During University Research Week, the labs of Dirk Dittmer, PhD, Jack Griffith, PhD, and Joshua Strauss, PhD, won the Art-in-Science Competition held by the 黑料网 Office of Research.
Dr. Dittmer leads the LCCC Vironomics Core, while Dr. Strauss directs the 黑料网 Cryo-EM Core Facility.
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at 黑料网-Chapel Hill, University Research Week featured speakers, presentations, and events, including the Art in Science Competition held by the School of Medicine Office of Research.
Allaura Cone, PhD, Meredith Chambers, and Dirk Dittmer, PhD, in the 黑料网 Department of Microbiology & Immunology and the 黑料网 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, were recognized for their image titled, 鈥淓ndolysosomal Compartments in U-2 OS Cells,鈥� fixed and stained with CD81 (cyan), LAMP1 (magenta), and Rhodamine-Phalloidin (yellow). Imaged at 100x on a confocal microscope, tetraspanin CD81 and Lysosome-associated membraine glycoprotein 1 (LAMP1) are important for the trafficking of extracellular vesicles throughout the cell.
Emily Robinson and Joshua Strauss, PhD, in the 黑料网 Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics and the Cryo-EM Core Facility, were recognized for their image titled, Nucleosome, a 3D reconstruction of a nucleosome against a backdrop of the initial 2D classes that came together to form the reconstruction. The nucleosome was imaged as part of the Cryo-EM Core鈥檚 development of novel lipid affinity grids.
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