Cell Biology
About
The Cell Biology program provides outstanding training of PhD candidates in a vibrant and rapidly evolving field. Our comprehensive program emphasizes original research, interdisciplinary coursework, and advanced topical colloquia. Trainees have the opportunity to explore fundamental questions in many areas including molecular mechanisms of cell function; regulation of growth and differentiation; cell interactions in migration; embryonic patterning in development; and morphogenesis of cells, tissues and organs. Training in cell and developmental biology forms the basis not only for making fundamental new discoveries, but also for understanding and exploring the links to human diseases where the fundamental processes of cytoskeletal dynamics, membrane trafficking, signal transduction, mitosis, cell adhesion, motility, mechanotransduction, and polarity go awry. For more information, click here…
Program Faculty
Ai, Huiwang
Molecular Biosensors; Spatiotemporal Regulation of Biological Signaling; Protein Engineering for Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics
Bajikar, Sameer Subhash
Systems biology approaches to study gene dosage in neurodevelopment and neurodevelopmental disorders
Bloom, George S.
Pathogenic mechanisms in Alzheimer's Disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
Cai, Chuanxi
Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
Casanova, James E.
Role of Arf family GTPases in vesicular transport and cytoskeleton assembly.
Cell Biology of bacterial pathogenesis.
The innate immune response to bacterial infection.Chalfant, Charles Edward
Hematology and Oncology, Cell Biology, Lipid Signaling, Cancer Cell Signaling, and RNA Biology
Cope, Elise
Adult-born neurons, perineuronal nets, and microglia in hippocampal plasticity and behavior in health and disease
Coutinho-Budd, Jaeda
Neuron-glia and glial-glial interactions
Cross, Janet V.
Contribution of the Inflammatory Microenvironment to Tumor Initiation, Progression and Metastasis; Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention
DeSimone, Douglas W.
Cell Adhesion and Adhesion-Dependent Cell Signaling in Vertebrate Morphogenesis
Dwyer, Noelle
Neural Development; Cell Division in Neural Stem Cells; Axon Outgrowth and Guidance
Ebrahim, Seham
Cytoskeletal architecture, dynamics and roles in cellular physiology and disease; High-resolution live cell and tissue imaging
Halme, Adrian J.
Regeneration and Systemic Responses to Tissue Damage
Hirschi, Karen Kemper
Understanding Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Leading to Blood Vessel Formation
Kashatus, David F
The Role of Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission in Tumorigenesis.
Keller, Raymond E.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis
Kenworthy, Anne
Architecture and function of biological membranes
Kozminski, Keith G.
Regulation of Polarized Morphogenesis
Kucenas, Sarah C
The role of glia in the development, maintenance and regeneration of the nervous system
Kulkarni, Saurabh
Precision medicine, translational science, regeneration, organoids, high resolution imaging, computational modeling
Kuyumcu-Martinez, Muge N
RNA regulatory networks and RNA binding proteins during cardiovascular development and in cardiovascular disease
Laurie, Gordon W.
Restoration of Homeostasis in Disease
Le, Lu Q
Cancer Biology, Tumor Cell of Origin and Tumor Microenvironment, Neurofibromatosis and Schwann Cell Biology, Skin and Hair Stem Cell Biology & Regeneration
Levental, Ilya
Composition, Biophysics and Physiology of Cellular Membranes
Lu, Xiaowei
Wnt/PCP signaling in inner ear development Mouse models for human deafness Wnt/PCP signaling in neural tube closure
Ma, Jianjie
Physiology & Biophysics
Miller, Clint L.
Genetic variation, Complex diseases, Coronary artery disease, Genomics, Epigenomics, Regulatory mechanisms, Vascular biology, Pharmacology and Physiology
Newman, Laura Elizabeth
Mitochondrial regulation of innate immune and antiviral signaling
O’Rourke, Eyleen Jorgelina
Obesity and Aging
Pani, Ariel
Investigating the cell-biological foundations of development
Parichy, David
Developmental Genetics, Evolution and Regeneration
Park, Kwon
Mechanisms of tissue/organ homeostasis and tumorigeensis
Redemann, Stefanie
Chromosome segregation and aneuploidy in meiosis and mitosis
Sheynkman, Gloria M.
Proteoform Systems Biology: proteogenomic approaches to uncover the role of proteomic variation in human disease
Shin, Jung-Bum
Auditory Neurobiology
Siegrist, Sarah
Regulation of neural stem cell proliferation during development and adulthood
Spiliotis, Elias T
Spatial Cell Biology. Neuronal Morphogenesis and Disease. Cancer Migration and Invasion.
Stukenberg, P. Todd
Mechanisms of chromosome segregation in Mitosis and generation of Chromosomal Instability in tumors
Sutherland, Ann E.
Cell behavior and morphogenesis during early mouse development.
Swiatecka-Urban, Agnieszka
Regulation of cell-surface stability and intracellular trafficking of membrane proteins in epithelial cells
Tamm, Lukas K.
Biomembrane Structure and Function; Cell Entry of Enveloped Viruses; Neurosecretion by Exocytosis; Structure of Bacterial Pathogen Membrane Proteins; Lipid-Protein Interactions
Winckler, Bettina
Endosomal function and dysfunction in neurons. Development of the nervous system: cytoskeleton and membrane traffic in axon and dendrite growth.
Worley, Melanie I.
Investigating regeneration through genetics and single-cell analysis
Wotton, David
Regulation of Gene Expression, Development and Tumor Progression by TGF beta Signaling
Wythe, Joshua D
Cardiovascular Development and Cerebrovascular Pathologies
Zeitlin, Scott O.
Mechanisms of Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis
Zhou, Anny Xiaobo
Genetics, Functional Genomics, Epigenetics, Lung repair/regeneration, Metabolic regulation, Alveolar stem cells, Chromatin interaction, Innate immune response, Live-cell imaging
Zong, Hui
Early detection, cancer prevention, and tumor microenvironment