Leah Caplan
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Leah Caplan
@lrcap.bsky.social
Vanderbilt PhD candidate in Cell & Developmental Biology | Tyska Lab | Vanderbilt University | actin dynamics 🔬
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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
December 17, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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
December 6, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Leah Caplan
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...
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...
www.biorxiv.org
November 29, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Needed a *flash* of inspiration for my first post. Check out these dynamic actin structures in HeLa cells #cellbiology #cytoskeleton #microscopy
November 27, 2024 at 9:42 PM