@dunnlab
We study how living things build themselves. Core approaches are molecular biophysics and cryo-ET. We also work closely with developmental and computational biologists. Will post about new results, relevant meetings, and cool papers from collaborators.
First preprint of the @pollyfordyce.bsky.social and @dunnlab.bsky.social collaboration! We used high-throughput microfluidics for sequence-strength mapping at the single-molecule level. Our new tech allowed us to discover a fundamental nonequilibrium property of multivalent systems. 1/13
Image of multichannel single-molecule microfluidics assay, measuring >10,000 DNA tethers simultaneously.
Big congrats to @matt-dejong.bsky.social on his preprint! Matt's assay increases single-molecule biophysics throughput ~100x relative to typical approaches. This delightful collaboration with @pollyfordyce.bsky.social lab helps bring biophysics into the 'omics era.
tinyurl.com/yvs54jds
With help from Danelle Devenport and Jessica Feldman, Maddy and I are making the conference a home for the cell polarity community. The scientific synergies are obvious, and I'm excited to see these two communities together.
Mark your calendars, the Signaling by Adhesion Receptors GRC is June 7 - 12, 2026. We have a terrific program that balances developmental biology, cell polarity, and adhesion and signaling.
Please spread the word!
www.grc.org/signaling-by...
I'm helping organize the 2026 Signaling by Adhesion Receptors GRC and would love your speaker suggestions! We're especially looking for assistant professors or new community members who would enrich the meeting. Send your suggestions via PRIVATE message or email. Thanks!
Please consider applying to this fabulous Company of Biologists Meeting!
New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development
16 – 19 November 2025, Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
COB meetings are amazing: small, focused, and with exceptional speakers (food and drink are also exceptional)!
1st catch-up post:
Christina (now faculty, UCSD) used single-molecule imaging and theory to understand the mechanism of motility used by Apicomplexans, single-celled parasites that includes malaria.
Read for: unusual cytoskeletal dynamics, active-matter theory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Hello world! We're happy to be moving our account to a new platform. Over the next few days I'll be posting a backlog of news from our group.