Mrs Christine Richardson, M.Sc; FRMS

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Contact Mrs Christine Richardson (email at a.c.richardson@durham.ac.uk)

International Collaboration

• Dr Ryszard Rzepecki (University of Wrocław, Poland)
• Dr. Elena Kiseleva (Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia)
• Jindriska Fiserova (The Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechia)
• Ohad Medalia (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• Pengwei Wang (Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China)
• Prof Charles Cole (Dartmouth Medical School, US)
• Prof Ralf Graf (University of Potsdam, Germany)
• Prof Riemer Stick (University of Bremen, Germany)
• Prof Susan Wente (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, US)
• Rudolf Leube. RWTH Aachen University
• Siegfried Reipert - CIUS - Universität Wien

Related Links

• Durham Centre for Bioimaging Technology
• Microscopy & Bioimaging Facility in Depertment of Bioscience
• Royal Microscopical Society
• SBBS Microscopy & Bioimaging Facility

Selected Publications

Journal Article

• Geisler,Florian, Coch,Richard A. Richardson,Christine , Goldberg,Martin , Bevilacqua,Carlo Prevede,Robert & Leube,Rudolf E. (2020). Intestinal intermediate filament polypeptides in C. elegans: Common and isotype-specific contributions to intestinal ultrastructure and function. Scientific Reports 10: 3142.
• Saiz-Ros, Natalia, Czapiewski, Rafal, Epifano, Ilaria, Stevenson, Andrew, Swanson, Selene, Dixon, Charles, Zamora, Dario, McElwee, Marion, Vijayakrishnan, Swetha, Richardson, Christine, Dong, Li, Kelly, David, Pytowski, Lior, Goldberg, Martin, Florens, Laurence, Graham, Sheila & Schirmer, Eric (2019). Host Vesicle Fusion Protein VAPB Contributes to the Nuclear Egress Stage of Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1 (HSV-1) Replication. Cells 8(2): 120.
• Wang, Pengwei, Pleskot, Roman, Zang, Jingze, Winkler, Joanna, Wang, Jie, Yperman, Klaas, Zhang, Tong, Wang, Kun, Gong, Jinli, Guan, Yajie, Richardson, Christine, Duckney, Patrick, Vandorpe, Michael, Mylle, Evelien, Fiserova, Jindriska, Van Damme, Daniel & Hussey, Patrick J. (2019). Plant AtEH/Pan1 proteins drive autophagosome formation at ER-PM contact sites with actin and endocytic machinery. Nature Communications 10(1): 5132.
• Geisler, Florian, Coch, Richard A., Richardson, Christine, Goldberg, Martin, Denecke, Bernd, Bossinger, Olaf & Leube, Rudolf E. (2019). The intestinal intermediate filament network responds to and protects against microbial insults and toxins. Development 146(2): dev.169482.
• Reipert, Siegfried, Goldammer, Helmuth, Richardson, Christine, Goldberg, Martin W., Hawkins, Timothy J., Hollergschwandtner, Elena, Kaufmann, Walter A., Antreich, Sebastian & Stierhof, York-Dieter (2018). Agitation Modules: Flexible Means to Accelerate Automated Freeze Substitution. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry 66(12): 903-921.
• Quinlan, R.A., Schwartz, N., Windoffer, R., Richardson, C., Hawkins, T., Broussard, J.A., Green, K.J. & Leube, R. (2017). A rim-and-spoke hypothesis to explain the biomechanical roles for cytoplasmic intermediate filament networks. Journal of Cell Science 130(20): 3437-3445.
• Castro, Ines, Budzak, James, Di Giacinto,Maria L., Ligammari, Lorena, Gokhan, Ezgi, Spanos, Christos, Moralli, Daniela, Richardson, Christine, de las Heras, Jose I., Salatino, Silvia, Schirmer, Eric C., Ullman, Katharine S., Bickmore, Wendy A., Green, Catherine, Rappsilber, Juri, Lamble, Sarah, Goldberg, Martin W., Vinciotti, Veronica & Vagnarelli, Paola (2017). Repo-Man/PP1 regulates heterochromatin formation in interphase. Nature Communications 8: 14048.
• Geisler, Florian, Gerhardus, Harald, Carberry, Katrin, Davis, Wayne, Jorgensen, Erik, Richardson, Christine, Bossinger, Olaf & Leube, Rudolf E. (2016). A novel function for the MAP kinase SMA-5 in intestinal tube stability. Molecular Biology of the Cell 27(24): 3855-3868.
• Wang, P., Richardson, C., Hawes, C. & Hussey, P.J. (2016). Arabidopsis NAP1 regulates the formation of autophagosomes. Current Biology 26(15): 2060-2069.
• Wang, Pengwei, Richardson, Christine, Hawkins, Timothy J., Sparkes, Imogen, Hawes, Chris & Hussey, Patrick J. (2016). Plant VAP27 proteins: domain characterization, intracellular localization and role in plant development. New Phytologist 210(4): 1311-1326.
• Liu, Hebin, Schneider, Helga, Recino, Asha, Richardson, Christine, Goldberg, Martin W. & Rudd, Christopher E. (2015). The Immune Adaptor SLP-76 Binds to SUMO-RANGAP1 at Nuclear Pore Complex Filaments to Regulate Nuclear Import of Transcription Factors in T Cells. Molecular Cell 59(5): 840-849.
• Wang, Pengwei, Hawkins, Timothy J., Richardson, Christine, Cummins, Ian, Deeks, Michael J., Sparkes, Imogen, Hawes, Chris & Hussey, Patrick J. (2014). The Plant Cytoskeleton, NET3C, and VAP27 Mediate the Link between the Plasma Membrane and Endoplasmic Reticulum. Current Biology 24(12): 1397-1405.
• Deeks, Michael J., Calcutt, Joanna R., Ingle, Elizabeth K.S., Hawkins, Timothy J., Chapman, Sean, Richardson, A.Christine, Mentlak, David A., Dixon, Martin R., Cartwright, Frances, Smertenko, Andrei P., Oparka, Karl & Hussey, Patrick J. (2012). A Superfamily of Actin-Binding Proteins at the Actin-Membrane Nexus of Higher Plants. Current Biology 22(17): 1595-1600.
• Lu, W., Schneider, M., Neumann, S., Jaeger, V-M., Taranum, S., Munck, M., Cartwright, S., Richardson, C., Carthew, J., Noh, K., Goldberg, M., Noegel, A. & Karakesisoglou, I. (2012). Nesprin interchain associations control nuclear size. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 69(20): 3493-3509.
• Suri, A, Campos, R, Rackus, DG Spiller, NJS Richardson, C, Pǻlsson, LO & Kataky, R (2011). Liposome-doped hydrogel for implantable tissue. Soft Matter 7(15): 7071-7077.
• Zuleger, Nikolaj., Kelly, David A., Richardson, A Christine., Kerr, Alistair R.W., Goldberg, Martin W., Goryachev, Andrew B. & Schirmer, Eric C. (2011). System analysis shows distinct mechanisms and common principles of nuclear envelope protein dynamics. Journal of Cell Biology 193(1): 109-123.
• Richardson, C.A. & Leitch, B. (2007). Identification of the neurotransmitters involved in modulation of transmitter release from the central terminals of the locust wing hinge stretch receptor. Journal of Comparative Neurology 502(5): 794-809.
• Bewick, Guy S., Reid, Brian, Richardson, Christine & Banks, Robert W. (2005). Autogenic modulation of mechanoreceptor excitability by glutamate release from synaptic-like vesicles: evidence from the rat muscle spindle primary sensory ending. Journal of Physiology 562(2): 381-394.
• L. Applegarth, N. Clark, A. C. Richardson, A. D. M. Parker, I. Radosavljevic-Evans, A. E. Goeta, J. A. K. Howard & J. W. Steed (2005). Modular nanometer-scale structuring of gel fibres by sequential self-organization. Chemical Communications (43): 5423-5425.
• Richardson, Christine A. & Leitch, Beulah. (2005). The phenotype of cerebellar glutamatergic neurons is altered in Stargazer mutant mice lacking BDNF mRNA expression. Journal of Comparative Neurology 481: 145-159.
• Richardson, C.A. & Leitch, B. (2002). Cerebellar Golgi, Purkinje and basket cells have reduced Gamma – aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity in Stargazer mutant mice. Journal of Comparative Neurology 453: 85-99.
• Banks, R.W., Richardson, C. & Bewick, G.S. (2002). Immunocytochemical demonstration of glutamate in the sensory terminal of rat muscle spindles. Journal of Physiology 528: 62.

Chapter in book

• Wang, Pengwei, Hawes, Chris, Richardson, Christine & Hussey, Patrick J. (2018). Characterization of Proteins Localized to Plant ER-PM Contact Sites. In The Plant Endoplasmic Reticulum. Hawes, Chris & Kriechbaumer, Verena New York, NY: Humana Press. 1691: 23-31.
• Fišerová, Jindřiška, Richardson, Christine & Goldberg, Martin W. (2016). Immunoelectron Microscopy of Cryofixed Freeze-Substituted Yeast. In High-Resolution Imaging of Cellular Proteins. Schwartzbach, Steven D., Skalli, Omar & Schikorski, Thomas New York: Humana Press. 1474: 243-258.
• Kiseleva, Elena, Richardson, A. Christine, Fiserova, Jindriska, Strunov, Anton A., Spink, Matthew C., Johnson, Simeon R. & Goldberg, Martin W. (2014). Imaging Yeast NPCs: From Classical Electron Microscopy to Immuno-SEM. In Nuclear Pore Complexes and Nucleocytoplasmic Transport - Methods. Amsterdam Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press. 122: 59-79.
• Banks, R.W., Bewick, G.S., Reid, B. & Richardson, C. (2002). Evidence for activity-dependent modulation of sensory-terminal excitability in spindles by glutamate release from synaptic-like vesicles. In Sensorimotor Control of Movement and Posture. Gandevia,Simon.C, Proske,Uwe & Stuart,Douglas.G New York: Springer. 508: 13-18.

Conference Proceeding

• Leitch, B. & Richardson, C.A. (2004). Identification of the neurotransmitters involved in modulation of transmitter release from the central terminals of the locust wing hinge stretch receptor. 34th Annual Meeting, San Diego, Society for Neuroscience..
• Richardson, Christine A. & Leitch, Beulah. (2003). Glutamate immunoreactivity is severely reduced in the cerebellar cells of Stargazer mutant mice which show a specific deficit in BDNF mRNA expression. 17th National meeting BNA, Harrogate.
• Richardson, C. & Leitch, B. (2002). Cerebellar cells in Stargazer mutant mice have reduced levels of Gaba and Glutamate immunoreactivity. 4th Forum of European Neuroscience, Paris, France.
• Lamacchia, C. Di Fonzo, N., N. Harris, , Richardson, A.C., Napier, J.A., Lazzeri, P.A. Barcelo,, P. & Shewry, P. (1999). Genetic manipulation of Durum Wheat to improve grain quality. XVI International Botanical Congress, Saint Loius.

Masters Thesis

• Richardson, Anne Christine (2007). Application of neuroanatomical and immunocytochemical techniques for the detection of neurotransmitters in identified neurons in vertebrate and invertebrate tissues. Masters.

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