Faculty w/Primary Appointment in Cell Biology |
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Chemoattractant directed cell migration; signal transduction.
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Developmental genetics of organ formation; Drosophila.
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Experimental immunology; differentiation signals. |
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Cellular regulation of cholesterol homeostasis and adaptation to hypoxia.
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Cellular mechanisms and molecular regulation of epithelial morphogenesis in development and cancer.
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Pathways and mechanisms of protein trafficking in polarized epithelia; Wilson and Menkes Diseases; copper ATPases.
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Lipid signaling in chemotaxis.
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Directed cell migration; tumor metastasis; primary cilia; synthetic chemical biology; technology development.
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The dynamics of mitochondria and their DNA in yeast, trypanosomes and mammalian cells.
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Cellular interactions in the immune system; the immunological synapse; mechanisms of T cell activation and induction of tolerance.
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Intracellular protein trafficking; enveloped virus assembly.
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Molecular genetics of germ line stem cell function.
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Yeast and mammalian cell biology; progeria and lamin A processing; ER quality control and cystic fibrosis; ABC transporters.
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Probing the molecular, biochemical and mechanical basis for cytokinesis and cellular morphogenesis.
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Mitochondrial dynamics; membrane fusion and fission.
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Nuclear envelope, lamins and nucleoskeleton; Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy
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Cell migration and integrin signaling.
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Jr. Faculty w/Primary Appointment in Cell Biology |
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Stem cell regulation in Drosophila |
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Hannah Kupfer, Ph.D.
Research Associate |
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Faculty w/Secondary Appointment in Cell Biology |
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Tissue homeostasis and immune regulation by the extracellular matrix – implications in ocular surface and intestinal inflammatory diseases. |
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Mechanisms of cell-cell fusion in development and disease. |
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Mechanical functions of cells; actin-based protrusion and cell motility; nanoscale biophysics; laser-based imaging and bioinstrumentation. |
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Pancreatic development and differentiation using both mouse and zebrafish model systems. |
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Molecular mechanisms and functions of SUMOylation; nuclear pore complexes and control of nucleocytoplasmic transport. |
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Lewis Romer, M.D.
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology & Critical Care |
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Faculty w/Adjunct Appointment in Cell Biology |
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Dependence of microtubules in organelle transport and related microtubule behavior, including polymer annealing and the mechanism of binding microtubule-associated protein (MAP-2) on microtubule surfaces; mechanical and conformational requirements of the motor protein, kinesin. |
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Ronald McKay, Ph.D.
Director, Leiber Institute for
Brain Development
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Stem cell biology and brain development with a focus on regeneration of the nervous system. |
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