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Alaina Willet

@awillet.bsky.social
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Research Associate Professor in Dr. Kathy Gould’s lab. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology.

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bioRxiv Cell Biology @biorxiv-cellbio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A multivalent docking platform and Rcn1-mediated inhibition control the extent of calcineurin recruitment to the cell division site for the dephosphorylation of multiple cytokinetic proteins www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
If you use PomBase, please help us to demonstrate our value, and make improvements by completing our user survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/7GXJL6X
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Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource (CISR) @vucellimaging.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Hello #MicroscopyMonday! How about 2 new papers with CISR-EM team & Vanderbilt researchers? First, TEM from the @gouldlab.bsky.social with CISR-EM's Dr. Evan Krystofiak to show changes in fungal cell wall architecture. @pnas.org @awillet.bsky.social @vubasicsciences.bsky.social tinyurl.com/23rncw78
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Gould lab @gouldlab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Would you believe us if we told you these are fission yeast cells (missing two genes)?! Check out our newest publication in collaboration with Tuo Wang's group! @awillet.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences @vubasicsciences.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
🎉 Congrats to our faculty members on their recent appointments and promotions! These individuals significantly enrich our pursuit of pathbreaking research and contribute to the growth and success of our school. Join us in congratulating them! 👏🏻👏🏼👏🏽👏🏾👏🏿 medschool.vanderbilt.edu/basic-scienc...
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Celebrating recent appointments and promotions in the School of Medicine Basic Sciences
Congratulations to our School of Medicine Basic Sciences members who were promoted or received new appointments between January and March 2025. These individuals significantly enrich our pursuit of…
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Gilles FISCHER @gillesfischer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Just add sorbitol! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Enhancing Yeast Transformation: Achieving up to a Tenfold Increase Through a Single Adjustment in the Lithium Acetate–Polyethylene Glycol Method
In red are the proposed improvements to the classical yeast transformation protocol.
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Katie Grant @bonjourkatie.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Hello Nashville,Tennessee science supporters! Please note the slight time and location change. Now 1-4 and meeting at the east steps of the capitol building due to construction. Sign up at the eventbright for headcount please! www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... #science #standupforscience2025
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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Nashville, TN
Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org
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EMBL-EBI @ebi.embl.org · 03/03/2025
🚀 #AlphaFold Database update AlphaFold DB now integrates The Encyclopedia of Domains (TED) – a resource designed to systematically identify & classify structural domains within AlphaFold-predicted protein structures. www.ebi.ac.uk/about/news/u... @pdbeurope.bsky.social
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Alaina Willet @awillet.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Kathy and I will be representing the @gouldlab.bsky.social at #CellBio2024. I will also be giving a talk in the Cytokinesis part 2 subgroup Sunday night. I can’t wait to share some unpublished data about the role of PI(4,5)P2 in cytokinesis!
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PomBase: The S. pombe knowledgebase @pombase.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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Gould lab @gouldlab.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Our newest publication out now was headed by our talented undergraduate student Sarah Hanna and mentor @awillet.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/g3journal/ad...
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New mutations in the core Schizosaccharomyces pombe spindle pole body scaffold Ppc89 reveal separable functions in regulating cell division
Abstract. Centrosomes and spindle pole bodies (SPBs) are important for mitotic spindle formation and also serve as signaling platforms. In the fission yeas
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