The Laboratory of Synthetic Embryology

Joined July 2017
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If you're interested in multi-disciplinary work on biomolecular condensates, check out the Condensate Catalyst Group at UT Southwestern Medical Center. condensate-catalyst.com/
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Check out our latest paper in @JCellBiol on the mechanism of PCM scaffold assembly: rupress.org/jcb/article/223/…
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Regulated changes in material properties underlie centrosome disassembly during mitotic exit rupress.org/jcb/article-look…

ALT Optically-induced flow perturbations can probe centrosome material properties without damaging the cell.

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It was an honor to speak at @ChromoPalooza! In case you missed my talk: we can probe the material properties of centrosomes (green) using optically-induced flows. Fantastic collaboration with @KreysingLab.
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What really matters for getting a faculty position? Here are the data, not just anecedotes. cell.com/current-biology/ful…

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be honest, sometimes i make your paper AWESOME
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Finally it's out! A great combination of EM and light microscopy showing that centrosomes concentrate soluble tubulin.
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See our new preprint on tubulin concentration at c.elegans centrosomes. A potential nucleation mechanism biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Good one. You can fit anything with enough variables. 95 CI all the way!
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How happy are your HeLa cells? bit.ly/2x8QodK
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The Biophysics Department at UT Southwestern is now on Twitter!
Hello, world. The Molecular Biophysics graduate program at UT Southwestern is on twitter. 😎
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Are you a first year student in @MolBiophysUTSW and wondering where to rotate? Check out jeffwoodrufflab.org. We study organelle assembly and maintenance in ageing eggs.

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I'm hearing lots of great things about a certain colleague 🙂. @florianjug should tell everyone to do their post-doc at UT Southwestern!
Talk by @RetoPaul at #LSFM18 was sooo amazing! In my point of view the most innovative optics contribution we saw so far. If this doesn’t make a splash... what would?
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Protein phase separation followed by maturation may be a common mechanism for the formation of solid-like membrane-less organelles. Find out more in our latest review published this week in Trends in Biochemical Sciences: authors.elsevier.com/a/1WWoz…
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The lab website is now online! Check it out: jeffwoodrufflab.org

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a better alternative to the maximum intensity projection for preparing 2D out of 3D volume image data nature.com/articles/ncomms15… #ImageJ

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Most mammals, including humans, form centrosomes in the zygote. The wording of this abstract suggests otherwise. They need to change it. x.com/ThompsonLab/status/904…

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Big oversight in this paper: the absence of centrosomes in early embryos is unique to rodents. x.com/ThompsonLab/status/904…

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Ever wonder how a micron-scale centrosome can disassemble in just a few minutes? Check out our latest pre-print: biorxiv.org/content/early/20…

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The latest review from the microtubule gurus: x.com/NatRevMCB/status/90026…

Now online #Review by Surrey #Microtubule nucleation: beyond the template go.nature.com/2wD8V2j #cytoskeleton
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11 days left in our fundamentals video contest! To learn more and sign up, go to: sciencesketches.org/single-p… x.com/SciSketch/status/89125…

We're having a flash contest! Create a video on one of these basic topics by Aug 14. The best 3 will win $100! sciencesketches.org/single-p…
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