{"id":602,"date":"2026-10-22T14:18:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/?page_id=602"},"modified":"2026-10-22T14:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T14:54:22","slug":"student-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/student-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Work Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Student Publications – Graduate students in bold<\/strong>, undergraduates underlined<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baker F, Harman J<\/strong>, Jordan T<\/em>, Walton B<\/strong>, Ajamu-Johnson A<\/strong>, Alashqar R<\/strong>, Bhikot S<\/em>, Struhl G, Langridge P. D^*. An in vivo screen identifies diverse domains that can act as force-dependent proteolytic switches for Notch activation.\u00a0Science Signaling<\/em>\u00a018<\/strong>, eadt4606 (2025).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawson, J.E., Bryant, A<\/em>, Jordan, T<\/em>, Bhikot, S<\/em>, Macon, S<\/em>, Walton, B<\/strong>, Ajamu-Johnson, A<\/strong>, Langridge, P. D.,*<\/strong>^ and Malmi-Kakkada, A.*^ (2025) Contact area and tissue growth dynamics shape synthetic juxtacrine signaling patterns Biophysical Journal, 124 (1) P93-106<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emil K. Urban Research Award for Laboratory Based Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

College of Science and Mathematics Distinction of Excellence in Research Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate for Southeastern Biologists, Best Oral Speaker Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Theses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob Harmon: Identification and characterization of force sensitive domains using an\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0<\/em>vivo\u00a0synthetic biology platform.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abby Bryant: Producing and analyzing synthetic signal sending and receiving cell populations in the\u00a0<\/em>Drosophila\u00a0wing imaginal disc.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amber Ajamu Johnson: Characterization of synNotch using an\u00a0<\/em>in vivo\u00a0synthetic signaling platform.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breana Walton: Investigating Possible Force Sensitive Domains in Drosophila melanogaster.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rama Alashqar: Evolution of force sensitivity in ligand receptor bridges.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simran Bhikot: Mechanosensitive receptor activation in tissues of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aya Altrubi: Structural requirements for mechanosensitive proteolytic cleavage of the Notch receptor.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Example Undergraduate Student Posters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conferences represented: NCURS Conference, Association Southeastern Biologists, Augusta University Annual Student Research and Fine Arts Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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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.\u00a0Science Signaling\u00a018, eadt4606 (2025). Dawson, J.E., Bryant, A, Jordan, T, Bhikot, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-602","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":617,"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602\/revisions\/617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pauldlangridge.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}