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Before 2024 comes to a close, I want to celebrate the achievements of the folks in the lab. Here is the Heaslip Lab “Year in Review”

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In January two new students joined our group – Josh Berthiaume is a Ph.D student and Lee Dollar is a M.S student. They’ve already made great contributions and I’m excited to see where their projects go in 2025.

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In March, Tom’s paper on Toxoplasma actin dynamics was published in Nature Communications. This was a great collaboration between the Heaslip Lab and the Kollman Lab at UofWashington www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Toxoplasma gondii actin filaments are tuned for rapid disassembly and turnover - Nature CommunicationsActin is critical to the survival of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. In this study, Hvorecny and Sladewski et al. show that T. gondii actin forms intrinsically dynamic filaments in vitro due to differ...www.nature.com
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Later that week, Jacob’s paper was accepted to MBoC – Jacob show that a novel myosin motor is involved in actin organization in Toxoplasma www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/...

Myosin F controls actin organization and dynamics in Toxoplasma gondii | Molecular Biology of the CellIntracellular cargo transport is a ubiquitous cellular process in all eukaryotes. In many cell types, membrane bound cargo is associated with molecular motors which transport cargo along microtubule a...www.molbiolcell.org
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In April, Aoife was awarded tenure at UConn

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In May Aoife, Jacob and Camille went to Germany for the International Congress on Toxoplasmosis.

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Jacob gave a fantastic talk

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Camille won a prize for her excellent poster!

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In July, postdoc Nick Hilton joined the lab. Welcome Nick! He is a brave soul who is tackling projects on both the cell bio and biophysics sides of the lab. Watch this space in 2025! 😊

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In October, undergrad Victoria Yi presented her work at the UConn Fall Frontiers Research Symposium

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Also in October, Mike presented his work at ASTMH Annual Meeting in New Orleans