Naveen Chana
@naveenchana.bsky.social
Genetics and Molecular Biology PhD Student
Kieber Lab
UNC Chapel Hill
Kieber Lab
UNC Chapel Hill
My first (and first-author) paper investigating how Arabidopsis AUGMIN8 interacts with microtubules is now available online in @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social! I'm incredibly grateful to have performed this work as an undergrad and postbac in Sidney Shaw's lab at IUB. doi.org/10.1002/cm.7...
Arabidopsis AUGMIN8 Contains Two Independent Microtubule Association Domains
Plant cells create a plasma membrane-associated network of microtubules that are nucleated by γ-tubulin ring complexes primarily through microtubule-dependent microtubule nucleation (MDMN). This dyna...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
My first (and first-author) paper investigating how Arabidopsis AUGMIN8 interacts with microtubules is now available online in @cytoskeljournal.bsky.social! I'm incredibly grateful to have performed this work as an undergrad and postbac in Sidney Shaw's lab at IUB. doi.org/10.1002/cm.7...
Reposted by Naveen Chana
Once dismissed as a nuisance, this humble weed is now at the center of cutting-edge science 🌱
Researchers are using Arabidopsis as a model organism to boost crop resilience, fight climate stress, and even inspire new biotech innovations. 🔬
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Researchers are using Arabidopsis as a model organism to boost crop resilience, fight climate stress, and even inspire new biotech innovations. 🔬
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Once dismissed as a nuisance, this humble weed is now at the center of cutting-edge science 🌱
Researchers are using Arabidopsis as a model organism to boost crop resilience, fight climate stress, and even inspire new biotech innovations. 🔬
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Researchers are using Arabidopsis as a model organism to boost crop resilience, fight climate stress, and even inspire new biotech innovations. 🔬
knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Naveen Chana
An article on Model Organisms, published in Science in 2005, lists the Models that together represent "the diversity of life".
Guess which model is missing from the list?
This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research.
#PlantBlindness #PlantScience
Guess which model is missing from the list?
This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research.
#PlantBlindness #PlantScience
October 24, 2025 at 8:10 AM
An article on Model Organisms, published in Science in 2005, lists the Models that together represent "the diversity of life".
Guess which model is missing from the list?
This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research.
#PlantBlindness #PlantScience
Guess which model is missing from the list?
This view is one major reason why it's so difficult to obtain funding for basic plant research.
#PlantBlindness #PlantScience
Thank you– it was a pleasure speaking with you! This is my first TCM, and I'm having a great time meeting the community.
@tricytomeet.bsky.social continued with a lively poster session. I particularly liked the presentation by Naveen Chana, about work in Sid Shaw's IU lab on the plant augmin complex & microtubule regulation. She's now a PhD student in Joe Kieber's lab at UNC
trianglecytoskeleton.com/2025-meeting...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Thank you– it was a pleasure speaking with you! This is my first TCM, and I'm having a great time meeting the community.