Cell Structure and Function

Cytoskeleton and cell motility, cell division and cell cycle control, chromatin and gene expression, organelle biogenesis, endosymbiosis and cell evolution, neurobiology, cellular metabolism, hormone action.

Personnel

Haini N. Cai

Associate Professor

Developmental gene regulation via epigenetic modification of genome and chromatin structure

Roberto Docampo

Roberto Docampo

Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar

Metabolic pathways of trypanosomatids and malaria parasites

Mark A. Farmer

Professor

Protistan evolution; cellular evolution; endosymbiosis

Marcus Fechheimer

Marcus Fechheimer

Emeritus University Professor

Molecular cell biology of the Actin Cytoskeleton; Alzheimer's Disease; Aging; Hirano bodies

Jacek Gaertig

Professor

Biogenesis of microtubule-based organelles including cilia, organelle compartmentalization, intracellular pattern formation.

Daichi Kamiyama

Assistant Professor

Neuroscience; the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neural circuit assembly

Edward T. Kipreos

Professor

Cellular biology; molecular genetics; regulation of cell division in Caenorhabditis elegans

Karl F. Lechtreck

Professor

Kojo A. Mensa-Wilmot

Adjunct Professor

Chemical biology; parasitology; signal transduction; drug discovery

Silvia N.J. Moreno

Silvia N.J. Moreno

Distinguished Research Professor

Metabolism and drug development against protozoan parasites. Calcium signaling and storage in Toxoplasma gondii.

Vasant Muralidharan

Associate Professor

Molecular and cellular biology of the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

Ping Shen

Ping Shen

Professor

Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Genetics, Decisions and Motivated Responses to Reward and Stress in Drosophila

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