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Vesicular Trafficking Shapes Membrane Diffusion

We are excited to announce the publication of our newest paper Membrane Diffusion Occurs by Continuous-Time Random Walk Sustained by Vesicular Trafficking, published in Biophysical Journal. In this paper we investigate the diffusive process that mediates the movement of proteins on the cell surface, and demonstrate a key role of endocytosis and exocytosis in maintaining

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Armed for Destruction – A new paper on Neutrophils

The Heit lab is excited to announce the publication of our newest paper, a review on how neutrophil granules contribute to the potent antimicrobial capabilities of neutrophils. New paper published, on how neutrophils are armed to fight infection. Free read-only version available here: https://t.co/1K0WVSY2v2 pic.twitter.com/SzUDSQgRmx — Bryan Heit (@BryanHeit) November 29, 2017 A free read-only

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Two New Papers

We are happy to have published two new papers with our collaborators over the past two weeks. The first paper was published with our collaborators Dr. Warren Lee and Dr. Greg Fairn, both from the St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, where we identified the mechanisms mediating the transport of HDL (good cholesterol) into the brain. Unlike

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