Thursday, June 15, 2023
graduate students standing next to their poster

Congratulations to Chris Langland and Sydney Walker (former lab member) for their publication in Cells!  Using fruit fly avatars, their studies revealed different pathological mechanisms in 2 women with mutations in the LMNA gene, one possessing skeletal muscle disease & the other an Olympic medalist.

"Drosophila Models Reveal Properties of Mutant Lamins That Give Rise to Distinct Diseases"

Walker SG*, Langland CJ*, Viles J, Hecker LA, Wallrath LL  (*co-first authors)
Cells. 12 Apr 2023.  doi: 10.3390/cells120811142

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37190051/