Soni Lacefield
@lacefieldlab
Cell biologist who loves the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, budding yeast, and mouse oocytes! she/her
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http://lacefieldlab.bio.indiana.edu/ 27-06-2017 22:08:44
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Talented Africans can contribute more to scientific discovery if given ample exposure and necessary research training. Huge thanks to Soni Lacefield at Dartmouth 🌲 and the Afrisnet RTC for training these promising Ghanaian interns!!
2️⃣ new publications from Joao Matos and his team with are out now! 🤩 In Cell Press the team introduces a new method for investigating filaments. In Developmental Cell the team characterizes the proteome during meiosis 🧬 ➡️ tinyurl.com/rmv29yzv and tinyurl.com/2b39nf3m
Why do eggs in ovaries last for decades? Long-lived proteins may be key! Read more about our recent Nature Cell Biology study and a related eLife - the journal study by NU Duncan Lab in this nice news article in Science Magazine. science.org/content/articl…
Excited to share the publication of 'Molecular Mechanisms Determining Mammalian Oocyte Quality', edited by me, including outstanding chapters from Karen Schindler Dr. Karen Schindler, Jennifer Wood Jennifer Wood, Joe Qiao, So-Youn Kim So-Youn Kim and Mike Lampson, and their teams.
Women lose >90% of their #eggs by their mid-30s, with persistent #DNADamage driving this loss. But why isn’t this damage repaired? Our new work in Current Biology, led by Ninadini Sharma, reveals the causes of high DNA damage in aged oocytes.🧬💥 bit.ly/48e35Ee (1/13)
We had such a great time at the BCB retreat. Congratulations to Gisela Cairo Baza (she/her) and Pallavi Gadgil for winning poster prizes! BCBDartmouth
