Kaiden Power
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Kaiden Power
@wormkaiden.bsky.social
he/him
I'm a postdoc and I love worms and microscopy 🪱
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NASA mission patch for #celegans in space. Artist/scientist is Dr. Rebecca Androwski (Driscoll lab, Rutgers)
January 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Kinetochore proteins have non-chromosome roles!! KNL-1 is enriched in dendritic projections of developing sensory neurons where they control PVD branching & fusion thru actin.

Nice study from Dhanya Cheerambathur Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology University of Edinburgh

tinyurl.com/4k3shp6n
The kinetochore protein KNL-1 regulates the actin cytoskeleton to control dendrite branching | Journal of Cell Biology | Rockefeller University Press
Alves Domingos et al. uncover a non-cell-division-related function for the kinetochore protein KNL-1 in dendrite arborization. They show that KNL-1 regulat
tinyurl.com
December 3, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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Happy #FluorescenceFriday! We targeted TurboID to ciliary extracellular vesicles carrying specific cargo that are shed from C. elegans sensory neurons. Next, we used proximity labeling to define distinct EV subtypes. Posted on bioRxiv and under revision (7 reviewers 😭!!!): doi.org/10.1101/2024...
November 22, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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"A picture contains 1,000 projects."

Acrobeles roundworm head, photo by Kaiden Power @wormkaiden.bsky.social

How many open questions about ECM patterning can you find in these pictures?
November 22, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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Here's more of Acrobeles from Kaiden Power @wormkaiden.bsky.social

Does anyone want to add a soundtrack?

"Nom, nom, nom."
November 22, 2024 at 6:05 PM