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Leah Caplan

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Vanderbilt PhD candidate in Cell & Developmental Biology | Tyska Lab | Vanderbilt University | actin dynamics ๐Ÿ”ฌ (she/her)

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Have you always wondered how microvilli form? Where DOES that actin come from to form the core bundle? Come to the #BuildingTheCell (Part 1) subgroup tomorrow morning at 8:45 to find out! Room 29C. #CellBio2025

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17.12.2024 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When youโ€™re imaging and your sample takes a Pikachu!
Having fun playing around with our new #Nikon NSPARC for #FluorescenceFriday
#microscopy #myosin #epithelial #cellbiology #meme
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06.12.2024 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A non-muscle ฮฑ-actinin is an intrinsic component of the cardiac Z-disc and regulates sarcomere turnover, contractility, and heart remodeling Cardiac sarcomeres generate the fundamental forces behind each heartbeat and are thought to contain only muscle-specific cytoskeletal proteins. We show that a widely expressed actin cross-linking prot...

New Burnette Lab Preprint!

A non-muscle ฮฑ-actinin is an intrinsic component of the cardiac Z-disc and regulates sarcomere turnover, contractility, and heart remodeling
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

29.11.2024 00:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Needed a *flash* of inspiration for my first post. Check out these dynamic actin structures in HeLa cells #cellbiology #cytoskeleton #microscopy

27.11.2024 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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