Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University 2015
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Developmental regulation of epithelial polarization by pre-mRNA splicing awarded by National Institutes of Health 2023 - 2026
  • Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Intestinal Inflammation awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Levic, Daniel S., and Michel Bagnat. “Polarized transport of membrane and secreted proteins during lumen morphogenesis.” Semin Cell Dev Biol 133 (January 15, 2023): 65–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.03.016.
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    • Luderman, Lauryn N., Mackenzie T. Michaels, Daniel S. Levic, and Ela W. Knapik. “Zebrafish Erc1b mediates motor innervation and organization of craniofacial muscles in control of jaw movement.” Dev Dyn 252, no. 1 (January 2023): 104–23. https://doi.org/10.1002/dvdy.511.
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    • Levic, Daniel S., and Michel Bagnat. “Self-organization of apical membrane protein sorting in epithelial cells.” Febs J 289, no. 3 (February 2022): 659–70. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.15882.
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    • Levic, Daniel S., Naoya Yamaguchi, Siyao Wang, Holger Knaut, and Michel Bagnat. “Knock-in tagging in zebrafish facilitated by insertion into non-coding regions.” Development 148, no. 19 (October 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.199994.
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    • Levic, Daniel S., Sean Ryan, Lindsay Marjoram, Jamie Honeycutt, Jennifer Bagwell, and Michel Bagnat. “Distinct roles for luminal acidification in apical protein sorting and trafficking in zebrafish.” J Cell Biol 219, no. 4 (April 6, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201908225.
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    • Park, Jieun, Daniel S. Levic, Kaelyn D. Sumigray, Jennifer Bagwell, Oznur Eroglu, Carina L. Block, Cagla Eroglu, et al. “Lysosome-Rich Enterocytes Mediate Protein Absorption in the Vertebrate Gut.” Dev Cell 51, no. 1 (October 7, 2019): 7-20.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2019.08.001.
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    • Unlu, Gokhan, Eric R. Gamazon, Xinzi Qi, Daniel S. Levic, Lisa Bastarache, Joshua C. Denny, Dan M. Roden, et al. “GRIK5 Genetically Regulated Expression Associated with Eye and Vascular Phenomes: Discovery through Iteration among Biobanks, Electronic Health Records, and Zebrafish.” Am J Hum Genet 104, no. 3 (March 7, 2019): 503–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.01.017.
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    • Garcia, Jamie, Jennifer Bagwell, Brian Njaine, James Norman, Daniel S. Levic, Susan Wopat, Sara E. Miller, et al. “Sheath Cell Invasion and Trans-differentiation Repair Mechanical Damage Caused by Loss of Caveolae in the Zebrafish Notochord.” Curr Biol 27, no. 13 (July 10, 2017): 1982-1989.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.035.
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    • Pfaltzgraff, Elise R., Richard Samade, Rebecca Adams, Daniel S. Levic, David M. Bader, and Amy E. Fleming. “Interprofessional projects promote and strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration.” Med Educ 49, no. 11 (November 2015): 1156–57. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.12860.
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    • Zou, Ping, Shu-Yu Wu, Hanane A. Koteiche, Sanjay Mishra, Daniel S. Levic, Ela Knapik, Wenbiao Chen, and Hassane S. Mchaourab. “A conserved role of αA-crystallin in the development of the zebrafish embryonic lens.” Exp Eye Res 138 (September 2015): 104–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2015.07.001.
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    • Levic, Daniel S., J. R. Minkel, Wen-Der Wang, Witold M. Rybski, David B. Melville, and Ela W. Knapik. “Animal model of Sar1b deficiency presents lipid absorption deficits similar to Anderson disease.” J Mol Med (Berl) 93, no. 2 (February 2015): 165–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-014-1247-x.
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    • Unlu, Gokhan, Daniel S. Levic, David B. Melville, and Ela W. Knapik. “Trafficking mechanisms of extracellular matrix macromolecules: insights from vertebrate development and human diseases.” Int J Biochem Cell Biol 47 (February 2014): 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2013.11.005.
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    • Venkateswaran, Amudhan, Konjeti R. Sekhar, Daniel S. Levic, David B. Melville, Travis A. Clark, Witold M. Rybski, Alexandra J. Walsh, et al. “The NADH oxidase ENOX1, a critical mediator of endothelial cell radiosensitization, is crucial for vascular development.” Cancer Res 74, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 38–43. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-1981.
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    • Melville, David B., Mercedes Montero-Balaguer, Daniel S. Levic, Kevin Bradley, Jeffrey R. Smith, Antonis K. Hatzopoulos, and Ela W. Knapik. “The feelgood mutation in zebrafish dysregulates COPII-dependent secretion of select extracellular matrix proteins in skeletal morphogenesis.” Dis Model Mech 4, no. 6 (November 2011): 763–76. https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.007625.
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    • Eames, B Frank, Yi-Lin Yan, Mary E. Swartz, Daniel S. Levic, Ela W. Knapik, John H. Postlethwait, and Charles B. Kimmel. “Mutations in fam20b and xylt1 reveal that cartilage matrix controls timing of endochondral ossification by inhibiting chondrocyte maturation.” Plos Genet 7, no. 8 (August 2011): e1002246. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002246.
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  • Preprints

    • Levic, Daniel, Gokhan Unlu, David Melville, and Ela Knapik. “Regulated extracellular matrix trafficking shapes cell growth during cartilage morphogenesis.” BioRxiv, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.08.495337.
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    • Levic, Daniel, Naoya Yamaguchi, Siyao Wang, Holger Knaut, and Michel Bagnat. “Knock-in tagging in zebrafish facilitated by insertion into non-coding regions.” BioRxiv, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.08.451679.
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