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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)