Publications

*co-first authorship
†co-corresponding

Postdoctoral work (2018-present):

Preprints:

Hunter, M.V.†, Montal, E., Ma, Y., Moncada, R., Yanai, I., Koche, R.P., White, R.M.† Mechanical confinement governs phenotypic plasticity in melanoma. bioRxiv (2024). Full text link

Ramakrishnan, G., Miskolci, V., Hunter, M.V., Giese, M.A., Muench, D., Hou, Y., Eliceiri, K.W., Lasarev, M.R., White, R.M., Huttenlocher, A. Real time imaging reveals a role for macrophage protrusive motility in melanoma invasion. bioRxiv (2024). Full text link

Johns, E., Ma, Y., Louphrasitthipol, P., Peralta, C., Hunter, M.V., Raymond, J.H., Molina, H., Goding, C.R., White., R.M. The lipid droplet protein DHRS3 is a regulator of melanoma cell state. bioRxiv (2024). Full text link

Published articles:

Perlee, S., Ma, Y., Hunter, M.V., Swanson, J., Ming, Z., Xia, J., Lionnet, T., McGrail, M., White, R.M. Identifying in vivo genetic dependencies of melanocyte and melanoma development. eLife (2024). Full text link

Ma, Y., Tagore, M., Hunter, M.V., Huang, T-H., Montal, E., Weiss, J.M., White, R.M. Restraint of melanoma progression by cells in the local skin environment. eLife (2024). Full text link

Zhang, H., Hunter, M.V., Chou, J., Quinn, J.F., Zhou, M., White, R.M., Tansey, W. BayesTME: An end-to-end method for multiscale transcriptional profiling of the tissue microenvironment. Cell Systems (2023). Full text link

Suresh, S., Rabbie, R., Garg, M., Lumaquin, D., Huang, T., Montal, E., Ma, Y., Cruz, N.M., Tang, X., Nsengimana, J., Newton-Bishop, J., Hunter, M.V., Zhu, Y., Chen, K., de Stanchina, E., Adams, D., White, R.M. Identifying the transcriptional drivers of metastasis embedded within localized melanoma. Cancer Discovery (2023). Full text link

Weiss, J.M., Hunter, M.V., Cruz, N.M., Baggiolini, A., Tagore, M., Ma, Y., Misale, S., Marasco, M., Simon-Vermot, T., Campbell, N.R., Newell, F., Wilmott, J.S., Johansson, P.A., Thompson, J.F., Long, G.V., Pearson, J.V., Mann, G.J., Scolyer, R.A., Waddell, N., Montal, E.D., Huang, T., Jonsson, P., Donoghue, M.T., Harris, C.C., Taylor, B.S., Xu, T., Chaligné, R., Shliaha, P.V., Hendrickson, R., Jungbluth, A.A., Lezcano, C., Koche, R., Studer, L., Ariyan, C.E., Solit, D.B., Wolchok, J.D., Merghoub, T., Rosen, N., Hayward, N.K., White, R.M. Anatomic position determines oncogenic specificity in melanoma. Nature (2022). Full text link

  • Commentary in Nature: Marine, J-C and Soengas, MS. Cell position matters in tumour development. Full text link

Hunter, M.V.*, Moncada, R*., Weiss, J.M., Yanai, I.†, White, R.M†. Spatially resolved transcriptomics reveals the architecture of the tumor-microenvironment interface. Nature Communications (2021). Full text link

Campbell, N.R., Rao, A., Hunter, M.V., Sznurkowska, M.K., Briker, L., Zhang, M., Baron, M., Heilmann, S., Deforet, M., Kenny, C., Ferretti, L., Huang, T., Perlee, S.C., Garg, M., Nsengimana, J., Saini, M., Montal, E., Tagore, M., Newton-Bishop, J., Middleton, M.R., Corrie, P., Adams, D.J., Rabbie, R., Aceto, N., Levesque, M.P., Cornell, R.A., Yanai, I., Xavier, J.B., White, R.M. Cooperation between melanoma cell states promotes metastasis through heterotypic cluster formation. Developmental Cell (2021). Full text link

  • Commentary in Developmental Cell: Frantz, F and Ceol, C. Working together: heterotypic clusters and collective cell migration in melanoma invasion. Full text link

Baggiolini, A., Callahan, S.J., Montal, E., Weiss, J.M., Trieu, T., Tagore, M.M., Tischfield, S.E., Walsh, R.M., Suresh, S., Fan, Y., Campbell, N.R., Perlee, S.C., Saurat, N, Hunter, M.V., Simon-Vermot, T., Huang, T., Ma, Y., Hollmann, T., Tickoo, S.K., Taylor, B.S., Khurana, E., Koche, R.P., Studer, L., White, R.M. Developmental chromatin programs determine oncogenic competence in melanoma. Science (2021). Full text link

Baron, M., Tagore, M., Hunter, M.V., Kim, I.S., Moncada, R., Yan, Y., Campbell, N.R., White, R.M.†, Yanai, I.† The stress-like cancer cell state is a consistent component of tumorigenesis. Cell Systems (2020). Full text link


Ph.D work (2012-2018):

Scepanovic, G., Hunter, M.V., Kafri, R., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. p38-mediated cell growth and survival drive rapid embryonic wound repair. Cell Reports (2021). Full text link

Hunter, M.V., Willoughby, P.M., Bruce, A.E., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. Oxidative stress orchestrates cell polarity to promote embryonic wound healing. Developmental Cell (2018). Full text link

Wang, F.Z., Hunter, M.V., Wang, G., McFaul, C., Yip, C.M., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. Automated cell tracking identifies mechanically oriented cell divisions during Drosophila axis elongation. Development (2017). Full text link

Hunter, M.V., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. Coordinating cell movements in vivo: junctional and cytoskeletal dynamics lead the way. Current Opinion in Cell Biology (2017). Full text link [Review]

Hunter, M.V., Lee, D.M., Harris, T.J., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. Polarized E-cadherin endocytosis directs actomyosin remodeling during embryonic wound repair. Journal of Cell Biology (2015). Full text link

Hunter, M.V., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. Cell migration: a force to be reckoned with. Nature Physics (2014). Full text link [Commentary]

Hunter, M.V., Fernandez-Gonzalez, R. Gastrulation: cell polarity comes full circle. Current Biology (2013). Full text link [Commentary]