Ariana von Lersner, PhD
Graduate Student, Weaver Lab
Research Description:
Ariana’s project focuses on understanding the mechanisms that control cell adhesion through the regulation of ALCAM in order to prevent cancer metastasis.
Publications:
Hebron, KE., Li, E., Arnold Egloff, SA., von Lersner, AK., Taylor, C., Houkes, J., Eskaros, A., Flaherty, DK., Stricker, T., and Zijlstra, A. Alternative splicing of ALCAM enables tunable regulation of cell-cell adhesion through differential proteolysis. Scientific Reports (SREP-17-43493B, Accepted)