We are always looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our lab. You can apply to our open postdoc position here or our open research assistant position here. Undergraduates or graduate students should contact Brad directly: bnolen@uoregon.edu.
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Connor Balzer joins the lab!
Connor Balzer, a UO PhD student, has joined the Nolen lab. Connor did his undergraduate work at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Welcome to the lab, Connor!
Andrew Wagner receives an AHA Predoctoral Fellowship
Andrew’s proposal entitled “WISH/DIP1/SPIN90 (WDS) Proteins Seed Assembly of Branched Actin Networks” was selected for funding by the American Heart Association. By understanding the mechanism by which WDS proteins initiate branched actin networks, Andrew hopes to better understand processes in heart development that rely on actin cytoskeletal dynamics. Congratulations, Andrew!
Luke Helgeson’s paper selected for “Best of JBC, 2014”
The editors of the Journal of Biological Chemistry have designated Luke’s paper as one of the best papers published by the JBC in 2014. Congratulations, Luke!
Luke’s paper was one of only 21 papers selected by the JBC from thousands that they published last year. JBC chose one paper for each of the journal’s affinity groups. Luke’s paper, which was co-authored by , , and Max Rodnick-Smith, and Brad Nolen, represents the Molecular Biophysics Affinity Group.
Titled “Interactions with Actin Monomers, Actin Filaments, and Arp2/3 Complex Define the Roles of WASP Family Proteins and Cortactin in Coordinately Regulating Branched Actin Networks,” it was first published on August 26, 2014, and can be found at http://bit.ly/1BZMj57