Mr Charles Ferguson
Manager, Scientific Services/Outputs
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 344 39143

Journal Articles
                  Hall, Thomas E., Ariotti, Nicholas, Lo, Harriet P., Rae, James, Ferguson, Charles, Martel, Nick, Lim, Ye-Wheen, Giacomotto, Jean and Parton, Robert G. (2023). Cell surface plasticity in response to shape change in the whole organism. Current Biology, 33 (19), 4276-4284. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.068
                
              
                  Wu, Yeping, Lim, Ye-Wheen, Stroud, David A., Martel, Nick, Hall, Thomas E., Lo, Harriet P., Ferguson, Charles, Ryan, Michael T., McMahon, Kerrie-Ann and Parton, Robert G. (2023). Caveolae sense oxidative stress through membrane lipid peroxidation and cytosolic release of CAVIN1 to regulate NRF2. Developmental Cell, 58 (5), 376-397.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2023.02.004
                
              
                  Rae, James, Ferguson, Charles, Ariotti, Nicholas, Webb, Richard I., Cheng, Han-Hao, Mead, James L., Riches, James D., Hunter, Dominic J.B., Martel, Nick, Baltos, Joanne, Christopoulos, Arthur, Bryce, Nicole S., Cagigas, Maria Lastra, Fonseka, Sachini, Sayre, Marcel E., Hardeman, Edna C., Gunning, Peter W., Gambin, Yann, Hall, Thomas E. and Parton, Robert G. (2021). A robust method for particulate detection of a genetic tag for 3D electron microscopy. eLife, 10 e64630, 1-17. doi: 10.7554/eLife.64630
                
              
                  Ariotti, Nicholas, Wu, Yeping, Okano, Satomi, Gambin, Yann, Follett, Jordan, Rae, James, Ferguson, Charles, Teasdale, Rohan D., Alexandrov, Kirill, Meunier, Frederic A., Hill, Michelle M. and Parton, Robert G. (2020). An inverted CAV1 (caveolin 1) topology defines novel autophagy-dependent exosome secretion from prostate cancer cells. Autophagy, 17 (9), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2020.1820787
                
              
                  Hall, Thomas E., Martel, Nick, Ariotti, Nicholas, Xiong, Zherui, Lo, Harriet P., Ferguson, Charles, Rae, James, Lim, Ye-Wheen and Parton, Robert G. (2020). In vivo cell biological screening identifies an endocytic capture mechanism for T-tubule formation. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 3711, 3711. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17486-w
                
              
                  McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Wu, Yeping, Gambin, Yann, Sierecki, Emma, Tillu, Vikas A., Hall, Thomas, Martel, Nick, Okano, Satomi, Moradi, Shayli Varasteh, Ruelcke, Jayde E., Ferguson, Charles, Yap, Alpha S., Alexandrov, Kirill, Hill, Michelle M. and Parton, Robert G. (2019). Identification of intracellular cavin target proteins reveals cavin-PP1alpha interactions regulate apoptosis. Nature Communications, 10 (1) 3279, 3279. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-11111-1
                
              
                  Tillu, Vikas A., Lim, Ye-Wheen, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Mureev, Sergey, Ferguson, Charles, Bastiani, Michele, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Lo, Harriet P., Hall, Thomas E., Alexandrov, Kirill, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2018). A variable undecad repeat domain in cavin1 regulates caveola formation and stability. EMBO Reports, 19 (9) e45775. doi: 10.15252/embr.201845775
                
              
                  Jung, WooRam, Sierecki, Emma, Bastiani, Michele, O'Carroll, Ailis, Alexandrov, Kirill, Rae, James, Johnston, Wayne, Hunter, Dominic J. B., Ferguson, Charles, Gambin, Yann, Ariotti, Nicholas and Parton, Robert G. (2018). Cell-free formation and interactome analysis of caveolae. The Journal of Cell Biology, 217 (6), 2141-2165. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201707004
                
              
                  Hsu, FoSheng, Spannl, Stephanie, Ferguson, Charles, Hyman, Anthony A., Parton, Robert G. and Zerial, Marino (2018). Rab5 and Alsin regulate stress-activated cytoprotective signaling on mitochondria. eLife, 7 e32282, 1-37. doi: 10.7554/eLife.32282
                
              
                  Xu, Dijin, Li, Yuqi, Wu, Lizhen, Li, Ying, Zhao, Dongyu, Yu, Jinhai, Huang, Tuozhi, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G., Yang, Hongyuan and Li, Peng (2018). Rab18 promotes lipid droplet (LD) growth by tethering the ER to LDs through SNARE and NRZ interactions. The Journal of Cell Biology, 217 (3), 975-995. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201704184
                
              
                  Johnston, Angus P. R., Rae, James, Ariotti, Nicholas, Bailey, Benjamin, Lija, Andrew, Webb, Robyn, Ferguson, Charles, Maher, Sheryl, Davis, Thomas P., Webb, Richard I., McGhee, John and Parton, Robert G. (2017). Journey to the centre of the cell: Virtual reality immersion into scientific data. Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), 19 (2), 105-110. doi: 10.1111/tra.12538
                
              
                  Mills, Richard J., Titmarsh, Drew M., Koenig, Xaver, Parker, Benjamin L., Ryall, James G., Quaife-Ryan, Gregory A., Voges, Holly K., Hodson, Mark P., Ferguson, Charles, Drowley, Lauren, Plowright, Alleyn T., Needham, Elise J., Wang, Qing-Dong, Gregorevic, Paul, Xin, Mei, Thomas, Walter G., Parton, Robert G., Nielsen, Lars K., Launikonis, Bradley S., James, David E., Elliott, David A., Porrello, Enzo R. and Hudson, James E. (2017). Functional screening in human cardiac organoids reveals a metabolic mechanism for cardiomyocyte cell cycle arrest. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (40), E8372-E8381. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707316114
                
              
                  Hirama, Takashi, Das, Raibatak, Yang, Yanbo, Ferguson, Charles, Won, Amy, Yip, Christopher M., Kay, Jason G., Grinstein, Sergio, Parton, Robert G. and Fairn, Gregory D. (2017). Phosphatidylserine dictates the assembly and dynamics of caveolae in the plasma membrane. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292 (34), 14292-14307. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M117.791400
                
              
                  Lim, Ye-Wheen, Lo, Harriet P., Ferguson, Charles, Martel, Nick, Giacomotto, Jean, Gomez, Guillermo A., Yap, Alpha S., Hall, Thomas E. and Parton, Robert G. (2017). Caveolae protect notochord cells against catastrophic mechanical failure during development. Current Biology, 27 (13), 1968-1981.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.067
                
              
                  Kaakinen, Mika, Reichelt, Melissa E., Ma, Zhibin, Ferguson, Charles, Martel, Nick, Porrello, Enzo R., Hudson, James E., Thomas, Walter G., Parton, Robert G. and Headrick, John P. (2017). Cavin-1 deficiency modifies myocardial and coronary function, stretch responses and ischaemic tolerance: roles of NOS over-activity. Basic Research in Cardiology, 112 (3) 24, 24. doi: 10.1007/s00395-017-0613-6
                
              
                  Kerr, Markus C., Gomez, Guillermo A., Ferguson, Charles, Tanzer, Maria C., Murphy, James M., Yap, Alpha S., Parton, Robert G., Huston, Wilhelmina M. and Teasdale, Rohan D. (2017). Laser-mediated rupture of chlamydial inclusions triggers pathogen egress and host cell necrosis. Nature Communications, 8 (1) 14729, 14729. doi: 10.1038/ncomms14729
                
              
                  Pagac, Martin, Cooper, Daniel E., Qi, Yanfei, Lukmantara, Ivan E., Mak, Hoi Yin, Wu, Zengying, Tian, Yuan, Liu, Zhonghua, Lei, Mona, Du, Ximing, Ferguson, Charles, Kotevski, Damian, Sadowski, Pawel, Chen, Weiqin, Boroda, Salome, Harris, Thurl E., Liu, George, Parton, Robert G., Huang, Xun, Coleman, Rosalind A. and Yang, Hongyuan (2016). SEIPIN regulates lipid droplet expansion and adipocyte development by modulating the activity of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase. Cell Reports, 17 (6), 1546-1559. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.10.037
                
              
                  Murray, David H., Jahnel, Marcus, Lauer, Janelle, Avellaneda, Mario J., Brouilly, Nicolas, Cezanne, Alice, Morales-Navarrete, Hernan, Perini, Enrico D., Ferguson, Charles, Lupas, Andrei N., Kalaidzidis, Yannis, Parton, Robert G., Grill, Stephan W. and Zerial, Marino (2016). An endosomal tether undergoes an entropic collapse to bring vesicles together. Nature, 537 (7618), 107-111. doi: 10.1038/nature19326
                
              
                  Hall, Thomas, Ariotti, Nicholas, Ferguson, Charles, Zherui, Xiong and Parton, Robert G. (2016). New transgenic lines for localization of GFP-tagged proteins by electron microscope. Zebrafish, 13 (3), 232-233. doi: 10.1089/zeb.2016.29002.hal
                
              
                  Sala-Vila, Aleix, Navarro-Lerida, Inmaculada, Sanchez-Alvarez, Miguel, Bosch, Marta, Calvo, Carlos, Lopez, Juan Antonio, Calvo, Enrique, Ferguson, Charles, Giacomello, Marta, Serafini, Annalisa, Scorrano, Luca, Enriquez, Jose Antonio, Balsinde, Jesus, Parton, Robert G., Vazquez, Jesus, Pol, Albert and Del Pozo, Miguel A. (2016). Interplay between hepatic mitochondria-Associated membranes, lipid metabolism and caveolin-1 in mice. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 27351, 27351. doi: 10.1038/srep27351
                
              
                  Ariotti, Nicholas, Hall, Thomas, Rae, James, Ferguson, Charles, McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Martel, Nick, Webb, Robyn E., Webb, Richard I., Teasdale, Rohan D. and Parton, Robert G. (2015). Modular detection of GFP-labeled proteins for rapid screening by electron microscopy in cells and organisms. Developmental Cell, 35 (4), 513-525. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.10.016
                
              
                  Takasato, Minoru, Er, Pei X., Chiu, Han S., Maier, Barbara, Baillie, Gregory J., Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G., Wolvetang, Ernst J., Roost, Matthias S., de Sousa Lopes, Susana M. Chuva and Little, Melissa H. (2015). Kidney organoids from human iPS cells contain multiple lineages and model human nephrogenesis. Nature, 526 (7574), 564-568. doi: 10.1038/nature15695
                
              
                  Parchure, Anup, Vyas, Neha, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G. and Mayor, Satyajit (2015). Oligomerization and endocytosis of Hedgehog is necessary for its efficient exovesicular secretion. Molecular Biology of The Cell, 26 (25), 1-35. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E15-09-0671
                
              
                  Ariotti, Nicholas, Rae, James, Leneva, Natalya, Ferguson, Charles, Loo, Dorothy, Okano, Satomi, Hill, Michelle M., Walser, Piers, Collins, Brett M. and Parton, Robert G. (2015). Molecular characterization of caveolin-induced membrane curvature. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290 (41), 24875-24890. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.644336
                
              
                  Kalaidzidis, Inna, Miaczynska, Marta, Brewinska-Olchowik, Marta, Hupalowska, Anna, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G., Kalaidzidis, Yannis and Zerial, Marino (2015). APPL endosomes are not obligatory endocytic intermediates but act as stable cargo-sorting compartments. Journal of Cell Biology, 211 (1), 123-144. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201311117
                
              
                  Lo, Harriet P., Nixon, Susan Jane, Hall, Thomas Edward, Cowling, Belinda Simone, Ferguson, Charles, Morgan, Garry Patrick, Schieber, Nicole Louise, Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel Alejandro, Bastiani, Michele, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Martel, Nick, Laporte, Jocelyn, Pilch, Paul F. and Parton, Robert (2015). The caveolin–cavin system plays a conserved and critical role in mechanoprotection of skeletal muscle. The Journal of Experimental Medicine, 212 (10), 833-849. doi: 10.1084/jem.21210oia80
                
              
                  Lo, Harriet P., Nixon, Susan J., Hall, Thomas E., Cowling, Belinda S., Ferguson, Charles, Morgan, Garry P., Schieber, Nicole L., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel A., Bastiani, Michele, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Martel, Nick, Laporte, Jocelyn, Pilch, Paul F. and Parton, Robert G. (2015). The caveolin-cavin system plays a conserved and critical role in mechanoprotection of skeletal muscle. Journal of Cell Biology, 210 (5), 833-849. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201501046
                
              
                  Herms, Albert, Bosch, Marta, Reddy, Babu J. N., Schieber, Nicole L., Fajardo, Alba, Ruperez, Celia, Fernandez-Vidal, Andrea, Ferguson, Charles, Rentero, Carles, Tebar, Francesc, Enrich, Carlos, Parton, Robert G., Gross, Steven P. and Pol, Albert (2015). AMPK activation promotes lipid droplet dispersion on detyrosinated microtubules to increase mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation. Nature Communications, 6 (1) 7176, 7176.1-7176.14. doi: 10.1038/ncomms8176
                
              
                  Kovtun, Oleksiy, Tilu, Vikas A., Jung, WooRam, Leneva, Natalya, Ariotti, Nicholas, Chaudhary, Natasha, Mandyam, Ramya A., Ferguson, Charles, Morgan, Garry P., Johnston, Wayne A., Harrop, Stephen J., Alexandrov, Kirill, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2014). Structural insights into the organization of the cavin membrane coat complex. Developmental Cell, 31 (4), 405-419. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.10.002
                
              
                  Salloum, Shadi, Wang, Hongliang, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G. and Tai, Andrew W. (2013). Rab18 Binds to Hepatitis C Virus NS5A and Promotes Interaction between Sites of Viral Replication and Lipid Droplets. PLoS Pathogens, 9 (8) e1003513, e1003513. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003513
                
              
                  Fernández Rojo, Manuel, Gongora, Milena, Fitzsimmons, Rebecca L., Martel, Nick, Martin, Sheree D., Nixon, Susan, Brooks, Andrew J., Ikonomopoulou, Maria P., Martin, Sally, Lo, Harriet P., Myers, Stephen A., Restall, Christina, Ferguson, Charles, Pilch, Paul F., McGee, Sean L., Anderson, Robin L., Waters, Michael J., Hancock, John F., Grimmond, Sean M., Muscat, George E. and Parton, Robert G. (2013). Caveolin-1 is necessary for hepatic oxidative lipid metabolism: evidence for crosstalk between caveolin-1 and bile acid signaling. Cell Reports, 4 (2), 238-247. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.06.017
                
              
                  Kyrkou, A., Soufi, M., Bahtz, R., Ferguson, C., Bai, M., Parton, R. G., Hoffmann, I., Zerial, M., Fotsis, T. and Murphy, C. (2013). RhoD participates in the regulation of cell-cycle progression and centrosome duplication. Oncogene, 32 (14), 1831-1842. doi: 10.1038/onc.2012.195
                
              
                  Kyrkou, Athena, Soufi, Maria, Blatz, Ramona, Ferguson, Charles, Bai, Maria, Parton, Robert G., Hoffman, Ingrid, Zerial, Marino, Fotsis, Theodore and Murphy, Carol (2013). The RhoD to centrosomal duplication. Small GTPases, 4 (2), 116-122. doi: 10.4161/sgtp.23707
                
              
                  Walser, Piers, Ariotti, Nicholas, Howes, Mark, Ferguson, Charles, Webb, Richard, Schwudke, Dominik, Leneva, Natalya, Cho, Kwang-Jin, Cooper, Leanne, Rae, James, Floetenmeyer, Matthias, Oorschot, Viola M. J., Skoglund, Ulf, Simons, Kai, Hancock, John F. and Parton, Robert G. (2012). Constitutive formation of caveolae in a bacterium. Cell, 150 (4), 752-763. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.06.042
                
              
                  Fernandez Rojo, Manuel Alejandro, Restall, Christina, Ferguson, Charles, Martel, Nick, Martin, Sally, Bosch, Marta, Kassan, Adam, Leong, Gary M., Martin, Sheree D., McGee, Sean L., Muscat, George E., Anderson, Robin L., Enrich, Carlos, Pol, Albert and Parton, Robert G. (2012). Caveolin-1 orchestrates the balance between glucose and lipid-dependent energy metabolism: Implications for liver regeneration. Hepatology, 55 (5), 1574-1584. doi: 10.1002/hep.24810
                
              
                  Ashe, Alyson, Butterfield, Natalie C., Town, Liam, Courtney, Andrew D., Cooper, Ashley N., Ferguson, Charles, Barry, Rachael, Olsson, Fredrik, Liem, Karel F., Parton, Robert G., Wainwright, Brandon J., Anderson, Kathryn V., Whitelaw, Emma and Wicking, Carol (2012). Mutations in mouse Ift144 model the craniofacial, limb and rib defects in skeletal ciliopathies. Human Molecular Genetics, 21 (8) ddr613, 1808-1823. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddr613
                
              
                  Fei, Weihua, Shui, Guanghou, Zhang, Yuxi, Krahmer, Natalie, Ferguson, Charles, Kapterian, Tamar S., Lin, Ruby C., Dawes, Ian W., Brown, Andrew J., Li, Peng, Huang, Xun, Parton, Robert G., Wenk, Markus R., Walther, Tobias C. and Yang, Hongyuan (2011). A role for phosphatidic acid in the formation of "supersized" lipid droplets. Plos Genetics, 7 (7) e1002201, e1002201.1-e1002201.11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002201
                
              
                  Du, Ximing, Kumar, Jaspal, Ferguson, Charles, Schulz, Timothy A., Ong, Yan Ong, Hong, Wanjin, Prinz, William A., Parton, Robert G., Brown, Andrew J. and Yang, Hongyuan (2011). A role for oxysterol-binding protein-related protein 5 in endosomal cholesterol trafficking. Journal of Cell Biology, 192 (1), 121-135. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201004142
                
              
                  Smutny, Michael, Cox, Hayley L., Leerberg, Joanne M., Kovacs, Eva M., Conti, Mary Anne, Ferguson, Charles, Hamilton, Nicholas A., Parton, Robert G., Adelstein, Robert S. and Yap, Alpha S. (2010). Myosin II isoforms identify distinct functional modules that support integrity of the epithelial zonula adherens. Nature Cell Biology, 12 (7), 696-702. doi: 10.1038/ncb2072
                
              
                  Yan, Y, Johnston, APR, Dodds, SJ, Kamphuis, MMJ, Ferguson, C, Parton, RG, Nice, EC, Heath, JK and Caruso, F (2010). Uptake and intracellular fate of disulfide-bonded polymer hydrogel capsules for doxorubicin delivery to colorectal cancer cells. ACS Nano, 4 (5), 2928-2936. doi: 10.1021/nn100173h
                
              
                  Downes, Meredith, Francois, Mathias, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G. and Koopman, Peter (2009). Vascular defects in a mouse model of hypotrichosis-lymphedema-telangiectasia syndrome indicate a role for SOX18 in blood vessel maturation. Human Molecular Genetics, 18 (15), 2839-2850. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddp219
                
              
                  Lingwood, Daniel, Schuck, Sebastian, Ferguson, Charles and Gerl, Mathias J. (2009). Generation of cubic membranes by controlled homotypic interaction of membrane proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 284 (18), 12041-12048. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M900220200
                
              
                  Kirkham, Matthew, Nixon, Susan J., Howes, Mark T., Abi-Rached, Laurent, Wakeham, Diane E., Hanzal-Bayer, Michael, Ferguson, Charles, Hill, Michelle M., Fernandez-Rojo, Manuel, Brown, Deborah A., Hancock, John F., Brodsky, Frances M. and Parton, Robert G. (2008). Evolutionary analysis and molecular dissection of caveola biogenesis. Journal of Cell Science, 121 (12), 2075-2086. doi: 10.1242/jcs.024588
                
              
                  Richter, T., Floetenmeyer, M., Ferguson, C., Galea, J., Goh, J., Lindsay, M. R., Morgan, G. P., Marsh, B. J. and Parton, R. G. (2008). High-resolution 3D quantitative analysis of caveolar ultrastructure and caveola-cytoskeleton interactions. Traffic, 9 (6), 893-939. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2008.00733.x
                
              
                  Sobo, Komla, Le Blanc, Isabelle, Luyet, Pierre-Philippe, Fivaz, Marc, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G., Gruenberg, Jean and van der Goot, F. Gisou (2007). Late Endosomal Cholesterol Accumulation Leads to Impaired Intra-Endosomal Trafficking. PLoS One, 2 (9) e851, e851. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000851
                
              
                  Castner, G. and Ferguson, C. (2000). The effect of transaction costs on the decision to replace 'off-the-shelf' software: The role of software diffusion and infusion. Information Systems Journal, 10 (1), 65-83. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2000.00071.x
                
              Conference Paper
                  Niebert, Marcus, Riches, James, Howes, Mark, Ferguson, Charles, Parton, Robert G., Middelberg, Anton P. J., Rintoul, Llew and Fredericks, Peter M. (2007). Hybrid organic-inorganic nanoparticles: controlled incorporation of gold nanoparticles into virus-like particles and application in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.. SPIE International Symposium on Smart Materials, Nano- and Micro-Smart System, Adelaide, Australia, December 11-13, 2006. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.695578