Lil (Lillian Fritz-Laylin)

@fritzlaylin.bsky.social

Professor of Biology at UMass Amherst studying the evolution of the cytoskeleton and the cell and developmental biology of Naegleria and chytrid fungi.

🚨🚨🚨Very excited to present our latest preprint on the role of endocytosis in regulating Cdc42 oscillatory dynamics at cell ends to promote bipolarity. Fantastic work by Marcus Harrell and Bethany Campbell in collaboration with Tian Hong and Ziyi Liu from U. Tennessee. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Arp2/3 complex promotes periodic removal of Pak1-mediated negative feedback to facilitate antico...

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“To cross the southern coast of England, west to east, is thus to travel forwards - and at breathtaking chronological speed - in a self-propelled time-machine. With every few hundred yards of eastward progress one passes through hundreds of thousands of years of geological time: …👇🏼 🧪 geology ⚒️

William Smith’s 1815 Geological Map of England, Wales and part of Scotland. The colorful map shows the extent of the rocks by type using a different color for each, and the successive ages including a legend that correlates the rocks from young on top to older on the bottom. There is also a cross section that shows how the strata dips to the east across the area.

🧪Alrighty Folks! It's that time of year where I ask if any Scientists would like to volunteer/donate their time to come to Buffalo to give a seminar! Literally any science is welcome! -About 45 min -Must talk about how you got into science -In person or zoom!

Those who are able to succeed via traditional routes end up with an emotional incentive to view them as meritocratic and dismiss any other modes as attempts to 'cheat' the natural order.

🚨📢 SAVE THE DATE! pombe2025, The 12th International Fission yeasts meeting will be held on August 3rd-8th, 2025 @BostonCollege Stay tuned for more info in the coming months. Please spread the word.

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Major goal here is to spread all the NSF news and advice I can! First piece of advice .... talk to your Program Director! We are normal people. Most of us are former full-time faculty members who have been in your shoes. We've taught, mentored, done research, written grants, written papers, etc.