Avital Rodal

Title

Assistant Professor of Biology

Biology

Degrees

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.Sc.

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Contact

Email:	arodal@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-2459
Office:	Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, 528

Awards and Honors

March of Dimes Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award (2012)

NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2012)

NIH NINDS Pathway to Independence Award (2008)

Charles King Trust of The Medical Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2006)

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (2003)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellow (1997)

Courses Taught

BIOL	103b	Mechanisms of Cell Functions
BIOL	200a	Proseminar
BIOL	305a	Topics in Molecular Genetics and Development
BIOL	305b	Topics in Molecular Genetics and Development
BIOL	305d	Topics in Molecular Genetics and Development
NBIO	146a	The Neurobiology of Human Disease

Scholarship

Rodal, A.A., Blunk, A.D., Akbergenova, Y., Jorquera, R. A., Buhl, L.K., Littleton, J. T.. "A presynaptic endosomal membrane trafficking pathway controls synaptic growth signaling." J. Cell Biol 193. 1 (2011): 201-17.

Vizcarra CL, Kreutz B, Rodal AA, Toms AV, Lu J, Zheng W, Quinlan ME, Eck MJ.. "Structure and function of the interacting domains of Spire and Fmn-family formins." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108. 29 (2011): 11884-9.

Rodal, A. A., Littleton, J. T.. "Synaptic endocytosis: illuminating the role of clathrin assembly." Curr Biol 18. 6 (2008): R259-61.

Rodal, A. A., Motola-Barnes, R. N., Littleton, J. T.. "Nervous wreck and Cdc42 cooperate to regulate endocytic actin assembly during synaptic growth." J Neurosci 28. 33 (2008): 8316-25.

Quintero-Monzon, O., Rodal, A. A., Strokopytov, B., Almo, S. C., Goode, B. L.. "Structural and functional dissection of the Abp1 ADFH actin-binding domain reveals versatile in vivo adapter functions." Mol Biol Cell 16. 7 (2005): 3128-39.

Rodal, A. A., Kozubowski, L., Goode, B. L., Drubin, D. G., Hartwig, J. H.. "Actin and septin ultrastructures at the budding yeast cell cortex." Mol Biol Cell 16. 1 (2005): 372-84.

Rodal, A. A., Sokolova, O., Robins, D. B., Daugherty, K. M., Hippenmeyer, S., Riezman, H., Grigorieff, N., Goode, B. L.. "Conformational changes in the Arp2/3 complex leading to actin nucleation." Nat Struct Mol Biol 12. 1 (2005): 26-31.

Balcer, H. I., Goodman, A. L., Rodal, A. A., Smith, E., Kugler, J., Heuser, J. E., Goode, B. L.. "Coordinated regulation of actin filament turnover by a high-molecular-weight Srv2/CAP complex, cofilin, profilin, and Aip1." Curr Biol 13. 24 (2003): 2159-69.

Rodal, A. A., Manning, A. L., Goode, B. L., Drubin, D. G.. "Negative regulation of yeast WASp by two SH3 domain-containing proteins." Curr Biol 13. 12 (2003): 1000-8.

Rodal, A. A., Duncan, M., Drubin, D.. "Purification of glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins from yeast." Methods Enzymol 351. (2002): 168-72.

Sagot, I., Rodal, A. A., Moseley, J., Goode, B. L., Pellman, D.. "An actin nucleation mechanism mediated by Bni1 and profilin." Nat Cell Biol 4. 8 (2002): 626-31.

Goode, B. L., Rodal, A. A., Barnes, G., Drubin, D. G.. "Activation of the Arp2/3 complex by the actin filament binding protein Abp1p." J Cell Biol 153. 3 (2001): 627-34.

Goode, B. L., Rodal, A. A.. "Modular complexes that regulate actin assembly in budding yeast." Curr Opin Microbiol 4. 6 (2001): 703-12.

Guillouet, S., Rodal, A. A., An, G. H., Gorret, N., Lessard, P. A., Sinskey, A. J.. "Metabolic redirection of carbon flow toward isoleucine by expressing a catabolic threonine dehydratase in a threonine-overproducing Corynebacterium glutamicum." Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 57. 5-6 (2001): 667-73.

Kozminski, K. G., Chen, A. J., Rodal, A. A., Drubin, D. G.. "Functions and functional domains of the GTPase Cdc42p." Mol Biol Cell 11. 1 (2000): 339-54.

Guillouet, S., Rodal, A. A., An, G., Lessard, P. A., Sinskey, A. J.. "Expression of the Escherichia coli catabolic threonine dehydratase in Corynebacterium glutamicum and its effect on isoleucine production." Appl Environ Microbiol 65. 7 (1999): 3100-7.

Rodal, A. A., Tetreault, J. W., Lappalainen, P., Drubin, D. G., Amberg, D. C.. "Aip1p interacts with cofilin to disassemble actin filaments." J Cell Biol 145. 6 (1999): 1251-64.

Rongo, C., Whitfield, C. W., Rodal, A., Kim, S. K., Kaplan, J. M.. "LIN-10 is a shared component of the polarized protein localization pathways in neurons and epithelia." Cell 94. 6 (1998): 751-9.

Faculty Guide

Avital Rodal

Rodal, A.A., Blunk, A.D., Akbergenova, Y., Jorquera, R. A., Buhl, L.K., Littleton, J. T.. "A presynaptic endosomal membrane trafficking pathway controls synaptic growth signaling." J. Cell Biol 193. 1 (2011): 201-17.

Vizcarra CL, Kreutz B, Rodal AA, Toms AV, Lu J, Zheng W, Quinlan ME, Eck MJ.. "Structure and function of the interacting domains of Spire and Fmn-family formins." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108. 29 (2011): 11884-9.

Rodal, A. A., Littleton, J. T.. "Synaptic endocytosis: illuminating the role of clathrin assembly." Curr Biol 18. 6 (2008): R259-61.

Rodal, A. A., Motola-Barnes, R. N., Littleton, J. T.. "Nervous wreck and Cdc42 cooperate to regulate endocytic actin assembly during synaptic growth." J Neurosci 28. 33 (2008): 8316-25.

Quintero-Monzon, O., Rodal, A. A., Strokopytov, B., Almo, S. C., Goode, B. L.. "Structural and functional dissection of the Abp1 ADFH actin-binding domain reveals versatile in vivo adapter functions." Mol Biol Cell 16. 7 (2005): 3128-39.

Rodal, A. A., Kozubowski, L., Goode, B. L., Drubin, D. G., Hartwig, J. H.. "Actin and septin ultrastructures at the budding yeast cell cortex." Mol Biol Cell 16. 1 (2005): 372-84.

Rodal, A. A., Sokolova, O., Robins, D. B., Daugherty, K. M., Hippenmeyer, S., Riezman, H., Grigorieff, N., Goode, B. L.. "Conformational changes in the Arp2/3 complex leading to actin nucleation." Nat Struct Mol Biol 12. 1 (2005): 26-31.

Balcer, H. I., Goodman, A. L., Rodal, A. A., Smith, E., Kugler, J., Heuser, J. E., Goode, B. L.. "Coordinated regulation of actin filament turnover by a high-molecular-weight Srv2/CAP complex, cofilin, profilin, and Aip1." Curr Biol 13. 24 (2003): 2159-69.

Rodal, A. A., Manning, A. L., Goode, B. L., Drubin, D. G.. "Negative regulation of yeast WASp by two SH3 domain-containing proteins." Curr Biol 13. 12 (2003): 1000-8.

Rodal, A. A., Duncan, M., Drubin, D.. "Purification of glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins from yeast." Methods Enzymol 351. (2002): 168-72.

Sagot, I., Rodal, A. A., Moseley, J., Goode, B. L., Pellman, D.. "An actin nucleation mechanism mediated by Bni1 and profilin." Nat Cell Biol 4. 8 (2002): 626-31.

Sagot, I., Rodal, A. A., Moseley, J., Goode, B. L., Pellman, D.. "An actin nucleation mechanism mediated by Bni1 and profilin." Nat Cell Biol 4. 8 (2002): 626-31.

Goode, B. L., Rodal, A. A., Barnes, G., Drubin, D. G.. "Activation of the Arp2/3 complex by the actin filament binding protein Abp1p." J Cell Biol 153. 3 (2001): 627-34.

Goode, B. L., Rodal, A. A.. "Modular complexes that regulate actin assembly in budding yeast." Curr Opin Microbiol 4. 6 (2001): 703-12.

Guillouet, S., Rodal, A. A., An, G. H., Gorret, N., Lessard, P. A., Sinskey, A. J.. "Metabolic redirection of carbon flow toward isoleucine by expressing a catabolic threonine dehydratase in a threonine-overproducing Corynebacterium glutamicum." Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 57. 5-6 (2001): 667-73.

Kozminski, K. G., Chen, A. J., Rodal, A. A., Drubin, D. G.. "Functions and functional domains of the GTPase Cdc42p." Mol Biol Cell 11. 1 (2000): 339-54.

Guillouet, S., Rodal, A. A., An, G., Lessard, P. A., Sinskey, A. J.. "Expression of the Escherichia coli catabolic threonine dehydratase in Corynebacterium glutamicum and its effect on isoleucine production." Appl Environ Microbiol 65. 7 (1999): 3100-7.

Rodal, A. A., Tetreault, J. W., Lappalainen, P., Drubin, D. G., Amberg, D. C.. "Aip1p interacts with cofilin to disassemble actin filaments." J Cell Biol 145. 6 (1999): 1251-64.

Rongo, C., Whitfield, C. W., Rodal, A., Kim, S. K., Kaplan, J. M.. "LIN-10 is a shared component of the polarized protein localization pathways in neurons and epithelia." Cell 94. 6 (1998): 751-9.