Molecular Biology of the Cell

Select a specialty below for links to researchers in these areas.

Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Travis MooreMechanoregulation, cellular adhesion, migration
Pamela WenzelFluid flow, biomechanical force, cell fate
Catherine DenicourtCell cycle, ribosome biogenesis, cancer
John Hancock – Membrane nanostructure, Ras, signal transduction
Yang LiuEnergy 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 GarsinInnate 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 HancockMembrane 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 ZhengMembrane 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 MooreMechanoregulation, 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 GarsinInnate 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