Dr Joseph Hetmanski
Lecturer in Cell Biology
Heinz Wolff 228
- Email: joseph.hetmanski@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265125
Summary
I am an interdisciplinary researcher using microscopy and mathematical modelling to study how cells move, divide and transition between the two fundamental processes
Qualifications
PhD Cell Matrix Research: 'Modelling cell migration in 3D microenvironments', University of Manchester, 2013-2017
MMath BSc, Mathematics, University of Leeds, 1st class honours, 2009-2013
Newest selected publications
Ogene, L., Woods, S., Hetmanski, J., Lozano, N., Karakasidi, A., Caswell, PT., et al. (2024) 'Graphene oxide activates canonical TGFβ signalling in a human chondrocyte cell line via increased plasma membrane tension'. Nanoscale, 16 (11). pp. 5653 - 5664. ISSN: 2040-3364 Open Access Link
Larocque, G., Moore, DJ., Sittewelle, M., Kuey, C., Hetmanski, JHR., La-Borde, PJ., et al. (2021) 'Intracellular nanovesicles mediate α5β1 integrin trafficking during cell migration'. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (10). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 0021-9525 Open Access Link
Hetmanski, JHR., Jones, MC., Chunara, F., Schwartz, J-M. and Caswell, PT. (2021) 'Combinatorial mathematical modelling approaches to interrogate rear retraction dynamics in 3D cell migration'. PLOS Computational Biology, 17 (3). pp. 1 - xx. ISSN: 1553-734X Open Access Link
Hetmanski, JHR., de Belly, H., Busnelli, I., Waring, T., Nair, RV., Sokleva, V., et al. (2019) 'Membrane Tension Orchestrates Rear Retraction in Matrix-Directed Cell Migration'. Developmental Cell, 51 (4). pp. 460 - 475.e10. ISSN: 1534-5807
Hetmanski, JHR., Schwartz, JM. and Caswell, PT. (2018) 'Rationalizing Rac1 and RhoA GTPase signaling: A mathematical approach'. Small GTPases, 9 (3). pp. 224 - 229. ISSN: 2154-1248