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K. Morton

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Bioengineering· 2 Evolutionary Biology· 1 Pharmacology & Toxicology· 1

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1

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J. Meyer· 2 shared A. Aryan· 1 shared A. Konvalinka· 1 shared A. Radisic· 1 shared A. S. Clark· 1 shared A. San-Miguel· 1 shared A. Sharma· 1 shared A. Wahl· 1 shared

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2022-2024 · peak 2/yr

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J. Meyer

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Biomimetic fractal topography enhances podocyte maturation in vitro

C. Liu, P. Aggarwal, K. T. Wagner, S. S. Landau, T. Cui, X. Song, L. Shamaei, N. Rafatian, Y. Zhao, S. Rodriguez-Ramirez, K. Morton, E. Virlee, C. Y. Li, D. Bannerman, S. Pascual-Gil, , M. Radisic

This study shows that biomimetic fractal topography improves podocyte maturation in vitro by enhancing marker expression, cell polarity, and ECM remodeling via YAP signaling.

bioRxiv · Mar 16, 2024Bioengineering

The effect of common paralytic agents used for fluorescence imaging on redox tone and ATP levels in Caenorhabditis elegans

K. Morton, A. Wahl, J. Meyer

The paper evaluates the effects of common paralytic agents on redox tone and ATP levels in C. elegans, finding that 2,3-Butadione monoxime is least disruptive.

bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2023 · PreprintPharmacology & Toxicology

An unbiased, automated platform for scoring dopaminergic neurodegeneration in C. elegans

A. S. Clark, Z. Kalmanson, K. Morton, J. Hartman, J. Meyer, A. San-Miguel

The paper develops an automated platform to quantify dopaminergic neurodegeneration in C. elegans, showing it detects 19 metrics and validates accuracy against manual scoring.

bioRxiv · Feb 2, 2023Bioengineering

On the origin and evolution of the mosquito male-determining factor Nix

J. K. Biedler, A. Aryan, Y. Qi, A. Wang, E. O. Martinson, D. Hartman, F. Yang, A. Sharma, K. Morton, M. Potters, C. Chen, S. L. Dobson, G. Ebel, R. C. Kading, S. Paulson, , Z. Tu

This study investigates the origin and evolution of the mosquito male-determining factor Nix across Culicinae subfamily species, finding it originated 133-165 MYA and evolved faster than related factors.

bioRxiv · Dec 7, 2022 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology