Alaina Willet

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Hello #MicroscopyMonday! How about 2 new papers with CISR-EM team & Vanderbilt researchers? First, TEM from the @gouldlab.bsky.social with CISR-EM's Dr. Evan Krystofiak to show changes in fungal cell wall architecture. @pnas.org @awillet.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/23rncw78

Would you believe us if we told you these are fission yeast cells (missing two genes)?! Check out our newest publication in collaboration with Tuo Wang's group! @awillet.bsky.social
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Celebrating recent appointments and promotions in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences Congratulations to our School of Medicine Basic Sciences members who were promoted or received new appointments between January and March 2025. These individuals significantly enrich our pursuit of…

🎉 Congrats to our faculty members on their recent appointments and promotions! These individuals significantly enrich our pursuit of pathbreaking research and contribute to the growth and success of our school. Join us in congratulating them! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...

Enhancing Yeast Transformation: Achieving up to a Tenfold Increase Through a Single Adjustment in the Lithium Acetate–Polyethylene Glycol Method In red are the proposed improvements to the classical yeast transformation protocol.

Just add sorbitol!
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Hello Nashville,Tennessee science supporters!
Please note the slight time and location change. Now 1-4 and meeting at the east steps of the capitol building due to construction. Sign up at the eventbright for headcount please! www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #science #standupforscience2025

🚀 #AlphaFold Database update

AlphaFold DB now integrates The Encyclopedia of Domains (TED) – a resource designed to systematically identify & classify structural domains within AlphaFold-predicted protein structures.

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@pdbeurope.bsky.social

Kathy and I will be representing the @gouldlab.bsky.social at #CellBio2024. I will also be giving a talk in the Cytokinesis part 2 subgroup Sunday night. I can’t wait to share some unpublished data about the role of PI(4,5)P2 in cytokinesis!

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New mutations in the core Schizosaccharomyces pombe spindle pole body scaffold Ppc89 reveal separable functions in regulating cell division Abstract. Centrosomes and spindle pole bodies (SPBs) are important for mitotic spindle formation and also serve as signaling platforms. In the fission yeas

Our newest publication out now was headed by our talented undergraduate student Sarah Hanna and mentor @awillet.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...