EGF-like peptide of Dictyostelium discoideum is not a chemoattractant but it does restore folate-mediated chemotaxis in the presence of signal transduction inhibitors

The Hot Student Paper forum closes out January by recognizing the work of former BIO 481 student Ina Nikolaeva and current Ph.D. student Robert Huber from the O’Day lab.

Their paper was recently accepted to Peptides. This work uncovered the possible existence of a novel motility pathway controlling Dictyostelium behavior. Since doing this work Ina has started a Ph.D. at Rutgers University and Robert is finishing his Ph.D.

Congratulations on this exciting discovery!

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