Publications

Our peer-reviewed papers and preprints. For the complete, always-current list, see Google Scholar or the NCBI bibliography.

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Bacterial Ribonucleoprotein bodies maintain an acidic pH environment as a mechanism of enzyme regulation
Schnorr, W.E., Sasazawa, M., Dzurik, K.G., Mallikaarachchi, K.S., Yassine, H., Dilrangi, K.H., Cho, R., Millheim, S.L., Millstone, J.E., Schrader, J.M., Saurabh, S., Childers, W.S.
Nature Communications · 2026Phase separation in biology Cellular resilience
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A tunable aqueous architecture modulates functional output in biomolecular condensates
Sasazawa, M., Chen, M., Zeng, R., Denis, U., Bais, S., Hoffstadt, J., von Hofe, J., Hoffmann, N., Volkova, Y., Saurabh, S.
PreprintbioRxiv · 2026Phase separation in biology Chemical biology & biophotonics
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Holographic fingerprinting reveals oligomer-driven phase separation in Bovine Serum Albumin
Cheong, F.C., Lee, S.Y., Bais, S., Khanal, S., Saurabh, S.
ACS Chemical & Biomedical Imaging · 2026Chemical biology & biophotonics Phase separation in biology
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Multivalency controls the growth and dynamics of a biomolecular condensate
von Hofe, J., Abacousnac, J., Chen, M., Sasazawa, M., Kristiansen, I.J., Westrey, S., Grier, D., Saurabh, S.
JACS · 2025Chemical biology & biophotonics Phase separation in biology
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A Mechanical Logic for Bacterial Navigation
Zeng, R., Sacanna, S., Saurabh, S.
PreprintbioRxiv · 2025Chemical biology & biophotonics Cellular resilience
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PEPCy: Photostable fluoromodules for live cell, super-resolution microscopy of surface proteins
Sasazawa, M., Chimthanawala, A., Zeng, R., Kim, D., Buchan, K., Zhang, M., Saurabh, S.
PreprintbioRxiv · 2024Chemical biology & biophotonics
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Biomolecular condensates as stress sensors and modulators of bacterial signaling
Sasazawa, M., Tomares, D.T., Childers, W.S., Saurabh, S.
PLoS Pathogens · 2024Phase separation in biology Cellular resilience
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Intranasal CRMP2-Ubc9 inhibitor regulates NaV1.7 to alleviate trigeminal neuropathic pain
Loya-Lopez, S.I., Allen, H.N., Duran, P., Calderon-Rivera, A., Gomez, K., Kumar, U., Shields, R., Zeng, R., Dwivedi, A., Saurabh, S., Korczeniewska, O.A., Khanna, R.
Pain · 2023Chemical biology & biophotonics
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Phosphatase to kinase switch of a critical enzyme contributes to timing of cell differentiation
Chong, T.N., Panjalingam, M., Saurabh, S., Shapiro, L.
mBio · 2023Chemical biology & biophotonics Cellular resilience

Pre-NYU publications

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Structural and photophysical characterization of the small ultra-red fluorescent protein
Maiti, A., Buffalo, C.Z., Saurabh, S., Montecinos-Franjola, F., Hachey, J.S., Conlon, W.J., Tran, G.N., Hassan, B., Walters, K.J., Drobizhev, M., Moerner, W.E., Ghosh, P., Matsuo, H., Tsien, R.Y., Lin, J.Y., Rodriguez, E.A.
Nature Communications · 2023
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ATP-responsive biomolecular condensates tune bacterial kinase signaling
Saurabh, S., Chong, T.N., Bayas, C., Dahlberg, P.D., Cartwright, H.N., Moerner, W.E., Shapiro, L.
Science Advances · 2022
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Opposing effects of cohesion and transcription on CTCF organization revealed by super-resolution imaging
Comerci, C.J., Gu, B., McCarthy, D.G., Saurabh, S., Moerner, W.E., Wysocka, J.
Molecular Cell · 2020
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Cryogenic single-molecule fluorescence annotations for electron tomography reveal in situ organization of key proteins in Caulobacter
Dahlberg, P.D., Saurabh, S., Sartor, A.M., Wang, J., Mitchell, P.G., Chiu, W., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W.E.
PNAS · 2020
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The nucleoid-associated protein GapR uses conserved structural elements to oligomerize and bind DNA
Lourenço, R., Saurabh, S., Herrmann, J., Wakatsuki, S., Shapiro, L.
mBio · 2020
17
Decoding the function of expansion segments in ribosomes
Fuji, K., Susanto, T.T., Saurabh, S., Barna, M.
Molecular Cell · 2018
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Identification of PAmKate as a red photoactivatable fluorescent protein for cryogenic super-resolution imaging
Dahlberg, P.D., Sartor, A.M., Wang, J., Saurabh, S., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W.E.
JACS · 2018
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Direct selection of fluorescence-enhancing RNA aptamers
Gotrik, M., Sekhon, G., Saurabh, S., Nakamoto, M., Eisenstein, M., Soh, H.T.
JACS · 2018
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Super-resolution microscopy and single-protein tracking in live bacteria using a genetically encoded, photostable fluoromodule
Saurabh, S., Perez, A.M., Comerci, C.J., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W.E.
Current Protocols in Cell Biology · 2017
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Genetically targeted ratiometric and activated pH indicator complexes (TRApHIC) for receptor trafficking
Perkins, L.A., Yan, Q., Schmidt, B.F., Kolodieznyi, D., Saurabh, S., Larsen, M.B., Watkins, S., Kremer, L., Bruchez, M.P.
Biochemistry · 2017
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Super-resolution imaging of live bacteria cells using a genetically-directed, highly photostable fluoromodule
Saurabh, S., Perez, A.M., Comerci, C.J., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W.E.
JACS · 2016
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Removing orientation-induced localization biases in single-molecule microscopy using a broadband metasurface mask
Backlund, M.P., Arbabi, A., Petrov, P.N., Arbabi, E., Saurabh, S., Faraon, A., Moerner, W.E.
Nature Photonics · 2016
10
Kinetically tunable photostability of fluorogen-activating peptide-fluorogen complexes
Saurabh, S., Zhang, M., Mann, V.R., Costello, A.M., Bruchez, M.P.
ChemPhysChem · 2015
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Genetically targeted fluorogenic macromolecules for subcellular imaging and cellular perturbation
Magenau, A.J.*, Saurabh, S.*, Andreko, S.K., Telmer, C.A., Schmidt, B.F., Waggoner, A.S., Bruchez, M.P.
Biomaterials · 2015
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Fluoromodule-based reporter/probes designed for in vivo fluorescence imaging
Zhang, M., Chakraborty, S.K., Sampath, P., Rojas, J.J., Hou, W., Saurabh, S., Thorne, S.H., Bruchez, M.P., Waggoner, A.S.
Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2015
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Near-instant surface-selective fluorogenic protein quantification using sulfonated triarylmethane dyes and fluorogen activating proteins
Yan, Q., Schmidt, B.F., Perkins, L.A., Naganbabu, M., Saurabh, S., Andreko, S.K., Bruchez, M.P.
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry · 2015
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Reply to 'Complexity of molecular crowding in cell-free enzymatic reaction networks'
Tan, C., Saurabh, S., Bruchez, M.P., Schwartz, R., LeDuc, P.
Nature Nanotechnology · 2014
5
Targeting dyes for biology
Saurabh, S., Bruchez, M.P.
Cell Membrane Nanodomains: From Biochemistry to Nanoscopy (book chapter) · 2014
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Multiplexed modular genetic targeting of quantum dots
Saurabh, S., Beck, L.E., Maji, S., Baty, C.J., Wang, Y., Yan, Q., Watkins, S.C., Bruchez, M.P.
ACS Nano · 2014
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Molecular crowding shapes gene expression in synthetic cellular nanosystems
Tan, C., Saurabh, S., Bruchez, M.P., Schwartz, R., LeDuc, P.
Nature Nanotechnology · 2013
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Plasticization of poly(vinylpyrrolidone) thin films under ambient humidity: insight from single-molecule tracer diffusion dynamics
Bhattacharya, S., Sharma, D.K., Saurabh, S., De, S., Sain, A., Nandi, A., Chowdhury, A.
Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 2013
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Evaluation of sCMOS cameras for detection and localization of single Cy5 molecules
Saurabh, S., Maji, S., Bruchez, M.P.
Optics Express · 2012

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