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Karen Myhr

577-1504 (Office)
577-1483 (Lab)
ar7662@wayne.edu

Area of Interest
Detecting the distribution of specific mRNAs at the cellular and single molecule level in living neurons. Detection at the cellular level will help distinguish and purify cell types from heterogeneous tissues. Detection at the single molecule level is being pursued in collaboration with Dr. Rueda's lab. Our goal is to determine mechanisms that regulate mRNA distribution in dendrites during neuronal plasticity, i.e. development, learning and memory .

Resources include a gene gun and my novel assay for mRNA detection in living cells. I seek collaborations with scientists who want to identify mRNA in living cells. This could include enriching populations of cells expressing a gene of interest from tumors for biochemical assays.