Kristi MILLER LAB

Welcome to the Miller Lab at Providence College! We study how cells stay the right size and shape using fission yeast as a model system. To answer these questions, we combine methods in quantitative microscopy, genetics, cell biology and more!

Publications

  • Cabral EJ, Andres P, Argandona G, Duggan P, Kuran BM, Miller KE. (2025) Fission yeast cells use distinct cell size control mechanisms for size adaptation to osmotic, oxidative, or low glucose conditions. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2025.11.04.686600.

  • Miller KE, Vargas-Garcia C, Singh A, Moseley JB. (2023) The fission yeast cell size control system integrates pathways measuring cell surface area, volume, and time. Current Biology. 17 July Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37463585.

  • Opalko HO, Miller KE, Kim HS, Vargas-Garcia C, Singh A, Keogh MC, Moseley JB. (2022) Arf6 anchors Cdr2 nodes at the cell cortex to control cell size at division. Journal of Cell Biology. 221:e202109152. PMID: 34958661.

  • Miller KE, Magliozzi JO, Picard NA, Moseley JB. (2021) Sequestration of the exocytic SNARE Psy1 into multiprotein nodes reinforces polarized morphogenesis in fission yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 32:1-11. PMID: 34347508.

  • Miller KE, Kang PJ, Park HO. (2020) Regulation of Cdc42 for polarized growth in budding yeast. Microbial Cell. 7: 175-189. PMID: 32656257. – Invited Review

  • Miller KE, Lo WC, Chou CS, Park HO. (2019) Temporal regulation of cell polarity via the interaction of the Ras GTPase Rsr1 and the scaffold protein Bem1. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30: 2543-2557. PMID: 31411940.

  • Kang PJ, Miller KE, Guegueniat J, Beven L, Park HO. (2018) The shared role of the Rsr1 GTPase and Gic1/Gic2 in Cdc42 polarization. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29: 2359-2369. PMID: 30091649.

  • Miller KE, Lo WC, Lee ME, Kang PJ, Park HO. (2017) Fine-tuning the orientation of the polarity axis by Rga1, a Cdc42 GTPase activating protein. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 28: 3773-3788. PMID: 29074565.

  • Lee ME, Lo WC, Miller KE, Chou CS, Park HO. (2015) Regulation of Cdc42 polarization by the Rsr1 GTPase and Rga1, a Cdc42 GTPase-activating protein, in budding yeast. Journal of Cell Science. 128: 2106-2117. PMID: 25908844.

  • Miller KE, Kim Y, Huh WK, Park HO. (2015) Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC) Analysis: Advance and Recent Applications for Genome-Wide Interaction Studies. Journal of Molecular Biology. 427: 2039-2055. PMID: 25772494. – Invited Review