Soni Lacefield
@LacefieldLab
Cell biologist who loves the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis, budding yeast, and mouse oocytes! she/her
Check out our new preprint!
Aneuploidy of Specific Chromosomes is Beneficial to Cells Lacking Spindle Checkpoint Protein Bub3 biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_cellbio
Happy to share our latest publication in Nature Communications led by active graduate students, Fei Sun and Nourhan Ali! We found that increased DNA damage in full-grown oocytes correlates with diminished autophagy activation. nature.com/articles/s4146…
We had such a great time at the BCB retreat. Congratulations to @giselacairobaza and @gadgil_pallavi for winning poster prizes! @DartmouthBCB
Women lose >90% of their #eggs by their mid-30s, with persistent #DNADamage driving this loss. But why isn’t this damage repaired? Our new work in @CurrentBiology, led by @ninadini_sharma, reveals the causes of high DNA damage in aged oocytes.🧬💥 bit.ly/48e35Ee (1/13)
The Lacefield lab welcomes two new members, grad student Zach Boyce Joy and postdoc Haseeb!
@YeastCourseCSHL won the plate race and Stevie the trophy gets to spend the year in the beautiful Upper Valley @DartmouthBCB!
So proud of lil Marley ❤️ he did an amazing job supporting the yeast runners 👍 #proudmom #platerace #yeastpower
Let’s go YGG!!! We have 16 runners and 16 yeast chromosomes along with our mascot as the mitochondria #CSHLPLATERACE2024
CSHL YGG 2024 group photo rocking the SDG shirts courtesy of Rob Nash
Excited to share the publication of 'Molecular Mechanisms Determining Mammalian Oocyte Quality', edited by me, including outstanding chapters from Karen Schindler @KASchindler27, Jennifer Wood @ProfJen2695, Joe Qiao, So-Youn Kim @so_youn_kim and Mike Lampson, and their teams.
Let’s go YGG!!! We have 16 runners and 16 yeast chromosomes along with our mascot as the mitochondria #CSHLPLATERACE2024
Why do eggs in ovaries last for decades? Long-lived proteins may be key! Read more about our recent @NatureCellBio study and a related @eLife study by @NUDuncanLab in this nice news article in @ScienceMagazine. science.org/content/articl…
2️⃣ new publications from Joao Matos and his team with are out now! 🤩 In @CellPressNews the team introduces a new method for investigating filaments. In @Dev_Cell the team characterizes the proteome during meiosis 🧬 ➡️ tinyurl.com/rmv29yzv and tinyurl.com/2b39nf3m
Talented Africans can contribute more to scientific discovery if given ample exposure and necessary research training. Huge thanks to @LacefieldLab at @dartmouth and the @afrisnet RTC for training these promising Ghanaian interns!!