The Moberg Lab

The Moberg Lab is part of the Department of Cell Biology

Welcome to the Moberg Lab

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Carly and Binta’s paper: “The Drosophila Nab2 RNA binding protein inhibits m6A methylation and male-specific splicing of Sex lethal transcript in female neuronal tissue” published in July 2023!
Jo’s paper “An EcR probe reveals mechanisms of the ecdysone-mediated switch repression-to-activation on target genes in the larval wing disc,” is now on preprint at BioRxiv!
Ed’s 2nd paper “The Nab2 RNA-binding protein patterns dendritic and axonal projections through a planar cell polarity-sensitive mechanism,” was published in G3 in June 2022!
Ed’s paper “The-RNA binding protein Nab2 regulates the proteome of the developing Drosophila brain,” was published in JBC in July 2021!
Shilpi published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology: “Roles of Membrane and Vesicular Traffic in Regulation of the Hippo Pathway,” in January 2020!
Can published in EMBO Reports News and Views: “One repressor to rule them all: ANCO1 links YAP and AIB1,” in January 2020

Carly successfully defended and graduated!
Colby successfully defended and graduated!
Colby was awarded the 2023 BCDB Student of the Year award and the 2023 GDBBS Student Mentorship Award!
Tori won the GSA Early Career Poster Award at TAGC 2024!
Carly won a poster award at RNA Society Meeting!
Colby won 2nd place overall poster at the DSAC GDBBS Symposium and also won 2nd place for best image in the ICI Symposium competition!
Carly, Colby, Doug, and Joanna all gave platform talks at the 2022 Drosophila Research Meeting in San Diego, CA!
Can took a position as at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
Binta successfully defended and graduated
Chris successfully defended and graduated
Edwin successfully defended and graduated