Molecular Biology of the Cell
Select a specialty below for links to researchers in these areas.
Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Travis Moore – Mechanoregulation, cellular adhesion, migration
Pamela Wenzel – Fluid flow, biomechanical force, cell fate
Catherine Denicourt – Cell cycle, ribosome biogenesis, cancer
John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Yang Liu – Energy metabolism, heart, skeletal muscle
Mikhail Bogdanov – Folding and assembly of membrane proteins
William Dowhan – Structure and assembly of membrane proteins
Vasanthi Jayaraman – Neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels
Lei Zheng – Membrane proteins, phospholipid metabolism
Valeria Vasquez – Mechanosensitive ion channels, dietary lipids
Julio Cordero-Morales – Sensory receptors, ion channels, behavior
Kartik Venkatachalam – Neuronal networks, signal transduction
Danielle Garsin – Innate immune response, ethanolamine utilization
Kevin Morano – Protein chaperones, heat shock response
Ambro van Hoof – Exosome mediated mRNA degradation
Irina Serysheva – Calcium signaling, ion channels, cryo-EM/ET
Wenbo Li – Calcium regulation, protein-S-acylation, T-cell signaling
Cell Membranes – Structure, Assembly and Function
John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Carmen Dessauer – cAMP signaling, cardiac function, chronic pain
Shane Cunha – Membrane domains, ankyrins, cardiomyocyte function
Hongyuan Yang – Lipid droplets, lipid sorting, trafficking and storage
Mikhail Bogdanov – Folding and assembly of membrane proteins
William Dowhan – Structure and assembly of membrane proteins
Vasanthi Jayaraman – Neurotransmitter receptors, ion channels
Lei Zheng – Membrane proteins, phospholipid metabolism, ion channels
Valeria Vasquez – Mechanosensitive ion channels, dietary lipids
Julio Cordero-Morales – Sensory receptors, ion channels, behavior
Irina Serysheva – Calcium signaling, ion channels, cryo-EM/ET
Askar Akimzhanov – Calcium regulation, S-acylation, T-cell signaling
Guangwei Du – Phospholipid signaling and metabolism
Alemayehu Gorfe – Ras, membrane biology, cancer
John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Yong Zhou – Membrane mechanics, signal transduction, Ras protein
Cell Signaling – Pathways and Mechanisms
Askar Akimzhanov – Calcium regulation, S-acylation, T-cell signaling
John Putkey – Calcium dependent cell regulation
Irina Serysheva – Calcium signaling, ion channels, cryo-EM/ET
Lei Zheng – Membrane Transporters
Michael Zhu – Calcium signaling, ion channels, two pore channels
Neal Waxham – Synaptic plasticity, calcium signaling
Xiaodong Cheng – Signaling by exchange proteins activated by cAMP
Richard Clark – Regulation of β2-adrenergic receptors
Travis Moore – Mechanoregulation, cellular adhesion, migration
Valeria Vasquez – Mechanosensitive ion channels, dietary lipids
Carmen Dessauer – cAMP signaling, cardiac function, chronic pain
Julio Cordero-Morales – Sensory receptors, ion channels, behavior
Shane Cunha – Membrane domains, ankyrins, cardiomyocyte function
John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Yong Zhou – Membrane mechanics, signal transduction, Ras protein
Hongyuan Yang – Lipid droplets, lipid sorting, trafficking and storage
Hyun-Eui Kim – Stress response signaling, age-related diseases
Guangwei Du – Phospholipid signaling and metabolism
Jeff Frost – Rho family small G proteins in breast cancer
Danielle Garsin – Innate immune response, ethanolamine utilization
Heidi Kaplan – Quorum signaling, biofilm formation
Regulation of Gene Expression and Genome Organization
Xiaotian Zhang – 3D genome organization, leukemia, biological condensates
Wenbo Li – Genomics, epigenomics, enhancer RNA, gene regulation
Vihang Narkar – Angiogenesis, peripheral artery disease
Jiaqian Wu – Spinal cord injury, neurodegenerative diseases
Kuang-Lei Tsai – Gene regulation, chromatin remodeling, cryo-EM
Nayun Kim -Mutagenesis and chromosomal rearrangements
Nicholas Delay – Small non-coding RNA, gene expression
Ambro van Hoof – Exosome mediated mRNA degradation
Structural Biology and Cellular Imaging
Irina Serysheva – Calcium signaling, ion channels, cryo-EM/ET
Kuang-Lei Tsai – Gene regulation, chromatin remodeling, cryo-EM
Bo Hu – Bacterial nanomachines, cryo-electron tomography
Julio Cordero-Morales – Sensory receptors, ion channels, behavior
John Spudich – Photosensory signal transduction, optogenetics
John Putkey – Calcium dependent cell regulation
Neal Waxham – Synaptic plasticity, calcium signaling
Alemayehu Gorfe – Ras, membrane biology, cancer
Matt Baker – Computational modeling, cancer immunotherapy
Eva Sevick-Muraca – in vivo imaging, near infrared fluorescence
Ali Azhdarinia – Imaging-guided surgery, drug delivery
Travis Moore – Mechanoregulation, cellular adhesion, migration
Michael Lorenz – Fungal infections, innate immune system
Lei Zheng – Membrane proteins, phospholipid metabolism, ion channels