Lab News

This study was a large collaboration between labs at UC Davis, Kansas University, University of Colorado and Washington University in St Louis. The project discovered that arginine auxotrophy is a key feature of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). The results suggest that dietary arginine depletion, or targeting of the arginine metabolic pathway, may be a new therapeutic avenue in […]

This was a great collaboration with the labs of F. Sessions Cole III (Dept. of Pediatrics), Susan Dutcher (Genetics) and Thomas Ferkol (Pediatrics). The study titled “Functional characterization of biallelic RTTN variants identified in an infant with microcephaly, simplified gyral pattern, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, and seizures” can be found here.

Elif is Moe’s former lab-mate from Stanford, when they were both postdocs in Tim Stearns’ lab. She is now an Assistant Professor at Koc University in Istanbul (Turkey), working on deciphering the functions of centrioles satellites in mammalian cells. She will be spending a month with us here at WashU. You can visit here lab […]

Congratulations to co-first authors Lai Kuan Dionne and Kyuhwan Shim, as well as Tao Cheng, for their recent paper. It was a lot of hard work and the project took over 3 years to complete. This was a wonderful collaboration with Sanjay Jain (WU Nephrology) and his lab members Masato Hoshi and Amanda Knoten, as […]

Ewelina’s paper is now online at eLife. The study shows the presence of an active mechanism that regulates centrosome homeostasis during quiescence, mediated by Cep120.(https://elifesciences.org/articles/35439 ).

It was very nostalgic to go back to Simon Fraser University, and walk the hallways again. Plus, it’s always great to see my old graduate mentor Lynne Quarmby.

This project was led by Dr. Didier Hodzic in the Opthalmology Department at Washington University.  The manuscript was published in Neurobiology of Disease and can be found here.

Thanks to the ICTS for their generous support.

This project was led by Dr. Didier Hodzic in the Opthalmology Department at Washington University. The study defined a novel function for the nuclear envelope-associated protein Nesprin1 at centriolar rootlets of various ciliated cell types. The manuscript was published in Current Biology and can be found here.

This was a large collaboration between labs at UC Davis, China Medical University, University of Kansas, Washington University in St Louis, and Karyopharm Therapeutics. This study characterized a new small molecule inhibitor of PAK4 that specifically kills cystic renal epithelial cells, and is now being evaluated in a clinical trial. The manuscript was published in Kidney International and […]

Thanks to the CDI for their generous support.

Thanks to the Washington University Nephrology Division for their generous support.