Serena Lu (student)
"A 'Sweet' Role of Glucose in mRNA Splicing and Tissue Differentiation"
Miao, W., Porter, D.F., Lopez-Pajares, V., Siprashvili, Z., Meyers, R.M., Bai, Y., Nguyen, D.T., Ko, L.A., Zarnegar, B.J., Ferguson, I.D., et al. (2023). Glucose dissociates DDX21 dimers to regulate mRNA splicing and tissue differentiation. Cell 186, 80-97.e26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.12.004
Coaches: Stephen Floor, PhD & Erica Hutchins, PhD
Zack Mullin-Bernstein (student)
"How Did We Get Here? Building Spindles in a World Without Directions"
Fukuyama, T. et al. Morphological growth dynamics, mechanical stability, and active microtubule mechanics underlying spindle self-organization. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 119, e2209053119 (2022)
Coaches: Fred Chang, MD, PhD & Torsten Wittmann, PhD