Laura McCormick

Very excited to share that the first half of my thesis work from @stephgupton1 lab is now on bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

New paper up on bioRxiv biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Awesome work from @Devika_An demonstrating what types of tethering you can reconstitute with GUVs and liposomes in vitro. She also shows that Atg11 can bind some membranes and recruit them to Atg32 coated GUVs.

Excited to be at #cellbio2023 year! I’ll be presenting my poster today at 1:45PM B426 and my talk on Wednesday 10:42 AM Rm253B. Stop by if you are interested in neuronal morphogenesis, actin cytoskeleton or E3 ubiquitin ligases!

We are so excited to have SO many great talks and posters at #cellbio2023 this year! Our Cytoskeleton Club members & friends are utilizing a wide variety of techniques to study an even wider breadth of scientific topics! Check here for talk and poster info:

Enrollment is now open for our Spring semester Microscopy course! Email asap to enroll! 🔬🎉👇

So proud of our new study from the fabulous Molly Kulikauskas (@MollyKulikausk1 ) and the rest of the team! Alk1 signaling, like life, is a balance......

@Diering_Lab @SeanMGay Congrats @SeanMGay!

I am excited to share our newest preprint! Led by Sean Gay @SeanMGay, we take a dive into the synaptic function of sleep and consequence of sleep loss across development #Synapse-#BrainDevelopment: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… 1/10

Giant Axonal Neuropathy (GAN) arises from mutations in gigaxonin, an E3 ubiquitin ligase adaptor. New work from Battaglia et al. (@OfGlia) shows intermediate filament accumulation in novel iPSC-derived astrocyte & brain organoid models of GAN. molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mb…

So happy for @le_mccorm presenting her PhD defence today! From Day 1 of meeting you, you were already a shining star, in all senses! 8 years on, you're no doubt putting the rest of us to shame even more! Excited for your next chapter 🥲

Our paper is (finally) officially published! Check out our work showing that acetylation-mimic TDP-43 impairs RNA regulation, alters protein localization and solubility, and induces behavioral deficits in aging mice. doi.org/10.7554/eLife.… (1/2)

@NeuroWoodworks @Proteintech @k_lukasik

#GIVEAWAY in collaboration with @Proteintech. The winner will receive this walnut wood purkinje neuron inspired by Cajal's work. To enter: 🔬follow @Proteintech + @NeuroWoodworks 🔬like this post and RT 🔬 tag your labmate

@BodrugTanya @UNC_PHCO @HaselbachLab @ZhongingAlong @Hahn_Lab @WeiZhangTO Congratulations!

Exited to share my thesis project! Huge thanks to co-mentors Nick Brown at @UNC_PHCO and @HaselbachLab. Also couldn’t have made it happen without major input and contributions from @ZhongingAlong (cryodrgn❄️🐉) @Hahn_Lab (microscopy) @WeiZhangTO (ubiquitin variants) and others 🙏

I am happy to share our latest study on the mechanism of the Anaphase promoting complex just out now in @NatureSMB. This is a close collaboration with the Brown lab @UNC, spearheaded by the amazing @BodrugTanya , who bridged the project across an ocean. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Read about the cover art for the newly released issue of Biophysical Journal on the BPS Blog: ow.ly/7lrq50PNjHA

We’re almost halfway to our petition goal of creating safer bike lanes for students, staff and faculty at UNC (and community members in Chapel Hill.) Please sign: actionnetwork.org/petitions/bike…

Congrats to @le_mccorm for her career article in @ASBMB out today!!! Thank you also to @MichelleItano and @UNC_NMC for being our partners in the experience described! Exploring careers in microscopy asbmb.org/asbmb-today/ca…

@raj_mito @hhiggslab @MitoCareCenter Congrats Raj!!!

Elated to have been awarded an NIH MIRA R35 within a year of opening my lab !!! Grateful to @hhiggslab and @MitoCareCenter …. My lab will be recruiting at all levels….

Long-chain fatty acyl-coenzyme A activates the mitochondrial fission factors MiD49 and MiD51 by inducing their oligomerization biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

A big thank you to our wonderful collaborators: -Nick Brown -Cristian Suarez & Dave Kovar -@chemical_laura & @UNC_Proteomics -@kevcannon520

Collectively, our results show how multi-monoubiquitination negatively regulates VASP activity and influences actin dynamics in cells!

Very excited to share that the first half of my thesis work from @stephgupton1 lab is now on bioRxiv! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…