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New Mechanisms in Cell Biology
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Recent News
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Upcoming Events
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The 2nd Florence Sabin Lecture – Eric Betzig, Ph.D.
Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 12pm
Location: East Lecture Hall
Recent Publications
Our latest research and discoveries.
Zhang R, Shi P, Xu S, Ming Z, Liu Z, He Y, Dai J, Matunis E, Xu J, Ma Q. Soma-germline communication drives sex maintenance in the Drosophila testis. Natl Sci Rev. 2024 Jun 22;11(8):nwae215. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwae215. eCollection 2024 Aug.PMID: 39183747
Greenspan LJ, Matunis EL. Live Imaging of the Drosophila Testis Stem Cell Niche. Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2677:113-125. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3259-8_6.PMID: 37464238
Raz AA, Vida GS, Stern SR, Mahadevaraju S, Fingerhut JM, Viveiros JM, Pal S, Grey JR, Grace MR, Berry CW, Li H, Janssens J, Saelens W, Shao Z, Hu C, Yamashita YM, Przytycka T, Oliver B, Brill JA, Krause H, Matunis EL, White-Cooper H, DiNardo S, Fuller MT. Emergent dynamics of adult stem cell lineages from single nucleus and single cell RNA-Seq of Drosophila testes. Elife. 2023 Feb 16;12:e82201. doi: 10.7554/eLife.82201.PMID: 36795469
Hétié P, de Cuevas M, Matunis EL.Development. The adult Drosophila testis lacks a mechanism to replenish missing niche cells. 2023 Jan 15;150(2):dev201148. doi: 10.1242/dev.201148. Epub 2023 Jan 20.PMID: 36503989
Featured Research
Catching neurons in action: molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity (Watanabe Lab)
Neurons communicate with each other...