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Anna Marie Sokac

Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

Anna Marie Sokac is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Anna Marie Sokac

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

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cell biology molecular cell biology developmental biology cytoskeleton cellular physiology morphogenesis developmental cell cellular structure cell motility molecular and cellular biology insect molecular biology developmental system cell and molecular biology molecular biology cellular biochemistry membrane biology molecular physiology intracellular trafficking developmental genetics embryology endocytic pathway membrane systems cell physiology cell division cellular differentiation nucleic acids genome biology cell biophysics cell polarity transcription regulation gene regulation drosophila embryos drosophila cellularization biophysics membrane science secretory pathway cell fate determination embryonic development environmental stress cell surface drosophila embryo protein science theoretical biology cell research biological chemistry biomedical imaging coastal management nuclear organization multi-protein assembly protein expression non-coding rna rna processing rna biology protein function protein transport glycosylation parasitic protozoa molecular regulation oocytes genetic mechanisms nearshore process molecular biological method cell biomechanics organ development spindle assembly cdc42-dependent actin polymerization mrna quantification nascent rna rna numbers stochastic kinetics full fusion compartment mixing secretory vesicles drive compensatory endocytosis fuel cell-surface growth initiate drosophila cellularization gene expression systems biology reproductive biology

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Cytoplasmic Localization of the Mrna Encoding Actin Regulator, Serendipity-α, Promotes Adherens Junction Assembly and Nuclear Repositioning. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Tejas MahadevanLauren Renee FigardHasan SeedePoonam SehgalYuncong GengKevin McDonaldIdo GoldingAnna Marie Sokac

developmental biologycytoskeletonmorphogenesisdevelopmental systemmolecular cell biologycell biologydevelopmental cellcell motilitylocalization signalsintracellular traffickingtissue morphogenesis eventsmrna localization

Reducing Cofilin Dosage Makes Embryos Resilient to Heat Stress. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Natalie BielFaizan RashidSubhashis NatuaTing-Yu WangTsui-Fen ChouThu Vu Phuc NguyenIdo GoldingAuinash KalsotraAnna Marie Sokac

cell biologycell signalingenvironmental stresscellular regulatory mechanismmolecular physiologydevelopmental biologymolecular and cellular biologycell physiologycell motilitysurvival need clarificationcytoskeletonmorphogenesismolecular cell biologydevelopmental cellphysiologycofilin dosagecell deathcellular physiologycellular biochemistry

Glyoxal-Based Fixation of Drosophila Embryos for Immunofluorescence Staining and Rna in Situ Hybridization. STAR Protocols (2023)

Shrunali AminMalika BasuValeria BuzinovaAnthony DelgadoTejas MahadevanSanya MishraSarah ZaidaXi WangAnna Marie Sokac

developmental biologymolecular geneticsmolecular and cellular biologyembryonic developmentinsect molecular biologyrna fluorescenceinsect biochemistrycell biologymolecular cell biologymolecular biological methodglyoxal-based fixationembryologymolecular biologydrosophila embryos

EDITORIAL: Membrane Dynamics During Tissue Morphogenesis and Differentiation. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (2022)

Stefano De RenzisAnna Marie Sokac

developmental biologymembrane systemstissue morphogenesismorphogenesiscell biologydevelopmental cellmembrane biologytissue (biology)organ developmentcellular physiology

Membrane-Actin Interactions in Morphogenesis: Lessons Learned From Drosophila Cellularization. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (2022)

Anna Marie SokacNatalie BielStefano De Renzis

developmental biologydrosophila cellularizationcytoskeletoncell polaritymorphogenesisdevelopmental systeminsect molecular biologypattern formationcell biologymolecular cell biologydevelopmental cellcell motilitymembrane-actin interactionsmembrane biologycell and molecular biologycellular structurecellular physiologydrosophila embryo

Direct Quantification of Gene Regulation by Transcription-Factor Binding at an Endogenous Gene Locus. Biophysical Journal (2021)

Jingyao WangYijing DongAnna M. SokacIdo GoldingHeng Xu

geneticsgene regulationmolecular cell biologytranscription (biology)direct quantificationtranscription-factor bindingtranscription factorssystems biologytranscription regulationgenome biologygene expressionendogenous gene locus

Embryogenesis in Drosophila Imaged by Gradient Light Interference Microscopy (Glim). (2021)

Xi ChenPoonam SehgalShrunali AminAnna SokacGabriel Popescu

developmental biologyconfocal microscopymicroscopymorphogenesisdevelopmental systeminsect molecular biologydevelopmental geneticspattern formationbiological imagingdevelopmental cellmicroscopy methodsbiologyembryologylight microscopy

Imaging Intranuclear Actin Rods in Live Heat Stressed Em Drosophila /Em Embryos. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2020)

Natalie BielLauren FigardAnna Marie Sokac

cell biologydevelopmental biologycell biomechanicsmolecular and cellular biologycell motilitycellular structurecytoskeletonmorphogenesisactin rodsmolecular cell biologydevelopmental cellintranuclear actin rodscell and molecular biologycell biophysicsdevelopmental systemmolecular biologydrosophila embryoscellular physiologycellular biochemistry

Cofilin-Mediated Actin Stress Response is Maladaptive in Heat-Stressed Embryos. Cell Reports (2019)

Lauren FigardLiuliu ZhengNatalie BielZenghui XueHasan SeedeSeth ColemanIdo GoldingAnna Marie Sokac

insect molecular biologycell biologymolecular regulationenvironmental stressmolecular physiologydevelopmental biologymolecular and cellular biologycell motilitycellular structurecytoskeletonmorphogenesismolecular cell biologydevelopmental cellcell and molecular biologyheat-stressed embryosdevelopmental systemembryologydrosophila embryoscellular physiologycellular biochemistry

Mechanical Networks Have Robustness Built Into Their Topology, Too. Developmental Cell (2019)

Anna Marie Sokac

network scienceglobal networksnetwork analysissystems engineeringcomplex systemsnetwork topologynetwork robustnessmechanical networksnetwork theory

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Anna Marie Sokac

Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Department of Cell & Developmental Biology

Anna Marie Sokac is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Honors

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Experiences

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Anna Marie Sokac

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Associate Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Cytoplasmic Localization of the Mrna Encoding Actin Regulator, Serendipity-α, Promotes Adherens Junction Assembly and Nuclear Repositioning. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Tejas MahadevanLauren Renee FigardHasan SeedePoonam SehgalYuncong GengKevin McDonaldIdo GoldingAnna Marie Sokac

Reducing Cofilin Dosage Makes Embryos Resilient to Heat Stress. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2025)

Natalie BielFaizan RashidSubhashis NatuaTing-Yu WangTsui-Fen ChouThu Vu Phuc NguyenIdo GoldingAuinash KalsotraAnna Marie Sokac

Glyoxal-Based Fixation of Drosophila Embryos for Immunofluorescence Staining and Rna in Situ Hybridization. STAR Protocols (2023)

Shrunali AminMalika BasuValeria BuzinovaAnthony DelgadoTejas MahadevanSanya MishraSarah ZaidaXi WangAnna Marie Sokac

EDITORIAL: Membrane Dynamics During Tissue Morphogenesis and Differentiation. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (2022)

Stefano De RenzisAnna Marie Sokac

developmental biologymembrane systemstissue morphogenesismorphogenesiscell biologydevelopmental cellmembrane biologytissue (biology)organ developmentcellular physiology

Membrane-Actin Interactions in Morphogenesis: Lessons Learned From Drosophila Cellularization. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (2022)

Anna Marie SokacNatalie BielStefano De Renzis

Direct Quantification of Gene Regulation by Transcription-Factor Binding at an Endogenous Gene Locus. Biophysical Journal (2021)

Jingyao WangYijing DongAnna M. SokacIdo GoldingHeng Xu

Embryogenesis in Drosophila Imaged by Gradient Light Interference Microscopy (Glim). (2021)

Xi ChenPoonam SehgalShrunali AminAnna SokacGabriel Popescu

Imaging Intranuclear Actin Rods in Live Heat Stressed Em Drosophila /Em Embryos. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2020)

Natalie BielLauren FigardAnna Marie Sokac

Cofilin-Mediated Actin Stress Response is Maladaptive in Heat-Stressed Embryos. Cell Reports (2019)

Lauren FigardLiuliu ZhengNatalie BielZenghui XueHasan SeedeSeth ColemanIdo GoldingAnna Marie Sokac

Mechanical Networks Have Robustness Built Into Their Topology, Too. Developmental Cell (2019)

Anna Marie Sokac

network scienceglobal networksnetwork analysissystems engineeringcomplex systemsnetwork topologynetwork robustnessmechanical networksnetwork theory

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