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University of Richmond: Richmond, VA, US

2012 to present | Associate Professor (Biology)
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona

Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center: Hershey, PA, US

2009 to 2012 | Assistant Professor (Cellular and Molecular Physiology)
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Mount Holyoke College: South Hadley, MA, US

2007 to 2009 | Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Franklin and Marshall College: Lancaster, PA, US

2005 to 2007 | Visiting Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC, US

2002 to 2005 | SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow (Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology)
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Duke University: Durham, NC, US

1996 to 2001 | PhD Cell Biology (Cell Biology)
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Pennsylvania State University: University Park, PA, US

1992 to 1996 | BS Biochemistry
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Funding (3)

Myosin-XIX and the molecular mechanism of actin-based mitochondrial organization

2017-04-11 to 2019-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 3R15GM119077-01S1
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Myosin-XIX and the molecular mechanism of actin-based mitochondrial organization

2016-08-11 to 2019-07-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 1R15GM119077-01
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Enzymatic and Motor Properties of Myosin 19

2011-08-02 to 2015-07-31 | Grant
National Cancer Institute (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 5K01CA160667-03
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Works (34)

INF2-mediated actin polymerization at ER-organelle contacts regulates organelle size and movement

2024-07-07 | Preprint
Contributors: Cara R. Schiavon; Yuning Wang; Jasmine W. Feng; Stephanie Garrett; Tsung-Chang Sung; Yelena Dayn; Chunxin Wang; Richard J. Youle; Omar A. Quintero-Carmona; Gerald S. Shadel et al.
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Building the next generation of virtual cells to understand cellular biology

Biophysical Journal
2023-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0006-3495
Contributors: Graham T. Johnson; Eran Agmon; Matthew Akamatsu; Emma Lundberg; Blair Lyons; Wei Ouyang; Omar A. Quintero-Carmona; Megan Riel-Mehan; Susanne Rafelski; Rick Horwitz
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Myo19 tethers mitochondria to endoplasmic reticulum-associated actin to promote mitochondrial fission

Journal of Cell Science
2023-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Stephen M. Coscia; Cameron P. Thompson; Qing Tang; Elana E. Baltrusaitis; Joseph A. Rhodenhiser; Omar A. Quintero-Carmona; E. Michael Ostap; Melike Lakadamyali; Erika L. F. Holzbaur
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Imaging of the Cytoskeleton Using Live and Fixed Tissue Culture Cells

Methods in Molecular Biology
2022 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9781071616604
Part of ISBN: 9781071616611
Part of ISSN: 1064-3745
Part of ISSN: 1940-6029
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona

Inclusion: an individual pursuit requiring organization-level investment to sustain it

Molecular Biology of the Cell
2021-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1059-1524
Part of ISSN: 1939-4586
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona

Characterization of the MIRO-independent mitochondrial association activity of TRAK proteins

2021-06-04 | Preprint
Contributors: Lili Mitchell; Kathryn E. Reda; Hijab Fatima; Claudia E. Vasquez; Omar A. Quintero-Carmona
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Surfactant Protein A (SP-A)1 And SP-A2 Differentially Affect F-Actin Levels in The Alveolar Macrophage

American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research
2021-03-17 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2642-1747
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona

Myosin XIX

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
2020 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030380618
Part of ISBN: 9783030380625
Part of ISSN: 0065-2598
Part of ISSN: 2214-8019
Contributors: Jennifer L. Bocanegra; Rebecca Adikes; Omar A. Quintero
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Actin chromobody imaging reveals sub-organellar actin dynamics

Nature Methods
2020-08-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1548-7091
Contributors: Cara R. Schiavon; Tong Zhang; Bing Zhao; Andrew S. Moore; Pauline Wales; Leonardo R. Andrade; Melissa Wu; Tsung-Chang Sung; Yelena Dayn; Jasmine W. Feng et al.
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The MyMOMA domain of MYO19 encodes for distinct Miro‐dependent and Miro‐independent mechanisms of interaction with mitochondrial membranes

Cytoskeleton
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Jennifer L. Bocanegra; Barbara M. Fujita; Natalie R. Melton; James M. Cowan; Elizabeth L. Schinski; Tigist Y. Tamir; Michael B. Major; Omar A. Quintero
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Actin chromobody imaging reveals sub-organellar actin dynamics

2019-05-15 | Other
Contributors: Cara R. Schiavon; Tong Zhang; Bing Zhao; Leonardo Andrade; Melissa Wu; Tsung-Chang Sung; Yelena Dayn; Jasmine W. Feng; Omar A. Quintero; Robert Grosse et al.
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The MyMOMA domain of MYO19 encodes for distinct Miro-dependent and Miro-independent mechanisms of interaction with mitochondrial membranes

2019-04-08 | Other
Contributors: Jennifer L. Bocanegra; Barbara M. Fujita; Natalie R. Melton; J. Matthew Cowan; Elizabeth L. Schinski; Tigist Y. Tamir; M. Ben Major; Omar A. Quintero
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Secreted frizzled related protein is a target of PaxB and plays a role in aquiferous system development in the freshwater sponge, Ephydatia muelleri.

PloS one
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Hall C; Rodriguez M; Garcia J; Posfai D; DuMez R; Wictor E; Quintero OA; Hill MS; Rivera AS; Hill AL
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona via Europe PubMed Central

Effects of a novel microtubule-depolymerizer on pro-inflammatory signaling in RAW264.7 macrophages

Chemico-Biological Interactions
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85038094945

Contributors: Gilmore, S.P.; Gonye, A.L.K.; Li, E.C.; Espinosa de los Reyes, S.; Gupton, J.T.; Quintero, O.A.; Fischer-Stenger, K.
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona via Scopus - Elsevier

Imaging of the cytoskeleton using live and fixed drosophila tissue culture cells

Methods in Molecular Biology
2016 | Book
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2-s2.0-84946013210

Contributors: Applewhite, D.A.; . Davis, C.A.; Griffis, E.R.; Quintero, O.A.
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Impact of the motor and tail domains of class III myosins on regulating the formation and elongation of actin protrusions

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84992317427

Contributors: Raval, M.H.; Quintero, O.A.; Weck, M.L.; Unrath, W.C.; Gallagher, J.W.; Cui, R.; Kachar, B.; Tyska, M.J.; Yengo, C.M.
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona via Scopus - Elsevier

Permeabilization Activated Reduction in Fluorescence (PARF): A novel method to measure kinetics of protein interactions with intracellular structures.

2016-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Singh PP; Hawthorne JL; Davis CA; Quintero OA
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona via Europe PubMed Central

Positively charged residues within the MYO19 MyMOMA domain are essential for proper localization of MYO19 to the mitochondrial outer membrane.

2016-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Hawthorne JL; Mehta PR; Singh PP; Wong NQ; Quintero OA
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ROCK inhibition abolishes the establishment of the aquiferous system in Ephydatia muelleri (Porifera, Demospongiae).

2016-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Schenkelaars Q; Quintero O; Hall C; Fierro-Constain L; Renard E; Borchiellini C; Hill AL
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Invertebrate and vertebrate class III myosins interact with MORN repeat-containing adaptor proteins

PLoS ONE
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84926443287

Contributors: Mecklenburg, K.L.; Freed, S.A.; Raval, M.; Quintero, O.A.; Yengo, C.M.; O'Tousa, J.E.
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Myo19 ensures symmetric partitioning of mitochondria and coupling of mitochondrial segregation to cell division

Current Biology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84913550690

Contributors: Rohn, J.L.; Patel, J.V.; Neumann, B.; Bulkescher, J.; McHedlishvili, N.; McMullan, R.C.; Quintero, O.A.; Ellenberg, J.; Baum, B.
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Biochemical and bioinformatic analysis of the myosin-XIX motor domain

Cytoskeleton
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84877922445

Contributors: Adikes, R.C.; Unrath, W.C.; Yengo, C.M.; Quintero, O.A.
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Myosin 3A kinase activity is regulated by phosphorylation of the kinase domain activation loop

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84891381020

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Unrath, W.C.; Stevens Jr., S.M.; Manor, U.; Kachar, B.; Yengo, C.M.
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Basics of the cytoskeleton: Myosins

Cytoskeleton and Human Disease
2012 | Book
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2-s2.0-84929881621

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Moore, J.E.; Yengo, C.M.
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Myosin IIIB uses an actin-binding motif in its espin-1 cargo to reach the tips of actin protrusions

Current Biology
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84857356790

Contributors: Merritt, R.C.; Manor, U.; Salles, F.T.; Grati, M.; Dose, A.C.; Unrath, W.C.; Quintero, O.A.; Yengo, C.M.; Kachar, B.
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Myosin X dimerization and its impact on cellular functions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84867904821

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Yengo, C.M.
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In vivo rescue of alveolar macrophages from SP-A knockout mice with exogenous SP-A nearly restores a wild type intracellular proteome; actin involvement

Proteome Science
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80055000222

Contributors: Phelps, D.S.; Umstead, T.M.; Quintero, O.A.; Yengo, C.M.; Floros, J.
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Intermolecular autophosphorylation regulates myosin IIIa activity and localization in parallel actin bundles

Journal of Biological Chemistry
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78149240800

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Moore, J.E.; Unrath, W.C.; Manor, U.; Salles, F.T.; Grati, M.; Kachar, B.; Yengo, C.M.
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A Novel Form of Motility in Filopodia Revealed by Imaging Myosin-X at the Single-Molecule Level

Current Biology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67349229819

Contributors: Kerber, M.L.; Jacobs, D.T.; Campagnola, L.; Dunn, B.D.; Yin, T.; Sousa, A.D.; Quintero, O.A.; Cheney, R.E.
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona via Scopus - Elsevier

Human Myo19 Is a Novel Myosin that Associates with Mitochondria

Current Biology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-71649086757

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; DiVito, M.M.; Adikes, R.C.; Kortan, M.B.; Case, L.B.; Lier, A.J.; Panaretos, N.S.; Slater, S.Q.; Rengarajan, M.; Feliu, M. et al.
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona via Scopus - Elsevier

Cdc42 and ARP2/3-independent regulation of filopodia by an integral membrane lipid-phosphatase-related protein

Journal of Cell Science
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-33846981893

Contributors: Sigal, Y.J.; Quintero, O.A.; Cheney, R.E.; Morris, A.J.
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Clearance of surfactant lipids by neutrophils and macrophages isolated from the acutely inflamed lung

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036084508

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Wright, J.R.
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Surfactant protein a regulates surfactant phospholipid clearance after LPS-induced injury in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036310999

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Korfhagen, T.R.; Wright, J.R.
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Metabolism of phosphatidylglycerol by alveolar macrophages in vitro

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology
2000 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0033840059

Contributors: Quintero, O.A.; Wright, J.R.
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