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Leah Caplan

@lrcap.bsky.social
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Vanderbilt PhD candidate in Cell & Developmental Biology | Tyska Lab | Vanderbilt University | actin dynamics 🔬 (she/her)

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Olivia Perkins @operkins.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Have you always wondered how microvilli form? Where DOES that actin come from to form the core bundle? Come to the #BuildingTheCell (Part 1) subgroup tomorrow morning at 8:45 to find out! Room 29C. #CellBio2025 @tyskalabactual.bsky.social
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Leah Caplan @lrcap.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
When you’re imaging and your sample takes a Pikachu! Having fun playing around with our new #Nikon NSPARC for #FluorescenceFriday #microscopy #myosin #epithelial #cellbiology #meme @tyskalabactual.bsky.social
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Dylan Burnette @mag2art.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
New Burnette Lab Preprint! A non-muscle α-actinin is an intrinsic component of the cardiac Z-disc and regulates sarcomere turnover, contractility, and heart remodeling www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A non-muscle α-actinin is an intrinsic component of the cardiac Z-disc and regulates sarcomere turnover, contractility, and heart remodeling
Cardiac sarcomeres generate the fundamental forces behind each heartbeat and are thought to contain only muscle-specific cytoskeletal proteins. We show that a widely expressed actin cross-linking prot...
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Leah Caplan @lrcap.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Needed a *flash* of inspiration for my first post. Check out these dynamic actin structures in HeLa cells #cellbiology #cytoskeleton #microscopy
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