Dunn Lab
dunnlab.bsky.social
Dunn Lab
@dunnlab.bsky.social
We study how living things build themselves. Core approaches are molecular biophysics and cryo-ET. We also work closely with developmental and computational biologists. Will post about new results, relevant meetings, and cool papers from collaborators.
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Please consider applying to this fabulous Company of Biologists Meeting!

New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development

16 – 19 November 2025, Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

COB meetings are amazing: small, focused, and with exceptional speakers (food and drink are also exceptional)!
I'm helping organize the 2026 Signaling by Adhesion Receptors GRC and would love your speaker suggestions! We're especially looking for assistant professors or new community members who would enrich the meeting. Send your suggestions via PRIVATE message or email. Thanks!
May 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please consider applying to this fabulous Company of Biologists Meeting!

New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development

16 – 19 November 2025, Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

COB meetings are amazing: small, focused, and with exceptional speakers (food and drink are also exceptional)!
May 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
1st catch-up post:

Christina (now faculty, UCSD) used single-molecule imaging and theory to understand the mechanism of motility used by Apicomplexans, single-celled parasites that includes malaria.

Read for: unusual cytoskeletal dynamics, active-matter theory

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Emergent actin flows explain distinct modes of gliding motility - Nature Physics
Unicellular parasites, such as Toxoplasma gondii, can use different forms of gliding motions when infecting a host. These motility modes arise from the self-organizing properties of filamentous actin ...
www.nature.com
January 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Hello world! We're happy to be moving our account to a new platform. Over the next few days I'll be posting a backlog of news from our group.
January 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM