Bio-Protocol paper published.
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- posted November 20, 2018
Our Bio-Protocol paper on the relative quantitation of polymerized actin in suspension cells has been published. Here is the abstract for the text: The amount of polymerized actin within a cell can vary widely due to natural processes and/or experimentally induced perturbations. We routinely...
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Our NSF EDGE grant is funded!
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- posted August 30, 2018
Because of the generous support of the NSF EDGE program, we now have resources to develop molecular genetics for chytrid fungi! We will use these tools to study the evolution of cell motility. We will be sharing protocols and reagents as we go, so...
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BioEssays review published.
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- posted May 30, 2018
Our BioEssay review on how language influences our understanding of cell motility has been published. Here is an excerpt from the full text: The lack of a concise and consistently applied vocabulary to describe dynamic membrane protrusions has become an impediment to the study...
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We’re NIH funded!
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- posted May 18, 2018
It’s official; NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease) has funded our R21 grant “Disruption of gene function in Naegleria.” Over the next two years, we will adapt RNAi and CRISPR methods for use with Naegleria gruberi, a noninfectious relative of the deadly...
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MBL Whitman Center Early Career Award: we’re headed to Woods Hole!
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- posted March 1, 2018
Exciting news: Lillian has been awarded a 2018 Whitman Center Early Career Award to work at the Marine Biological Laboratory. We’ll be heading out to Woods Hole this summer to study aquatic chytrid fungi and the evolution of cell motility. In addition to our...
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ASCB Celldance 2017 unveiled
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- posted December 7, 2017
A major highlight of our trip to the ASCB annual meeting this year was the award ceremony for the ASCB 2017 Cell Dance competition where we unveiled our winning entry. This video was a collaboration with Dyche Mullins’ lab at UCSF, and highlights some...
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Our paper is featured in JCB’s “The Year in Cell Biology: 2017”
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- posted December 5, 2017
Each year, the editorial board of the Journal of Cell Biology selects 10 papers for their Year in Cell Biology that represent a “broad selection of cutting edge cell biology and reflects the articles that most captured the attention and interest of our readers”....
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Review on evolution of crawling motility published
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- posted October 2, 2017
Our review “Our evolving view of cell motility” came out today in the journal Cell Cycle. We outline how we are tracing the evolutionary history of distinct modes of cell motility. This review features this figure, which Lillian drew in less than hour using...
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Our analysis of crawling neutrophils is published in eLife
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- posted September 26, 2017
Our paper “Actin-based protrusions of migrating neutrophils are intrinsically lamellar and facilitate direction changes” came out today in eLife. Here, we describe how we apply new imaging techniques (lattice light sheet microscopy) as well as 3D visualization to understand how white blood cells can...
Read MorePreparing for Journal Club
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- posted September 25, 2017
Reading the literature is one of the most important things we do! Journal Club provides a format for us to keep up on the literature, engage with ideas as a group, and learn how to assess experiments, data, and interpretation. To make the most...
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