A lab studying epithelial morphogenesis in the early embryo with cell biological and computational approaches. How are epithelia (tissues that comprise the skin, lining of the digestive tract, and are a component of many other organs) both dynamic and yet serve a strong barrier function?
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We are a diverse group of researchers united in working to understand the basic behavioral building blocks of epithelial tissues. Located in Denver, Colorado -- follow us on Twitter (@blankenship_lab) to see updates on our work and mountain pics. See the "people" tab to learn more about us and the lab.
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Lab News (Twitter: @blankenship_lab)A nice week of news — paper acceptances in MBoC and Developmental Biology. Congrats to Shannon, Tim, Katie, Yi, and Dinah!! (9-10-22)
Welcome to our new rotation student Chris Backlasky from the MCBP Biophysics Program (9-1-22) A warm lab welcome to MCBP PhD student Liam Russell — he's co-advised with Dinah Loerke in DU Physics! (2-1-22) Awesome news — many thanks to NIGMS for the new R01! (12-11-21) Very cool — our new paper on PIP3 guidance of Sbf-driven cell ratcheting is out in Developmental Cell! (9-15-21) A warm welcome to new PhD student Vincent Brown! (9-1-21) Yi’s paper on Arp2/3 regulators is out in eLife — congrats to the lab and Yi! (5-4-21) Welcome to new PhD student Rashmi Budhathoki — coming to us all the way from Nepal! (9-15-20) Our review on actomyosin function in epithelial morphogenesis is out in Development! (9-3-20) Another celebration — congrats to Megan Millage on defending her thesis! (8-7-20) Congrats to Dr. Yi Xie on earning his PhD!! (7-16-20) Yi’s work examining the function of 7 different ANRPs (actin regulators) is up on BioRxiv (7-14-20) Our new review on the Biophysics of Cell Intercalation is out in SCBT! (11-26-19) Big congrats to Hui on her new paper in JCB on force balancing during apical constriction! (8-15-19) Welcome to Katherine Rollins, a new graduate student in the lab! (4-1-19) Congrats to Tim Vanderleest on earning his PhD! So happy for him — he’s been the lead on most of our computational work. (2-18-19) Welcome to our new technician, Darby Bosco (12-17-18) Great news — thanks to NIH and NIGMS for the new R01! (9-20-18) Congratulations to Tim and Celia on their paper describing Vertex Sliding, a new form of cell shape change and movement in epithelia — out in eLife! (7-11-18) Our review on membrane trafficking, planar polarity and morphogenesis is out in Traffic (5-21-18) A good run of news continues... Congratulations to Yi on his paper on the formation of differentially-sized cleavage furrows and the MBT being accepted in PLoS Genetics! (11-1-17) Thanks to NIH and NIGMS for the new R15 (9-11-17) Congratulations to Cayla and the lab for the new paper on membrane ratcheting in Nature Communications! (9-4-17) Hello! Greetings to new MCBP Biophysics rotation students (8-28-17) |
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