Our Question: How are complex cytoskeletal assemblies built? We study microtubules, actin, and how the two work together. Check out what we’ve been up to!
Our Organism: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (part plant, part animal)
Our Motivation: We use green algae as powerful tool to discover new biology shared with human cells to improve human disease, but also as a window into the diversity of cytoskeletal properties, structures, and functions. We do basic science research not just for all the reasons we can imagine, but for all the reasons we can’t.
Many of us who have been preprinting our work (and even those who have not) are familiar with the somewhat heightened sense of fear related to posting a preprint relative to submitting a manuscript for
Last week, I spent several days giving a few talks for a virtual visit to UC Berkeley. The last day, I was invited to sit in on a journal club run by 2nd and 3rd
For five years now, we have been spending one week per year in the lab focusing on career development activities that normally tend to get cast aside in favor of research. This year, we experienced
At the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting this year, #CellBio2020, I organized a session with three visionary friends, Jessica Polka, Joel Boerckel, and Casey Greene on “Reimagining Publishing, Networking, and Mentoring.” It was
The below is a reprint of my award essay for the ASCB WICB Junior Award for Excellence in Research published originally in MBoC: Avasthi P. Finding your unique path in science. Mol Biol Cell. 2020
Twice per year, I sit down with each person in the lab to go over their career development plan. We discuss what they think they’re doing well relative to others at their career stage (not
Most of our lab is headed to the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting in DC in a few weeks! Below is a rundown of where you can find us. Please do come by
This week, we ran our annual career development week in which I encourage the lab to participate in activities that fill gaps in their career development, explore career options, and find new strategies to help
I recently participated in a fantastic iBiology course called “Let’s Experiment : A Guide for Scientists Working at the Bench.” My involvement partly included a discussion about an experimental decision tree I made to help