Kennard AS, Velle KB, Ranjan R, Schulz D, Fritz-Laylin L. (2024). An internally controlled system to study microtubule network diversification links tubulin evolution to the use of distinct microtubule regulators. (2024). [Preprint]. bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2024.01.08.573270
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Education
- Ph.D in Biophysics, Stanford University, 2021
- MPhil in Physics, University of Cambridge, 2014
- A.B. in Chemical and Physical Biology, summa cum laude, Harvard College, 2013
Publications
Velle KB, Garner RM, Beckford TK, Weeda M, Liu C, Kennard AS, Edwards M, Fritz-Laylin LK. (2023). A conserved pressure-driven mechanism for regulating cytosolic osmolarity Curr. Biol., 33. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.061
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Kennard AS*, Sathe M*, Labuz EC, Prinz CK, Theriot JA. (2023). Post-injury hydraulic fracturing drives fissure formation in the zebrafish basal epidermal cell layer. Curr. Biol., 33(13): 2616-2631.
(* indicates equal contribution)
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Korkmazhan E, Kennard AS, Garzon-Coral C, Vasquez CG, Dunn AR. (2022). Tether-guided lamellipodia enable rapid wound healing Biophys. J., 121(6): 1029-1037.
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Velle KB, Kennard AS, Trupinić M, Ivec A, Swafford AJM, Nolton E, Rice LM, Tolić IM, Fritz-Laylin LK, Wadsworth P. (2022). Naegleria’s mitotic spindles are built from unique tubulins and highlight core spindle features Curr. Biol., 32(6): 1247-1261.
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Kennard AS, Prinz CK, Labuz EC, Theriot JA (2021). Wounding Zebrafish Larval Epidermis by Laceration Bio-protocol, 11(24): e4260.
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Lou SS*, Kennard AS*, Koslover EF, Gutierrez E, Groisman A, Theriot JA (2021). Elastic wrinkling of keratocyte lamellipodia driven by myosin-induced contractile stress Biophys J, 120(9): 1578-1591.
(* indicates equal contribution)
[Link]
Galvin CJ, Liu KN, Kennard AS, Tembulkar SK, Dunlap A, Large TAG, Pham T, Le D, Alvarez-Buylla A, Nguyen H, Ponce E, Tran S, Nguyen N, Ngo C, Tran C, Huynh G, Allamandola P, Bryant Z (2021). Curiosity-Based Biophysics Projects in a High School Setting with Graduate Student Mentorship The Biophysicist, 2(1): 6-11.
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Kennard AS, Theriot JA (2020). Osmolarity-independent electrical cues guide rapid response to injury in zebrafish epidermis eLife, 9: e62386.
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Grilli J, Osella M, Kennard AS, Cosentino Lagomarsino M. (2017). Relevant parameters in models of cell division control. Phys Rev E, 95(3): 032411.
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Kennard AS, Osella M, Javer A, Grilli J, Nghe P, Tans SJ, Cicuta P, Cosentino Lagomarsino M. (2016). Individuality and universality in the growth-division laws of single E. coli cells. Phys Rev E, 93(1): 012408.
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Lampo TJ, Kennard AS, Spakowitz AJ. (2016). Physical modeling of dynamic coupling between chromosomal loci. Biophys J, 110(2): 338-347.
[PMC]
Pultz IS, Christen M, Kulasekara HD, Kennard A, Kulasekara B, Miller SI. (2012). The response threshold of Salmonella PilZ domain proteins is determined by their binding affinities for c-di-GMP. Mol Microbiol, 86(6): 1424-1440.
[PMC]
Talks
Evolutionary and functional divergence in the uncoupled microtubule networks of Naegleria
Conference talk at CELL BIO 2022, Washington, D.C
Naegleria’s mitotic spindles are built from unique tubulins and highlight core spindle features
Conference talk at CELL BIO 2021, via Zoom