Cell Biology Graduate Training Program
The Cell Biology track
encompasses broad areas of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Faculty
research interests include: the extracellular matrix; protein processing and turnover;
mechanisms of signal transduction; cell manipulation and regeneration; cell
specific gene expression; organelle biogenesis and gene expression; chromosome
dynamics and structure; and cell outgrowth and migration.
Courses Offered:
Required core course: Cell Biology 231B, which is a broadly based course including topics in protein targeting, organelle biogenesis, receptor-mediated endocytosis, signal transduction and the cell cycle.
Recommended elective courses include:
Chromatin Structure and Function (BC 225)
Membrane and Protein Structure (Physio 261)
Synaptic, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (Anatomy 223)
Plant
Cell Biology (Dev Bio 231E)
Physiology of Ion Channels (Physio 232)
In addition to the formal courses, there are several journal clubs and seminar series on campus, and these focus on current issues in cell biology. The Journal Clubs include the Molecular and Cellular Biology Journal Club (Dev Bio 206/ Mol Bio 220) and the Yeast Research Colloquium (monthly research talks by investigators in yeast cell and molecular biology). Seminars are sponsored on a weekly basis by the departmental seminar series from at least six academic departments.
Cell Biology Faculty
Track coordinator - Lee
Bardwell, +
Dana
W. Aswad, + Ph.D., Professor of Molecular
Biology & Biochemistry
Regulation of protein function by covalent modification
Kenneth M. Baldwin,
+
Ph.D., Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Activity and hormonal factors regulating striated muscle
plasticity
Lee Bardwell, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Development & Cell Biology
Intracellular signalling in
development and disease
Michael W. Berns, + Ph.D., Professor of Developmental
& Cell Biology and Surgery
Laser microsurgery of cells, embryos, and tissues
Bruce Blumberg, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Development & Cell Biology
Gene regulation by nuclear hormone receptors in
vertebrate development and adult physiology
Carrie B. Brachmann, + Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Development & Cell Biology
Spatial regulation of developmental apoptosis; Bcl-2
proteins; cell signaling
Anne L. Calof, + Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy &
Neurobiology and Developmental & Cell Biology
Signaling by Transforming Growth Factor-beta and
Fibroblast Gorwth Factor Ligands
in the Developing and Regenerating Nervous System
Xing Dai, + Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Role of the regulatory proteins Ovo
in germ cell and epidermal differentiation
Anand Ganesan, + M.D./Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Identify the key molecular regulators of melanin
production, melanoma cell survival, and melanoma chemoresistance
in human cells
Alan
L. Goldin, + M.D./Ph.D.,
Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Cellular localization of ion channels
Steven Gross, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology
Laser tweezers; in vivo study of molecular motors
Klemens Hertel, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Regulation of gene expression by alternative splicing
Lan
Huang, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics and Development &
Cell Biology
Proteomics/mass spectrometry, signaling networks,
posttranslational modifications, biomarkers in cancer
Peter Kaiser,
+
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry
Cell cycle control; regulation of proteins by ubiquitination
Arthur D. Lander,
+
M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Developmental & Cell Biology and Pharmacology
Mechanisms of growth factor action; extracellular matrix;
developmental neurobiology
Eva Y.-H. P.
Lee, +
Ph.D., Professor of Biological Chemistry and Developmental & Cell Biology
Cell cycle checkpoint pathways and molecular genetic
studies of breast cancer using mouse models
Ellis Levin,
+
M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Biological Chemistry
Estrogen receptor and its effects on the biology of
estrogen action
Haoping Liu, + Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Biological Chemistry
MAP kinase signal transduction;
dimorphic regulation in yeast
Edwin
S. Monuki, + M.D./Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor of Pathology and Developmental Biology
Cerebral cortex development and disease
Naomi
Morrissette, + Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Parasitology,
cell biology, microtubules and tubulin function, drug
resistance, genetic analysis
R.
Michael Mulligan, + Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Developmental & Cell Biology
RNA editing in plant mitochondria and chloroplasts
Andre
Ouellette, + Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and
Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Regulation of Paneth cell defensin biosynthesis and secretion
Timothy
F. Osborne, + Ph.D., Professor of Molecular
Biology & Biochemistry
Transcriptional regulation of human cholesterol
biosynthesis and nutritional homeostasis
Markus
Ribbe, + Ph.D., Professor of Molecular
Biology & Biochemistry
Assembly & Function of Metalloproteins
Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin, +
Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Analysis of RNA and protein nucleocytoplasmic
trafficking
Sheryl
Tsai, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Microbial biosynthesis of fatty acid, sugars and
pharmaceuticals
Doug
Wallace, + Ph.D., Professor of Biological
Chemistry and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Human mitochondrial genetics and molecular medicine
Craig
Walsh, +
Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
Apoptotic mechanisms in immune development and
homeostasis
Ping
Wang, +
M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Biological Chemistry and Physiology
& Biophysics
Molecular hormone actions in the normal and diseased
heart
Rahul
Warrior, + Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Developmental & Cell Biology
Nuclear migration in developoment
and disease; Transcriptional response to growth factor signaling
Tau-Mu Yi, + Ph.D., Assistant Professor
of Developmental and Cell Biology
G-protein signal transduction; cell polarization; Systems
Biology.
Kyoko
Yokomori, + Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
The role of SMC family proteins in chromosome dynamics.