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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

New paper out in Nature Communications! Tall bystander proteins block FcγR engagement in antibody-dependent phagocytosis, but engineering the membrane with tall binding proteins restores close contacts & rescues phagocytosis. Congrats to all the authors! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

New preprint! Surface confinement reshapes CRISPR assay dynamics in ways solution-phase work never reveals. We built a multi-scale framework to capture those effects, then used it to develop SurfCas: a multiplexed bead-based Cas13a assay in a one-pot format. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We are recruiting participants for endometriosis research. Our lab is studying menstrual blood to develop better diagnostic and therapeutic tools for endometriosis. If you would like to participate, please complete this survey: redcap.berkeley.edu/surveys/?s=8... #Endometriosis #WomenHealth

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Congratulations to Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social) for his doctoral hooding ceremony! #PhinisheD #PhD

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A huge thanks to everyone who participated in the Fletcher Lab Art Show 2026! Your creativity, talent, and passion made this event truly special. Check out the Ground State Ensemble performance: youtu.be/h7E9Nld7mtk?...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Fletcher Lab members brought hand-held microscopes to the @exploratorium.bsky.social outreach event — putting the power to explore the microscopic world directly in people's hands. Huge shoutout to Michael Anne, Zaina, Andres, and Chunzi. ©Exploratorium, photo by Ida Tietgen Høyrup.

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Congratulations to Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social) for being a recipient of the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Peer Mentor Award. Images courtesy of Laure Andrillon.

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Congratulations Smiti (@smitim.bsky.social) for passing your qualifying exam! #PhDCandidate

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Join us for the 22nd Fletcher Lab Artshow! We’re looking for artists to submit their work and be part of an evening celebrating creativity and community. We will also have the return of the Ground State Ensemble! Art by @chunzi-liu.bsky.social @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social @berkeleymcb.bsky.social

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The NTDscope is a portable brightfield, darkfield, and fluorescence microscope used for diagnosing neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). This video shows S. mansoni miracidia. Check out our most recent publication: journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Check out our latest preprint: LUCas! A direct light control of Cas13 trans-cleavage activity. Congrats to all the authors: Carlos (@carlosfng.bsky.social), Deepak (@deepakkrish.bsky.social), Andres, and Aymeric. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

If you are going to #ASCB2025, check out some great talks and posters from our lab members

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Congratulations Dan for being elected to the National Academy of Medicine! bit.ly/4o0pDj5

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Congratulations Kira for passing your qualifying exam!

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Had fun at the MBL Physiology Course in Woods Hole! Chunzi, Elizabeth & Kira led creative rotations: • Trogocytosis is a mi(gh)t-y way to transfer • Sync(ytium) or Swim: Which fusogen will reign supreme? • Mucin Impossible: Eat up or get lost

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Welcome to our new BioE Ph.D. students, Smiti and Michael Anne! @smitim.bsky.social

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Come to the Annual Fletcher Lab Artshow on Friday May 9th, 2025! We host this event yearly as an opportunity for folks to display their artwork, come together with wine and cheese, and admire artwork!

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Come explore and be amazed on April 12 and 13 at the @exploratorium.bsky.social. This event is based upon work supported by the Center for Cellular Construction. #microscopy #Magnified

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Congratulations to both Jared and Andres for passing their qualifying exams

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The NTDscope is a portable brightfield, darkfield, and fluorescence microscope used for the diagnosis of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Check out our latest preprint: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Some lab members and friends attended the #StandupforScience protest.

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Check out our latest preprint where we show how you can improve automated detection of schistosomiasis by using images of multiple contrasts (brightfield and darkfield) acquired on a mobile microscope! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Excited to share our latest paper: SurFlex microscopy! A new technique to measure the flexibility of surface-tethered biomolecules. Congrats to Aymeric, @sid592.bsky.social and @blenackmon.bsky.social! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

If you are attending #CellBio2024, be sure to attend our lab member's oral and poster presentations. @ascbiology.bsky.social

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Fletcher Lab @fletcherlabucb.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

At the beginning of the video, the macrophage is trogocytosing a giant unilamellar vesicle at low tension (0.27 mN/m). Pipette suction is applied and tension is increased to 3.68 mN/m and the macrophage begins to engulf the GUV. #macrophages #trogocytosis #GUV #biophysics

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