Dance Your PhD - 2009

Graduate student My PhD dissertation is on the subject of synaptogenesis, studying the molecular cues involved in synapse formation and differentiation that is essential for the developing nervous system. Specifically, our lab studies agrin, a heparan sulfate proteoglycan that has been widely studied for its synaptogenic effects, especially at the neuromuscular junction. My project studies agrin’s function in synaptogenesis in the peripheral nervous system. In this dance, I represent a motile growth c