Publications

Washburn, M., Alaniz-Fabián, J., Scroggs, T. and B. Nelms.Single-cell RNA-seq of maize meiocytes and pollen grains. Nature Protocols (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s41596-023-00889-6

Somers, J. and B. Nelms. The sporophyte-to-gametophyte transition: The haploid generation comes of age. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 75:102416 (2023). doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102416

Nelms, B. and V. Walbot. Gametophyte genome activation occurs at pollen mitosis I in maize. Science , 375:424-429 (2022). doi:10.1126/science.abl7392
data link: GEO

Marchant, B., B. Nelms, and V. Walbot. Quantitative cell release from plant tissues for single-cell genomics. bioRxiv 2021.10.11.463960 (2021). doi: 10.1101/2021.10.11.463960

Nelms, B. and V. Walbot. Defining the developmental program leading to meiosis in maize. Science, 364:52-56 (2019). doi: 10.1126/science.aav6428
data link: GEO

Nelms, B., N. Dalomba, and W. Lencer. A targeted RNAi screen identifies factors affecting diverse stages of receptor-mediated transcytosis. Journal of Cell Biology, 216:511-525 (2017). doi: 10.1083/jcb.201609035

Nelms, B., L. Waldron, L. Barrera, A. Weflen, J. Goettel, G. Guo, R. Montgomery, M. Neutra, D. Breault, S. Snapper, S. Orkin, M. Bulyk, C. Huttenhower, and W. Lencer. CellMapper: rapid and accurate inference of gene expression in difficult-to-isolate cell types. Genome Biology, 17:201 (2016). doi: 10.1186/s13059-016-1062-5
R package: Bioconductor

Rao, M., B. Nelms, L. Dong, V. Salinas-Rios, M. Gershon, and G. Corfas. Enteric glia express Proteolipid Protein 1 and are a transcriptionally unique population of glia in the mammalian nervous system. Glia, 63:2040-2057 (2015). doi: 10.1002/glia.22876
data link: GEO