Student Publications – Graduate students in bold, undergraduates underlined:
Baker F, Harman J, Jordan T, Walton B, Ajamu-Johnson A, Alashqar R, Bhikot S, Struhl G, Langridge P. D^*. An in vivo screen identifies diverse domains that can act as force-dependent proteolytic switches for Notch activation. Science Signaling 18, eadt4606 (2025).
Dawson, J.E., Bryant, A, Jordan, T, Bhikot, S, Macon, S, Walton, B, Ajamu-Johnson, A, Langridge, P. D.,*^ and Malmi-Kakkada, A.*^ (2025) Contact area and tissue growth dynamics shape synthetic juxtacrine signaling patterns Biophysical Journal, 124 (1) P93-106.
Student awards:
Emil K. Urban Research Award for Laboratory Based Research
College of Science and Mathematics Distinction of Excellence in Research Award
Associate for Southeastern Biologists, Best Oral Speaker Award
Theses:
Jacob Harmon: Identification and characterization of force sensitive domains using an in vivo synthetic biology platform.
Abby Bryant: Producing and analyzing synthetic signal sending and receiving cell populations in the Drosophila wing imaginal disc.
Amber Ajamu Johnson: Characterization of synNotch using an in vivo synthetic signaling platform.
Breana Walton: Investigating Possible Force Sensitive Domains in Drosophila melanogaster.
Rama Alashqar: Evolution of force sensitivity in ligand receptor bridges.
Simran Bhikot: Mechanosensitive receptor activation in tissues of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Aya Altrubi: Structural requirements for mechanosensitive proteolytic cleavage of the Notch receptor.
Example Undergraduate Student Posters:
Conferences represented: NCURS Conference, Association Southeastern Biologists, Augusta University Annual Student Research and Fine Arts Conference.
