Signalling and sex in the social amoebozoans
This week we recognize the achievement of former BIO 481 student Alex Keszei from the O’Day Lab.
Alex’s paper was recently published in Biological Reviews. The multicellular development of macrocysts of Dictyostelium is an exciting tale of sexual pheromones, fertilization, cellular imprisonment and cannibalistic phagocytosis. O’Day and Keszei review the complete literature on this alternative lifestyle with a view to setting the stage for future research. Alex is now a graduate student in Molecular Genetics downtown.
Great work and best of luck, Alex!