McIntyre, Grace, Wong, Hoi Tong, Chan, Jason, Wright, Justin, and Lamendella, Regina

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Many C. elegans aging studies use the compound 5-fluro-2ʹ-deoxyuridine (FUdR) to produce a synchronous population of worms. However, the effects of FUdR on the bacterial gene expression of OP50 E. coli, the primary...

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Arvin, Chelsey L., Sibila, Zachary, Lamendella, R., Chan, Jason, and Staab, Trisha

Ceramide glucosyltransferase (CGT) adds sugar moieties to ceramide, forming glucosylceramides that play roles in immune signaling, stress response, and host-bacterial interactions. Here, we examined whether mutations in cgt...

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Staab, Trisha, McIntyre, Grace, Bromley, S., Raftery, D., Chan, Jason, Wang, L., Radeny, J., Bettcher, L., Guillen, Melissa, Peck, M. , and Kalil, A.

Lipid metabolism affects cell and physiological functions that mediate animal healthspan and lifespan. Lipidomics approaches in model organisms have allowed us to better understand changes in lipid composition related to age...

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