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[gallery ids="105889"] Jordon Aragon, a graduate student in the Hirschi Lab, has been awarded an NIH-NHLBI F31 predoctoral fellowship. Jordon's award focuses on how proper cell cycle control is necessary for endothelial cells to form arteries, veins, and a functional cardiovascular system. The post Jordan Aragon Receives F31 Award appeared first on Department of Cell Biology .

Authors: Holly M Torsilieri 1 2, Clint M Upchurch 3, Norbert Leitinger 3, James E Casanova  Citation: Torsilieri HM, Upchurch CM, Leitinger N, Casanova JE. Salmonella-induced cholesterol accumulation in infected macrophages suppresses autophagy via mTORC1 activation. Mol Biol Cell. 2025 Jan 1;36(1):ar3. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E24-06-0283. Epub 2024 Nov 27. PMID: 39602284; PMCID: PMC11742112. DOI: 10.10…

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UVA Author: Tien Comlekoglu Citation: Sego TJ, Comlekoglu T, Peirce SM, Desimone DW, Glazier JA. General, open-source vertex modeling in biological applications using Tissue Forge. Sci Rep. 2023 Oct 19;13(1):17886. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-45127-x. PMID: 37857673; PMCID: PMC10587242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45127-x Pub-Med Number: 37857673 Vertex models are a widespread approach fo…

UVA Author: Tien Comlekoglu Citation: Comlekoglu T, Dzamba BJ, Pacheco GG, Shook DR, Sego TJ, Glazier JA, Peirce SM, DeSimone DW. Modeling the roles of cohesotaxis, cell-intercalation, and tissue geometry in collective cell migration of Xenopus mesendoderm. Biol Open. 2024 Aug 15;13(8):bio060615. doi: 10.1242/bio.060615. Epub 2024 Aug 19. PMID: 39162010; PMCID: PMC11360141. DOI: https://doi.org/1…

UVA Author: Xiaowei Lu Citation: Xie N, Landin Malt A, Adylkhan A, Rodeman N, Moraes Borges R, Hwang D, Liu A, Smith C, Hogan A, Lu X. Wnt7b acts in concert with Wnt5a to regulate tissue elongation and planar cell polarity via noncanonical Wnt signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Aug 27;121(35):e2405217121. […] The post Wnt7b acts in concert with Wnt5a to regulate tissue elongation and plana…

Authors: Shaylyn Clancy, Nicholas Xie, Tess Eluvathingal Muttikkal, Jasmine Wang, Aray Adylkhan, Esha Fateh, Margaret Smith, Phillip Wilson, Matthew Smith, Arielle Hogan, Ann Sutherland, Xiaowei Lu Citation: Clancy S, Xie N, Eluvathingal Muttikkal T, Wang J, Adylkhan A, Fateh E, Smith M, Wilson P, Smith M, Hogan A, Sutherland A, Lu X. Rac1 and Nectin3 […] The post Rac1 and Nectin3 are essential f…