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Katherine Morris Dye Wins a Ruska Award

Congratulations to Katy Morris Dye, a graduate student in the Farmer Lab, who is a 2014 Ruska Award winner. The award recognizes excellence in the biological and physical sciences by student researchers using microscopy as the primary research tool.
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Karl Lechtreck
Lechtreck lab visualizes protein transport system

A new study from University of Georgia cell biologists analyzes the transport system that builds cell organelles called cilia. Defective cilia are directly connected to a host of diseases and conditions, including inherited bone malformations, blindness, male infertility, kidney disease and obesity. Knowledge of how cilia are built and the ability to manipulate their structure can inform future medical treatments. Led by Karl Lechtreck,…
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Boris Striepen in his lab
Cellular Biology Researchers find algal ancestor is key to how deadly pathogens proliferate

Long ago, when life on Earth was in its infancy, a group of small single-celled algae propelled themselves through the vast prehistoric ocean by beating whip like tails called flagella.
Tags: Cell Structure and Function, Cells in Infection and Immunity

Marcus Fechheimer
Fechheimer lab discovery sheds light on Alzheimer's disease

In 1906, when Alois Alzheimer discovered the neurodegenerative disease that would later be named for him, he saw amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles inside the brain.
Tags: Cells and Disease, Cell Structure and Function

Dr. Marcus Fechheimer
UGA researchers develop mouse model to study Alzheimer’s

Dr. Fechheimer and his colleagues have determined that Hirano bodies may play a protective role in the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Tags: Hirano, Fechheimer, Cells and Disease, Cell Structure and Function
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