Genetic transformation of chytrid fungus published in eLife
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- posted May 12, 2020
“Genetic transformation of Spizellomyces punctatus, a resource for studying chytrid biology and evolutionary cell biology” is now published in eLife. Here’s the abstract: Chytrids are early-diverging fungi that share features with animals that have been lost in most other fungi. They hold promise as a...
Read MoreCommunicate cell variability with SuperPlots
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- posted April 30, 2020
“SuperPlots: Communicating reproducibility and variability in cell biology” is now published in the Journal of Cell Biology. Here’s the abstract: P values and error bars help readers infer whether a reported difference would likely recur, with the sample size n used for statistical tests representing biological...
Read MoreGraduate student awarded Honorable Mention in NSF GRFP
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- posted March 31, 2020
Our graduate student, Kristyn Robinson, has been awarded an Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program competition!
Read MorePostdoc Dr. Katrina Velle awarded a NIH F32 fellowship
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- posted March 2, 2020
Katrina Velle was awarded an F32 from the NIH to fund her research: “Defining actin-based mechanisms driving basic cell functions and pathogenic behaviors in Naegleria.” While the “brain eating amoeba” Naegleria fowleri has a ~95% fatality rate, we have little understanding of the mechanisms...
Read More2019 ASCB-EMBO Conference with Team Chytrid
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- posted December 16, 2019
The Fritz-Laylin lab attended the 2019 ASCB-EMBO Conference in Washington DC from December 7-11. Lil gave a talk about the Naegleria spindle as part of the Subgroup “Mechanics of Large Cellular Machines” and co-chaired the Minisymposium “Quantitative Approaches to Cell Biology.” Edgar presented a...
Read MoreA Cell in Motion: Work featured in Exploratorium Exhibit
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- posted November 4, 2019
Lil’s work studying neutrophil movement with 3D microscopy (eLife 2017) has been featured as an exhibit at the Exploratorium – a “public learning laboratory exploring the world through science, art, and human perception” located in San Francisco, California. The exhibit, titled “A Cell in...
Read MoreReview published in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
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- posted August 27, 2019
Katrina and Lil published a review on the “Diversity and evolution of actin-dependent phenotypes” in Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. Here’s the abstract: The actin cytoskeleton governs a vast array of core eukaryotic phenotypes that include cell movement, endocytosis, vesicular trafficking, and cytokinesis....
Read MorePew Biomedical Scholars – 2019 Class
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- posted June 18, 2019
Lillian has been named a Pew Biomedical Scholar! Here’s more about what it means to be a Pew Scholar: The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health....
Read MoreUndergraduate Biology Symposium
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- posted May 12, 2019
We have some outstanding undergraduates in our lab! Recently, our seniors, Sarah Prostak and Alena Naritsin, and the Wadsworth lab’s Emily Norton (not pictured) presented their thesis work with a poster presentation followed by a symposium talk. For her work on chytrids, Sarah was...
Read MoreFeatured in JCB’s People and Ideas
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- posted March 27, 2019
Lillian was featured in the most recent addition of the Journal of Cell Biology’s People and Ideas section! Check out the full article here.
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