@connieyan
Cell biology PhD @ UCSF - Wallace Marshall Molecular, Cell & Development bio B.S. @ UW Interested in how cells evolve and adapt to function and persevere in an ever changing world. Looking for post-doc opportunities!
I'll be sharing my work on how cells know when to make missing structures at #cellbio2025 today! Come check out my poster (B406) and my talk in the Evolutionary Cell Bio mini symposium session which starts at 4pm.
Come check out my poster & talk!! #CellBio2025 #ASCB
The giant ciliate Stentor has a macronucleus that undergoes a dramatic shape change during cellular regeneration. In poster 038 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, I present work by Isabella Ibalio showing that histone modifications correlate with these dramatic nuclear shape changes.
Stentor is a single cell that can regenerate missing pieces, but how does it know when something is missing? In poster 406 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Connie Yan shows that conserved cell cycle machinery plays a key role in triggering cellular regeneration.
Stentor is a single cell with a complex cortical pattern showing anterior/posterior polarization In poster 410 at CellBio2025 Monday Dec 8, Yina Hudnall shows a role for posterior-enriched mRNA that encoding DNA binding proteins.
Cells can form patterns within themselves just like embryos do. How? Connie Yan's new preprint shows how the anterior-posterior cytoskeleton pattern in Stentor is dictated by regionalized scaffolding proteins
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