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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2026

Katrina B Velle, Meera Ramaswamy, Babak Vajdi Hokmabad, Tania Martín-Pérez, Teodoro Tapia Carrasco, William S Callahan, Harrison S Kim, Emily M Larkin, Abdurrahman H ElZafarany, Samantha M Jacques and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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    2025
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Katrina B VelleDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.ORCID 0000-0002-9985-9522
Meera Ramaswamy *Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.ORCID 0000-0001-9220-2256
Babak Vajdi Hokmabad *Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0001-5075-6357
Tania Martín-PérezDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.ORCID 0000-0001-9499-412X
Teodoro Tapia CarrascoDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.
William S Callahan *Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002.
Harrison S Kim *Department of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002.
Emily M LarkinHHMI, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003.ORCID 0009-0001-8461-8494
Abdurrahman H ElZafaranyDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.ORCID 0009-0007-2462-8846
Samantha M JacquesDepartment of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA 02747.ORCID 0009-0000-2341-9726
Sujit S DattaDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544.ORCID 0000-0003-2400-1561
Marc EdwardsDepartment of Biology, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002.
Lillian K Fritz-LaylinHHMI, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003.ORCID 0000-0002-9237-9403

Funding

Chytrid fungi and the functional specification of actin networksR35GM143039 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI FRITZ-LAYLIN, LILLIAN KATHLEEN · 2021 to 2025
$1.9M
Defining cytoskeletal mechanisms driving cell motility in NaegleriaR00GM147656 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH · PI Katrina Velle · 2024 to 2026
$747k
Investigating the regulation of PI(3,4)P2 in migrating cellsR15GM143733 · NIGMS · AMHERST COLLEGE · PI EDWARDS, MARC · 2021 to 2022
$511k
Amazing Aven's Quest for Amoeba Awareness Research AwardCamille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar ProgramHHMI (HHMI) Investigator ProgramHHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) GM143039HHS | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) R00GM147656NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM147656NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM143733NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM143039NSF (NSF) CBET-1941716NSF (NSF) DMR-2011750NSF (NSF) DMR2011750Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) Biomedical Scholars Program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The "brain-eating amoeba"

Indexed as

NaegleriaNaegleria fowleriAnimalsamoebablebconfinementmigrationNaegleria

Identifiers

PMID42721074
PMCPMC13598255

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