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Congrats to Lauren! How do cells squeeze through tiny spaces? Do nuclear help or impede? Read to find out! Nuclear lamin facilitates collective border cell invasion into confined spaces in vivo rupress.org/jcb/article-ab…

Excited to share our recent work where we investigate nuclear dynamics in collective cell migration and find nuclear lamins promote collective invasion! Now online Journal of Cell Biology ! Thank you to Denise for the amazing mentorship! Denise Montell rupress.org/jcb/article/22…

And our latest fascination....cells eating other cells alive! Stay tuned for more on this subject!

Very honored to be invited by the PhD and postdocs to speak at the Institut Pasteur

Stay tuned for more on Drosophila diapause too! Did you even know that flies go dormant at cool temperatures and some strains can live twice as long?!

We are hiring an Assistant Professor! Please RT and/or apply today! recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02599

First paper from Annalise Bond now on biorxiv! We are interested in how macrophages measure IgG. Annalise asked if macrophages add together sequential encounters with targets. They do! 👇

Deadline extended to apply for the Assistant Professor in Quantitative Biosciences at UCSB. recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02599

Welcome Jean-Marie Volland! We love working on weird creatures, strange cell behaviors, and all things out of the ordinary. You are going to fit right in here!

Our latest is out! Super postdoc Abhinava Mishra & Super PhD student Mel Rodriguez solve a 25-year-old cold case in flies, find a surprising explanation for a human disease, and collab with Meghan Morrissey to enhance CAR-M cancer immunotherapy: RaceCAR-M pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Congratulations Jocelyn!

Another fun story out of the lab out this week! news.ucsb.edu/2024/021452/re…

New #UCSB research published in Developmental Cell reveals a potential treatment for degenerative diseases. What began as a study of cell biology in fruit flies, says senior author Denise Montell, is "a poster child for fundamental, curiosity-driven research.” ow.ly/83zL50Rv4yb

Took the lab to see Inside Out 2 last night. Highly recommend. Although I might be biased because Brandon Montell made the beautiful vibrating intertwining strings of the Belief System. Still, audiences do seem to be enjoying it as much as we did!

Curious about how mosquitoes zero in on you? Check out the new work from the lab next door 😃

In about a week, I will be interviewing Jennifer Doudna at a UCSB Arts & Lectures event. If you could ask Jennifer one question about CRISPR, what would it be?