Blog Posts - barmada lab

"Rogue" proteins

7/30/2018

Kelly Malcolm, lead research communicator at Michigan Medicine, published a release today on two studies, from Elizabeth and Claudia ("Abnormal RNA stability in ALS") and Ahmed ("Matrin3 dependent neurotoxicity is modified by nucleic acid binding and nucleocytoplasmic localization").

Floating lab

7/29/2018

It turns out that the Huron river is an excellent place to hold a lab meeting, if somewhat wet.

Matrin-3, ALS and FTD

7/1/2018

Ahmed's paper on Matrin-3 was just accepted to eLife! This was a collaborative effort with Ye-Shih Ho from Wayne State and Eva Feldman. Congrats everyone!

Below: a striking image of Matrin3-expressing neurons.

More on RNA stability...

6/9/2018

Elizabeth's and Claudia's manuscript on RNA stability in ALS was just accepted (in principle) at Nature Communications! Congrats everyone— this was a team effort!

TDP43, where art thou?

3/2/2018

Hilary's paper on TDP43 nuclear export was accepted at Scientific Reports! Congrats Hilary!

TDP43 and RNA stability

1/31/2018

Kate's paper on RNA stability was accepted at Brain Research! Congrats Kate!

Brittany Flores's image of C9orf72-expressing neurons was selected for the cover shot of this special issue. Congrats Brittany!

Taubman Emerging Scholars Program

2/10/2017

With a generous gift from the Marvin and Betty Danto Family Foundation, Sami was named as a Taubman Emerging Scholar. This competitive and philanthropic program provides invaluable support during a key time in the development of a successful research program.

Center for RNA Biomedicine Pilot Grant

2/3/2017

Together with Claudia Figueroa-Romero of the Feldman Lab, we will be investigating energy metabolism and protein translation in human neurons.

Congrats, Keerthi!

2/1/2017

Keerthi was recently accepted to the School of Medicine at the University of Michigan. Congrats, Keerthi! We'll miss you.

UM/TAU - Roy Maimon

10/31/2016

Roy Maimon, a graduate student in Eran Perlson's lab at Tel-Aviv University, spent several weeks in the laboratory over the summer. During this time, he learned several new techniques and showed us how to create specialized chamber slides for tracking neurite outgrowth. Roy also met all the 'nicest guys' (and girls), went to the 'big house', and integrated seamlessly into the lab. We'll miss him!