The Hehnly lab has been expanding their repertoire from 2D and 3D mammalian tissue culture to also include zebrafish as a model. We started with the help of Jeff Amack’s lab at SUNY Upstate, but now have invested in our very own zebrafish facility with the help of Aquaneering and Syracuse University. Stay tuned for two fun studies in the works where we do cell biology in the zebrafish embryo.
Graduate Student Lindsay Rathbun gave a great talk and poster at SU Biology's Graduate Student Research Day!
Lindsay at her poster in the SU life sciences complex atrium.
Lindsay at her poster in the SU life sciences complex atrium.
ASCB/EMBO 2018 in San Diego
Erica Colicino, Lindsay Rathbun, and myself all presented posters this year on spindle orientation in zebrafish morphogenesis, the role of abscission in lumen formation in vivo, and chromosomes asymmetrically segregating. Also, our collaborators Carlos Castaneda and his student Julia Riley presented their work. We got lots of great feedback and got to enjoy a lot of sun. Highlights included seeing old friends from Iowa, Seattle, and Umass, and a cat cafe. Some photos below:
Visiting Clarkson University to present on Cell Division and Membrane Trafficking
I had a wonderful time at Clarkson University in Potsdam NY last Friday (November 30) giving a seminar on “The role of cell division and membrane trafficking in tissue morphogenesis”. I got some great pointers on zebrafish techniques from Ken Wallace’s group and got to watch Ken do cell transplants in the early embryo!
The highlight of my trip was seeing an old friend, Katie Stevens, who worked in our lab last summer. Here’s some photos below of Clarkson University’s campus, Hockey, and Katie.
