Matt Zammit, PhD, Waisman scientist in the Brain Imaging Core, and affiliate investigator Erik Dent, PhD, are both winners of UW-Madison’s Cool Science Image Contest.
Erik Dent
Erik W. Dent, PhD – Slide of the Week
Dendritic spines, the mushroom-shaped extensions along dendritic shafts of excitatory neurons, are critical for synaptic function and are one of the first neuronal structures disrupted in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases.
Erik Dent, PhD
Title: KIF1A dynamically colocalizes with syt-IV and invades dendritic spines along microtubules. Legend: (a) eGFP-KIF1A colocalizes with mCherry-syt-IV in the dendritic shaft and moves together over time as detected in time-lapse images and in kymographs …