Paul Macklin

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multicellular systems & cancer with #PhysiCell#COVID19 & immune modeling • #DigitalTwins#OpenSource#astrophotography • Associate Professor of Intelligent Systems Engineering at IU Bloomington

(@MathCancer on Twitter) Also: @mathcancer

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Excited to share our paper in @[email protected]: SPICEMIX, a joint model of spatial info and gene exp from spatial transcriptome data. Advances upon NMF w/ integration of graphical model, resulting in more meaningful latent reps of cells and spatial metagenes. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-022-01256-z

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SpiceMix enables integrative single-cell spatial modeling of cell identity - Nature Genetics

SpiceMix uses latent variable modeling to infer cell identities by jointly analyzing intrinsic and spatial factors, allowing the identification of spatially variable metagenes and refined cell subtypes.

Nature
Super crepuscular rays through the clouds at sunset in London this evening
Here's an animation of #Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from 27th Dec '22. 1 min single exposures showing its movement between 02:36 - 04:24 UT. 8" #RitchieChretien telescope + Altair Hypercam 183C camera. Collab with my husband @markmac99 #C2022E3 #CometImaging

99.7% illuminated #moon, captured as a 2-panel mosaic from my backyard on January 7, 2023.

I tried to keep a delicate touch in processing, in particular to avoid oversaturation and overbrightening that tends to wash out details. #astrodon #astrophotography

Tech details: https://www.astrobin.com/3sj03t/

Prints available at: https://mathcancer.darkroom.com/products/solar-system/868092

"Wolf" Moon - January 7, 2023

An astrophotograph by Paul Macklin on AstroBin

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Just finished processing #Comet #C2022E3 ZTH.

This shows 2 hours of travel against the background stars, captured from my Indiana backyard at 4 am this morning.

Note the separate dust and ion tails.

#astrodon #astrophotography #HoosierMast

tech details: https://www.astrobin.com/9a9i6o/

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTH - January 5, 2023

An astrophotograph by Paul Macklin on AstroBin

AstroBin
Wanted to share our recent paper on how a cell, Chlamydomonas, "knows" when its flagella are removed. When flagella are detached in this unicellular alga, they grow back in an hour, and while that happens a whole program of genes are turned on. Here we show that induction depends on intraflagellar transport, suggesting a model in which a repressor is sequestered in flagella when they are re-growing, and then accumulates to turn genes off as growth tapers off.
https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.E22-09-0444
Role of intraflagellar transport in transcriptional control during flagellar regeneration in Chlamydomonas

Biosynthesis of organelle precursors is a central part of the organelle size control problem, but what systems are required to control precursor production? Genes encoding flagellar proteins are upregulated during flagellar regeneration in Chlamydomonas, and this upregulation is critical for flagella to reach their final length, but it not known how the cell triggers these genes during regeneration. We present two models based on transcriptional repressor that is either produced in the flagellum, or else is produced in the cell body and sequestered in the growing flagellum. Both models lead to stable flagellar length control and can reproduce the observed dynamics of gene expression. The two models make opposite predictions regarding the effect of mutations that block intraflagellar transport (IFT). Using quantitative measurements of gene expression, we show that gene expression during flagellar regeneration is greatly reduced in mutations of the heterotrimeric kinesin-2 that drives IFT. This result is consistent with the predictions of the model in which a repressor is sequestered in the flagellum by IFT. Inhibiting axonemal assembly has much less effect on gene expression. The repressor sequestration model allows precursor production to occur when flagella are growing rapidly, representing a form of derivative control.

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Our Corgi for #SpeakerOfTheHouse.

Tenacious. Pro-America. Anti-werewolf.

OK, it's 2023. Is there any way to do auto-hyphenation in google docs yet?

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Come work with us! @[email protected] is seeking experienced and self-driven candidates for the role of Head of Research Strategy, Communication, and International Relations.
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Head of Research Strategy, Communication, and International Relations at NCMM (237576) | University of Oslo

Job title: Head of Research Strategy, Communication, and International Relations at NCMM (237576), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, February 12, 2023

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