Publications
Bamji SX, Rico B, Kimes N and Reichardt LF (2006). BDNF mobilizes synaptic vesicles and enhances synapse formation by disrupting cadherin–ß-catenin interactions. J. Cell Biol. 174: 289-299. (Cover Image – Nikole Kimes)

Rico B, Beggs HE, Schahin-Reed D, Kimes N, Schmidt A and Reichardt LF (2004). Control of axonal branching and synapse formation by focal adhesion kinase. Nature Neuroscience 7, 1059-1069.

Bamji SX, Shimazu K, Kimes N, Huelsken J, Birchmeier W, Lu B and Reichardt LF (2003). Role of beta-catenin in synaptic vesicle localization and presynaptic assembly. Neuron 40(4), 719-731.

Elul T, Kimes N, Kohwi M and Reichardt LF (2003). N- and C-Terminal Domains of b-Catenin, Respectively, Are Required to Initiate and Shape Axon Arbors of Retinal Ganglion Cells In Vivo. J. Neuroscience 23(16), 6567-6575.

Abstracts at National Meetings
Kilpatrick L, Kimes N, Morris P, Roth J, Rudnick P, Yang S and Stein S (2007). Building Peptide Mass Spectral Libraries from Digests of Bacterial Lysates [abs.]. 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry. (1118) Indianapolis, Indiana.
Kimes N, Francis K, Yu S and Wei L (2006). Neural differentiation and transplantation of human embryonic stem cells after ischemic stroke in rats [abs]. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting (521.6/C9) Atlanta, GA.

Francis K, Kimes N, Yu S and Wei L (2006). Neurally-induced human embryonic stem cells exhibit neuronal channels and functional activity[abs]. 2006 Neuroscience Meeting (785.7/A29) Atlanta, GA.

Nolan R, Kimes N, Flippin J, Davis E and Goldstein L (2006). Generation and characterization of hESC lines with Cre-dependent RNAi of Kinesin-1 subunit [abs.]. 4th International Society of Stem Cell Research Meeting. Cairns, Australia.

Awards
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2007)