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William S. Callahan

Amherst College

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1 Organism:mouse· 1

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Abdurrahman ElZafaranyiD· 1 shared Aine C. Scholand· 1 shared Ana Rita BatistaiD· 1 shared Babak Vajdi HokmabadiD· 1 shared Cassandra M. Sion· 1 shared Emily M. LarkiniD· 1 shared Harrison S. Kim· 1 shared Katrina VelleiD· 1 shared

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Naegleria amoebae seek confinement and crawl persistently through narrow spaces

Katrina Velle, Meera Ramaswamy, Babak Vajdi Hokmabad, Tania Martín‐Pérez, Teodoro Tapia Carrasco, William S. Callahan, Harrison S. Kim, Emily M. Larkin, Abdurrahman ElZafarany, Samantha M Jacques, Sujit Sankar Datta, Marc Edwards, Lillian K. Fritz‐Laylin

This study investigates how Naegleria amoebae navigate narrow spaces and environments, finding they use bleb-based motility and exhibit memory-guided movement that may aid in pathogenesis.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sep 10, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology

AAV gene therapy for Cockayne syndrome

Ana Rita Batista, Aine C. Scholand, William S. Callahan, McKenna K. Watson, Cassandra M. Sion, Tyler Mola, Kennedy O’Hara, Oliver D. King, Robert M King, Miguel Sena‐Esteves

This study demonstrates that AAV9-CSA gene therapy extends lifespan and distributes human CSA in the brain and heart of Csa-/-;Xpa-/- mice, but also causes adverse effects.

bioRxiv · Jun 6, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience