosal D*, Krishnamurthy M*, Jana SC, Shamala D, Bhaduri A, Sowdhamini R, Ray K. KAP, the accessory subunit of kinesin-2, binds the predicted coiled-coil stalk of the motor subunits. Biochemistry. 2009 Mar 17;48(10):2248-60. *-equal contribution