Publications

Selected publications

Research highlights

Graphical abstract for The actin crosslinker Fimbrin is required for force sensing at tricellular junctions

Taneja, Nilay; Looney, Claire A; Moubarak, Michael F; McGovern, Meriel J; Yeoh, Kenji; Zallen, Jennifer A

Developmental Cell

Graphical abstract for Myosin light chain kinase-driven myosin II turnover regulates actin cortex contractility during mitosis

Taneja, Nilay; Baillargeon, Sophie M; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular biology of the cell

Graphical abstract for MCL-1 inhibition by selective BH3 mimetics disrupts mitochondrial dynamics causing loss of viability and functionality of human cardiomyocytes

Rasmussen*, Megan L; Taneja*, Nilay; Neininger, Abigail C; Wang, Lili; Robertson, Gabriella L; Riffle, Stellan N; Shi, Linzheng; Knollmann, Bjorn C; Burnette, Dylan T; Gama, Vivian

IScience

Graphical abstract for Coupling to substrate adhesions drives the maturation of muscle stress fibers into myofibrils within cardiomyocytes

Taneja*, Nilay; Neininger*, Abigail C; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Graphical abstract for Precise tuning of cortical contractility regulates cell shape during cytokinesis

Taneja, Nilay; Bersi, Matthew R; Baillargeon, Sophie M; Fenix, Aidan M; Cooper, James A; Ohi, Ryoma; Gama, Vivian; Merryman, W David; Burnette, Dylan T

Cell reports

Animated microscopy for Inhibition of focal adhesion kinase increases myofibril viscosity in cardiac myocytes

Taneja, Nilay; Bersi, Matthew R; Rasmussen, Megan L; Gama, Vivian; Merryman, W David; Burnette, Dylan T

Cytoskeleton

Graphical abstract for Myosin IIA drives membrane bleb retraction

Taneja, Nilay; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular biology of the cell

Graphical abstract for Focal adhesions control cleavage furrow shape and spindle tilt during mitosis

Taneja, Nilay; Fenix, Aidan M; Rathbun, Lindsay; Millis, Bryan A; Tyska, Matthew J; Hehnly, Heidi; Burnette, Dylan T

Scientific reports

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Taneja, Nilay; Looney, Claire A; Moubarak, Michael F; McGovern, Meriel J; Yeoh, Kenji; Zallen, Jennifer A

Developmental Cell

2026

Hayes, James B; Choudhary, Dharmendra; Ritter, Dylan; Neininger-Castro, Abigail C; Willet, Alaina H; Caplan, Leah R; Wang, Yu; Liu, Xiao; Taneja, Nilay; Sanchez, Zachary C; others

Circulation research, vol. 138, no. 1, pp. e326412

2026

Prudhomme, Ian S; Brooks, Eric R; Taneja, Nilay; Bhattacharya, Bhaswati; LaFleche, Brian J; Furuta, Yasuhide; Zallen, Jennifer A

eLife reviewed preprint, v1

2026

Jeppesen, Dennis K; Sanchez, Zachary C; Kelley, Noah M; Hayes, James B; Ambroise, Jessica; Koory, Emma N; Krystofiak, Evan; Taneja, Nilay; Zhang, Qin; Dungan, Matthew M; others

Nature Cell Biology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 438–448

2025

Neininger-Castro, Abigail C; Hayes, James B; Sanchez, Zachary C; Taneja, Nilay; Fenix, Aidan M; Moparthi, Satish; Vassilopoulos, St{\\'e

eLife, vol. 12, pp. RP87065

2023

Pittman, Matthew; Lu, Ernest; Li, Keva; Wang, Mingjiu; Chen, Junjie; Taneja, Nilay; Jo, Myung; Park, Seungman Park; Jung, Wei-Hung; Liang, Le; others

Nature Physics, vol. 18, pp. 1112–1121

2022

Taneja, Nilay; Baillargeon, Sophie M; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular biology of the cell, vol. 32, no. 20, pp. br3

2021

Zhang, Qin; Jeppesen, Dennis K; Higginbotham, James N; Graves-Deal, Ramona; Trinh, Vincent Q; Ramirez, Marisol A; Sohn, Yoojin; Neininger, Abigail C; Taneja, Nilay; McKinley, Eliot T; others

Nature cell biology, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 1240–1254

2021

Rasmussen*, Megan L; Taneja*, Nilay; Neininger, Abigail C; Wang, Lili; Robertson, Gabriella L; Riffle, Stellan N; Shi, Linzheng; Knollmann, Bjorn C; Burnette, Dylan T; Gama, Vivian

IScience, vol. 23, no. 4

2020

Taneja*, Nilay; Neininger*, Abigail C; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular Biology of the Cell, vol. 31, no. 12, pp. 1273–1288

2020

Taneja, Nilay; Bersi, Matthew R; Baillargeon, Sophie M; Fenix, Aidan M; Cooper, James A; Ohi, Ryoma; Gama, Vivian; Merryman, W David; Burnette, Dylan T

Cell reports, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 107477

2020

Taneja, Nilay; Bersi, Matthew R; Rasmussen, Megan L; Gama, Vivian; Merryman, W David; Burnette, Dylan T

Cytoskeleton, vol. 77, no. 9, pp. 342–350

2020

Taneja, Nilay; Rathbun, Lindsay; Hehnly, Heidi; Burnette, Dylan T

Current opinion in cell biology, vol. 56, pp. 45–52

2019

Taneja, Nilay; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular biology of the cell, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 1051–1059

2019

Burnette, Dylan T; Fenix, Aidan M; Neininger, Abigail C; Taneja, Nilay; Hyde, Karren; Visetsouk, Mike R; Garde, Ryan; Liu, Baohong; Nixon, Benjamin R; Manalo, Annabelle E;

Circulation Research, vol. 125, no. Suppl_1, pp. A901-A901

2019

Fenix, Aidan M; Neininger, Abigail C; Taneja, Nilay; Hyde, Karren; Visetsouk, Mike R; Garde, Ryan J; Liu, Baohong; Nixon, Benjamin R; Manalo, Annabelle E; Becker, Jason R; others

Elife, vol. 7, pp. e42144

2018

Taneja, Nilay; Bersi, Matthew R; Fenix, Aidan M; Snider, John C; Cooper, James A; Ohi, Ryoma; Gama, Vivian; Merryman, W David; Burnette, Dylan T

Available at SSRN 3155577

2018

Taneja, Nilay; Fenix, Aidan M; Rathbun, Lindsay; Millis, Bryan A; Tyska, Matthew J; Hehnly, Heidi; Burnette, Dylan T

Scientific reports, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 29846

2016

Fenix, Aidan M; Taneja, Nilay; Buttler, Carmen A; Lewis, John; Van Engelenburg, Schuyler B; Ohi, Ryoma; Burnette, Dylan T

Molecular biology of the cell, vol. 27, no. 9, pp. 1465–1478

2016

Pachauri, Vinita; Taneja, Nilay; Vikram, Prashant; Singh, Nagendra Kumar; Singh, Sanjay

Australian journal of crop science, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 923

2013

Taneja Lab @ Rutgers

Mechanotransduction in multicellular tissues