
Announcements
- AnnouncementsCongratulations to Jennifer Messina who graduated from the Lynes Lab in Spring of 2019 as a University Scholar with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology and a Master of Science in Cell and Developmental Biology. She is currently pursuing and MD/PhD at SUNY Upstate Medical University. Congratulations to Dr. Sadikshya Bhandari on […]
Upcoming MCB Events
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Feb
7
MCB Grad Recruitment All Day
MCB Grad Recruitment
Friday, February 7th, 2025
All Day
Biology/Physics Building
MCB Graduate Student Recruitment
This event is by invitation only.
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Feb
7
MCB Research in Progress: Grad Recruitment Seminar 12:30pm
MCB Research in Progress: Grad Recruitment Seminar
Friday, February 7th, 2025
12:30 PM
BPB 131
Russell Hanson, (Goldhamer Lab)
Investigating fascia in the development of heterotopic ossification in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans ProgressivaShania Kalladanthyil (Hanlon Lab)
How new chromosomes come to “B” in D. melanogasterMakayla Leroux (Teschke Lab)
Investigating portal:scaffolding protein interactions in bacteriophage P22Caroline Vieira Da Silva (Milligan-McClellan Lab)
Investigating the outer membrane vesicles and the surface layer protein in the Aeromonas veroniiContact Information:
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Feb
11
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Katrina Velle 3:30pm
MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Katrina Velle
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
03:30 PM
BPB 130
Dr. Katrina Velle (’18)
Assistant Professor
UMass Dartmouth
Host: Ken CampelloneA relative of the “brain-eating amoeba” uses conserved mechanisms to crawl through diverse environment
Summary: This talk will address how Naegleria gruberi amoebae crawl through simple and complex environments using two distinct modes of actin-dependent cell migration.
Bio: Katrina Velle is a cell biologist interested in cytoskeleton-driven phenotypes and pathogenic microbes. She is investigating the contributions of actin networks to cell migration, cell division, and osmoregulation in Naegleria, including the “brain-eating amoeba.” She received her PhD in Molecular and Cell Biology from UConn in 2018, and worked with Dr. Fritz-Laylin at UMass Amherst for her postdoctoral research. She is now an Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology at UMass Dartmouth. Her work has been supported by an NIH F32 fellowship (NIAID), an NIH K99/R00 Award (NIGMS), and Amazing Aven’s Quest for Amoeba Awareness.
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