April Solon

Cancer Biology PhD candidate @UMich in the @R_Ohi_Lab, studying regulation of kinesin activity. Plant enthusiast🪴. She/her.

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

@ApfelbaumApril Congrats, this is an awesome paper!!

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

Pleased to share our now published work investigating a new method of kinesin regulation! Thank you so much to Zhenyu Tan, Katie Schutt, @sarah_e_haynes, Lauren Jepsen, @A2DaveSept, @nesvilab, @jstumpffVT, @mcianfro, and @R_Ohi_Lab! Check it out here: https://t.co/RrB7LXrnZj

[UMLifeSciences @UMLifeSciences]

We know disruptions to the commercial supply chain have far-reaching impacts — the same is true inside our cells.
Now, a @ScienceAdvances study sheds new light on how the cell's 'delivery trucks' are regulated to maintain a healthy cellular supply chain.
https://t.co/luwddgCTCZ

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

@michmer4 Thanks Anna 😊

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

So excited to share the preprint of my first paper! Check out this thread for an overview of our work characterizing a novel kinesin regulator, KIFBP ⬇️ Huge shoutout to all of our collaborators, this has been an awesome project to work on!

[Michael Cianfrocco @mcianfro]

1/ Excited to share our work on how kinesin binding protein (KIFBP) regulates kinesin! TL;DR: KIFBP remodels the kinesin motor to inhibit microtubule-binding

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

Thanks so much to @R_Ohi_Lab, Zhenyu Tan, @mcianfro, Katie Schutt, @jstumpffVT, Lauren Jepsen, @A2DaveSept, @sarah_e_haynes, and @nesvilab for all of your hard work!

[ROhiLab@UNM @R_Ohi_Lab]

This is big win for the @R_Ohi_Lab and our wonderful collaborators @mcianfro, @jstumpffVT, @A2DaveSept, @nesvilab. Congrats to @AprilSolon3, Zhenyu Tan, Katie Schutt, Lauren Jepsen, and @sarah_e_haynes. Stay tuned for a video summary of this study by @mcianfro.

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

@Dr_Sprggs @knspeckhart Where are those cookies from?? They look delicious!

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

I’m so happy and grateful to have had the opportunity to present my work at #SpindleCroatia2021, and it was a blast learning about so many other mitosis-related projects! Here’s hoping we can be in Croatia in person next time!

[Iva Tolić @Toliclab]

April Solon from @R_Ohi_Lab examined regulation of the kinesin motor activity by kinesin-binding protein (KBP). She determined high-resolution structures of KBP bound to Kif15 and Kif18A and identified regions critical for the interaction. #SpindleCroatia2021

[April Solon @AprilSolon3]

@Daniel_Salas671 That’s incredible!!