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

Distinguished Research Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar

Metabolic pathways of trypanosomatids and malaria parasites

Jacek Gaertig

Professor

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

Daichi Kamiyama

Associate Professor

Brain Development and Function in Health and Diseases

Edward T. Kipreos

Professor

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

Karl F. Lechtreck

Professor

Silvia N.J. Moreno

Distinguished Research Professor

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

Vasant Muralidharan

Professor

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