What is happening with these differentiating adipocyte-derived stem cells??? 🤯 Why is EGFP-LifeAct in/around the nucleus? Artifact?? Why would it disappear while others are stable for hours? #FluorescenceFriday #Actin
Today we celebrated @ginclark87.bsky.social bday! happy birthday Ginger!
Nishi started her 10-week UH-HEART fellowship at @uh.edu. Read more about her story here:
John Gurdon (1933-2025)
Sir John Gurdon was a towering figure in developmental biology, respected and admired throughout the world. In this Obituary, Jim Smith writes about his legacy.
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The lab went out for lunch!
The lab is opened and functional. fortlab.uta.edu
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First long term confocal imaging #Zeiss from the lab. Adipose-derived stem cells expressing LifeAct.
Extremely happy to have the last paper of my postdoc published in @jcb.org
Thank you to @vubasicsciences.bsky.social and to Ian Macara for his support, mentorship and for caring so much for his trainees.
Happy to follow-up on this story at @utaresearch.bsky.social
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🚨 CELEBRATION ALERT! 🚨
Congratulations to Nishi who was accepted in the UH-HEART program for a 10-week internship @uh.edu thanks to @americanheart.bsky.social . Amazing achievement!
Congratulation to Dylan who received a URF Fellowship for this summer!
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Modi will participate in 10-week UH-HEART program this summer
Fort et al. identify a mechanobiological gate controlling mesoderm identity in human pluripotent stem cells. They show that actomyosin contractility suppre
