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Monday – FUSION: Leo Bondel, Katie Holmes, & Jake Roetcisoender

G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

Leo Bondel (Zylka lab) Our goal is to identify guide RNAs targeting the UBE3A-ATS in human neurons, which allow for installation of a Poly(A) signal with cytosine base editors These edits have the potential to restore UBE3A expression, making this an attractive therapeutic strategy for Angelman Syndrome     Katie Holmes (Baldwin lab) White matter astrocytes maintain … Read more

Monday – FUSION: Henry Uchenna, Meghan Anderman, & Ashlyn Laidman

G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

Henry Uchenna (Maddox lab) Capping Protein depletion accelerates furrowing and cytokinesis, likely due to increased F-actin in the contractile ring It also disrupts spindle dynamics, potentially through effects on the dynein-dynactin complex     Meghan Anderman (McCauley lab) Using human intestinal organoids to model gastrointestinal (GI) pathophysiology in cystic fibrosis Assessing the general role of … Read more

Monday – FUSION: Gabby Bais & Sherry Hsu

G202 MBRB 111 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill

Gabby Bais (Giudice lab) FXR1 may regulate the translation of many cardiomyocyte-specific proteins Expression of muscle-specific splice isoforms of FXR1 may impact the contractility of the adult heart     Sherry Hsu (Cohen lab) Tubulin acetylation and polyglutamylation increase early in neuronal differentiation, exhibit distinct distributions, and are important for maintaining neuronal morphology Tubulin acetylation … Read more