Dr Joseph Hetmanski
Lecturer in Cell Biology
Heinz Wolff 113a
- Email: joseph.hetmanski@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265125
Franken, GA., Warner, H., Cuenca-Escalona, J., Stehle, IF., van Reijmersdal, VPA., Klomp, SE., et al. (2025) 'Galectin-9 regulates dendritic cell polarity and uropod contraction by modulating RhoA activity'. Journal of Cell Biology, 224 (11). pp. e202404079. ISSN: 0021-9525
Hetmanski, JHR., Jones, MJ., Hartshorn, M., Caswell, PT. and Jones, MC. (2025) 'Differential roles of cyclin–CDK1 complexes in cell migration and invasion'. Journal of Cell Science, 138 (13). pp. 1 - 17. ISSN: 0021-9533 Open Access Link
MacDonald, E., Forrester, A., Valades-Cruz, CA., Madsen, TD., Hetmanski, JHR., Dransart, E., et al. (2025) 'Growth factor-triggered de-sialylation controls glycolipid-lectin-driven endocytosis'. Nature Cell Biology, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 31. ISSN: 1465-7392 Open Access Link
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
Hetmanski, JHR., Schwartz, JM. and Caswell, PT. (2018) 'Modeling Rho GTPase dynamics using boolean logic'. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1821. pp. 37 - 46. ISSN: 1064-3745
Hetmanski, JHR., Schwartz, J-M. and Caswell, PT. (2016) 'Modelling GTPase dynamics to understand rhoa-driven cancer cell invasion'. Biochemical Society Transactions, 44 (6). pp. 1695 - 1700. ISSN: 0300-5127 Open Access Link
Hetmanski, JHR., Zindy, E., Schwartz, J-M. and Caswell, PT. (2016) 'A MAPK-Driven Feedback Loop Suppresses Rac Activity to Promote RhoA-Driven Cancer Cell Invasion'. PLoS Computational Biology, 12 (5). pp. 1 - 27. ISSN: 1553-734X Open Access Link