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Dev/cell bio lab at Emory University with interests in centrosomes, cool imaging, other random goodies.
Atlanta, GA
Joined December 2017
Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus. This issue is being coordinated by Abby Buchwalter, working alongside Megan King. Deadline: 5 January 2026 https://t.co/fBDvoADcTg
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Registration is live for the 2026 EMBO RNA localization and local translation meeting. Join us in Porto, Portugal! https://t.co/qtuCRSjrA6
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Announcing the 2026 edition of the EMBO workshop on RNA localization and local translation! This meeting will be held June 30 - July 4 near Porto, Portugal. Come for exciting updates in the field from both established investigators and trainees. See the link below for details!
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I’m sad to miss #CellBio2025 this year, but a student I co-mentor with @SaraThomasy (Raneesh Ramarapu) will be presenting a paper poster and a digital poster about single-cell developmental trajectories and microtubules in corneal formation! Please check it out! @ASCBiology
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Press release on our latest paper, a collaboration with @PauFormosa and @RoederLab ! A tool to uncover spatial patterns of DNA content across tissues https://t.co/8mjqgiiAkP
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We are also heading to #CellBio2025 ! Posters Sunday B#495 (Buehler), Tues B#229 (@topjetH) & B#50 (Hailstock) & a talk Tues at 4p during the Centrosome Minisym (Rm 115; Buehler)! You can also find me at the @ASCBiology MBoC Booth Sun at 2p - come say hi!
Who’s going to #CellBio2025? I’ll be there - let’s connect ♥️ 🧫
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Check out this perspective out now in MBoC @ASCBiology I co-wrote w/ Dr. Powers, the last woman in my dept to obtain tenure (now retired). https://t.co/pHSZdlnRI2 The challenge of equal representation in academia remains.
molbiolcell.org
The barriers limiting the number of women appointed, retained, and promoted in academia are well documented. Addressing these barriers is key to increasing participation in STEM, which in turn is...
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The most popular loser in Georgia? On today's @PoliticallyGa, meet Sam Foster, the 24-year-old IT specialist who came within 87 votes of unseating Marietta’s mayor. Foster explains what his campaign says about the push for generational change in local politics. #gapol
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Today, I’m remembering the millions of souls we’ve lost to AIDS-related illness. It’s shameful that the President has chosen not to commemorate this day for the first time in decades. All while slashing funding for HIV prevention & treatment. We must keep fighting to end
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Summer undergraduate research training @MDAndersonNews - CATALYST umbrella for 21 summer programs. Applications open now for June 1 - August 7, 2026. App deadline Jan 14, 2026. https://t.co/AF84ITWbJ9
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In their Tools and Resources article, Nina Grishchenko, Michael Olson and colleagues present Toogle-Untoogle, a cell segmentation tool with an interactive user verification interface. https://t.co/oysKWuw7N1
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Excited to announce that the newest paper from my lab on the Drosophila visual system is out today! Modulating the levels and activity of the retinal determination network is sufficient to induce the specification of distinct tissue fates in Drosophila
journals.biologists.com
Summary: Modulation of members of the retinal determination gene regulatory network and their co-factors in Drosophila eyes reveals that differential expression of transcription factors is sufficient...
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Calling all PhD students and postdocs! Exciting opportunity: EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme (CPP) Fellowships are open for applications until 30 November! 🔬 What you get: • Up to €4,000 to cover travel and accommodation • Support for stays of 1–6 months at any of
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From MBoC… @lablerit (@EmoryUniversity) shows how cells choreograph RNA delivery to their division centers—keeping the process of cell division precise and on time. 🔗 https://t.co/yio2OCtSSY
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We are hiring! We are currently interviewing for an entry level staff position in the lab, but it is not too late to submit a postdoc application! Send a note of interest to me via email and apply here:
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The FlyBase situation has made the national news
nbcnews.com
This spring, the Trump administration rescinded a grant that maintained FlyBase, a pillar of global basic research, as part of its broader $2.2 billion funding cuts at Harvard.
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