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CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE LAB




IDENTIFYING THE MECHANISM BY WHICH NICHE JAK/STAT SIGNALING TEMPORALLY CONTROLS THE PAUSE
IDENTIFYING THE SOMATIC TRIGGER OF GSC CYTOKINESIS AND LIVE IMAGING THE COORDINATED RELEASE OF DAUGHTER CELLS FROM THE NICHE
UNDERSTANDING HOW AGING ALTERS STEM CELL INTERACTIONS INCLUDING CYTOKINESIS
MODIFIED CYTOKINESIS AS A CONSERVED NODE OF NICHE CONTROL OVER STEM CELL BEHAVIOR

PUBLISHED WORK
November 2024
CONVERSION OF SOMATIC SEX IDENTITY IN THE TESTIS INDUCES FEMALE-SPECIFIC CELLULAR BEHAVIORS IN THE SOMA AND EARLY OOCYTE SPECIFICATION IN THE GERMLINE
Roach and Lenhart. BioRxiv
October 2023
MATING-INDUCED ECDYSONE IN THE TESTIS DISRUPTS SOMA-GERMLINE CONTACTS AND STEM CELL CYTOKINESIS
Roach and Lenhart. BioRxiv
January 2019
DIMINISHED JAK/STAT SIGNALING CAUSES EARLY-ONSET AGING DEFECTS IN STEM CELL CYTOKINESIS
Lenhart, KF, Capozzoli, B, Warrick, GSG, DiNardo S. Current Biology: 29 (2). 256-267.
July 2015
SOMATIC CELL ENCYSTMENT PROMOTES ABSCISSION IN GERMLINE STEM CELLS FOLLOWING A REGULATED BLOCK IN CYTOKINESIS
Lenhart KF and DiNardo S. Developmental Cell.
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