Our lab is interested in how neutrophils process information, make decisions, and enact appropriate responses.

Joined June 2020
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Stefan's and Briana's paper on how differences in the duration of responses helps neutrophils decide which chemical trails to follow was just published in Science Signaling (@scisignal). science.org/doi/10.1126/scis…
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Specific receptor phosphorylation events control response duration. Longer duration corresponds with higher priority cues.
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Stefan previously presented this story in the InSiDE seminar series @InSiDE_Seminar (signalingdynamics.org/) x.com/InSiDE_Seminar/status/…
Only one month of InSiDE left! Join us this Thursday for talks from the Collins Lab and Ran Kafri!
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A very clever strategy to do cell migration screens by @nbellive in the Theriot lab. We were very happy to be able to help!
Happy to have this work out! Some of my postdoctoral work with Julie Theriot. nature.com/articles/s41467-0… (thanks for the support @JCChildsFund and @NIGMS)
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Two recent papers from our collaborations with the Carraway lab @UCD_Cancer. The papers report that the planar cell polarity pathway promotes the migration and malignant properties of cancer cells. Study on breast cancer led by Kacey VanderVorst: breast-cancer-research.biome…
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Study on glioblastoma led by Courtney Dreyer: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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Very cool paper from @JasonPTown in the @OWeinerLab on signal processing controlling cell steering!
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We are spinning in circles with excitement to see @JasonPTown fabulous work out @PLOSBiology ⤵️
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Catching up on some posts. We were very excited to see our collaboration led by @AHadjitheodorou in the Theriot lab published in @CellSystemsCP. cell.com/cell-systems/fullte…
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Very nice commentary that relates our recent collaboration in @CellSystemsCP to a broader picture of immune cell navigation by Schrope and Huttenlocher. cell.com/trends/immunology/f…

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Now two preprints using optogenetics to understand directed cell migration. Theriot and Collins labs' collaboration🤝Overwriting cell front-rear polarity by activating subcellular optogenetic receptors @AHadjitheodorou et al. here: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Thrilled to announce another addition to @bioRxivpreprint: Using a novel optogenetic approach, George Bell showed that positive and negative signals downstream of G-proteins shape a rapid, dose-dependent Cdc42 response. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Especially with all wild, we're happy to welcome the newest Aggies to UC Davis. 😎 #new2UCDavis

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Do or do not, there was no try for Shashank, so he did! 👨🏾‍🎓 Graduated with a BS in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, we welcome him back as a junior specialist (socially distant of course).
Wow wow, our family is really growing here as we welcome Dr. Kwabena A Badu-Nkansah as our first Post-Doc! 👨🏿‍🔬We are all so happy that you decided to join us and look forward to the exciting projects you're brewing up. North Carolina to Northern Cali.
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Welcome young bloods! @Sam_Hayes70 👨🏼‍🔬 and @sernasDianasaur 👩🏾‍🔬 are 2 cool PhD students who've been working hard to safely ramp up their new and exciting projects. Our team's committed to precautionary actions to care for our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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📰 Got your optogenetic membrane proteins anchored? Dean and Dr. Collins have rolled out their preprint regarding Optimized iLID membrane anchors for local optogenetic protein recruitment. Here's the Link: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Congratulations, Briana Rocha-Gregg breaking grounds being our very 1st graduate! 👩🏻‍🎓 Dr. Rocha-Gregg's next stop with the Huttenlocher Lab at @UWMadison 🦡
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🚀 Collins Lab at UC Davis here launching our Twitter. Check out our lab website, to learn more on our research, people, and more! Link in our profile Note: we grew out our mustaches for this shot before social distancing
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