Julio C. Fierro Morales

The paper investigates how molecular composition affects adhesion dynamics in Dictyostelium cell-substrate adhesions, showing that PaxillinB co-localization with VinculinB increases adhesion lifetime and alters PaxillinB turnover.

The paper shows that reducing cell-substrate adhesion in Dictyostelium increases migration speed, challenging the conventional focal adhesion model.

This study uses targeted next-generation sequencing to identify rare pathogenic variants in kidney disease-related genes in patients with diabetic kidney disease and non-diabetic kidney disease.