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Editors for Cell Biology

We aim to review research in all areas of cell biology, including but not limited to studies on cell cycle, cell polarity and fate, nuclear and chromosome organization and segregation/division, signal transduction, and vesicle transport. Read the latest research in this subject area.

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Senior editors

Sofia J Araújo

University of Barcelona, Spain

Sofia J Araújo is Associate Professor in Genetics, at the Department of Genetics Microbiology and Statistics, University of Barcelona, where she leads the genetics of cell behaviour research group. She received her PhD in Biochemistry from the University of London and did postdoctoral training at King’s College London and IBMB-CSIC in Barcelona. Her research at the University of Barcelona is centered in cell migration and branching morphogenesis, with the aim of understanding how branched organs develop and contribute to living organism homeostasis as well as the ageing process. She is currently head of the Genetics section of the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, and board member of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology. She also holds a Diploma in Science Communication from Birkbeck College, London, and has extensive experience in teaching, communication, and training of scientists on better ways of bringing science to the public.

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Neuroscience
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
neurodevelopment
DNA repair
single-cell branching
cell migration
tubulogenesis
organogenesis

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster

Competing interests statement
Sofia J Araújo's research is currently funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Catalan Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR).
Felix Campelo

The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain

Felix Campelo is a researcher specializing in membrane biophysics, cell biology, and fluorescence microscopy tools to understand intracellular organization. He did his PhD research in theoretical biophysics at the University of Barcelona and Tel Aviv University, developing computational and theoretical methods to study membrane shape and dynamics. In his postdoc at the Malhotra lab (CRG-Center for Genomic Regulation), he shifted to experimental cell biology and biochemistry to explore mechanisms of intracellular trafficking and the cooperation between lipids and proteins in organizing Golgi membranes.

Currently leading the Intracellular Dynamics and Nanoscopy lab at ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Felix and his interdisciplinary lab focus on organelle morphology and dynamics, with a particular interest in intracellular membrane trafficking in the early secretory pathway. They employ advanced microscopy techniques, molecular and cell biology tools, and theoretical biophysics to address fundamental topics in cell biology.

Expertise
Physics of Living Systems
Cell Biology
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
membrane mechanics
membrane curvature
intracellular trafficking
membrane organization
membrane contact sites
Golgi complex
endoplasmic reticulum exit sites
super-resolution microscopy
single-molecule microscopy

Experimental organism
human
S. cerevisiae

Competing interests statement
Dr Campelo receives funding from Government of Spain, Fundació Privada Cellex, Fundació Privada Mir-Puig, and Generalitat de Catalunya.
Jonathan A Cooper

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, United States

Jon Cooper is a member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and an Affiliate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Washington. After undergraduate studies at the University of Cambridge and post-graduate research at the University of Warwick, he performed postdoctoral research with Bernard Moss at the NIH and with Tony Hunter at the Salk Institute. With Tony, he found that oncogenic retroviruses (Rous sarcoma virus and others) and growth factors (EGF and PDGF) stimulate the tyrosine phosphorylation of overlapping subsets of cell proteins, which were candidates to regulate cell proliferation and metabolism. He joined Fred Hutch in 1985 to continue the work he started at the Salk, investigating the mechanisms by which protein kinases regulate cell proliferation and transformation. His laboratory played important roles in establishing how Src is regulated, how activated growth factor receptors recruit signaling proteins, and establishing Ras-Raf-MAPK signaling. In 1995, postdoc Brian Howell knocked out the gene for a Src substrate and observed a distinctive brain development phenotype. Efforts by several laboratories rapidly established a signaling pathway that regulates neuron migrations during brain development. Further studies on this pathway revealed the importance of ubiquitination and degradation for terminating signaling, and led in recent years to detailed investigation of the roles of Cullin-RING ligases in regulating signal transduction events in vivo and in cultured cells.

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
signaling pathways
cell migration
post-translational modifications
neuron migrations
immune cell migration
phosphorylation
cell transformation

Competing interests statement
Jon Cooper receives research grants from the NIH.
David James

University of Sydney, Australia

Professor James currently holds the Leonard P Ullmann Chair in Molecular Systems Biology and he is the Domain Leader for Biology at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. Professor James has made major contributions to our understanding of insulin action. In the late 1980s he published a series of journal articles in Nature describing the identification and characterization of the insulin responsive glucose transporter GLUT4. Professor James then focused his efforts on unveiling the cellular and molecular control of insulin-stimulated glucose transport. He has also made contributions in the area of SNARE proteins, signal transduction and more recently in systems biology.

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
diabetes
signal transduction
systems biology

Experimental organism
mouse
human
rat

Competing interests statement
David James has been funded by bodies like National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Wellcome Trust, Australian Research Council (ARC), NIH, Pfizer, Eli Lilly and Novo, had continuous NHMRC research fellowships since 1998 and is now Senior Principal Research Fellow.

James has served on editorial boards of journals such as The Journal of Biological Chemistry and The American Journal of Physiology for more than 10 years and is currently on five boards with major roles at Cell Metabolism (only Australian) and The Journal of Clinical Investigation. James reviews ~30 manuscripts per year for journals like Nature, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Medicine, Science, PNAS, The Journal Clinical Invest, Molecular Endocrinology, Endocrinology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, Journal of Cell Biology, Traffic, FASEB J, Genes & Development and grants for Diabetes Australia, National Heart, Wellcome Trust, ARC, NHMRC and International Foundations.
Jürgen Kleine-Vehn

University of Freiburg, Germany

Jürgen is a Professor at the University of Freiburg. He obtained his PhD for his work on plant cell polarity at the Flemish Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) at the Ghent University. He has been an Associate Professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna and is now full Professor and chair of Molecular Plant Physiology (MoPP) at the University of Freiburg. He works at the interface of quantitative plant cell biology and developmental plant genetics, addressing plant growth control at a subcellular to organ scale.

Expertise
Plant Biology
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
plant hormones
growth control
plant architecture

Competing interests statement
Jürgen Kleine-Vehn has received and profited from funding by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), the European Research Council (ERC), the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Molecular Science and on the advisory board of Review Commons (operated by EMBO). He has been an elected member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Young Curia).
Benoît Kornmann

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Benoit Kornmann is Associate Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, and fellow of St Hugh’s College. Benoit Kornmann studies membrane contact sites, how intracellular organization impinges on organelle function and how lipid molecules are distributed among the many membranes of a eukaryotic cell. Benoit Kornmann is an expert in yeast genetics, membrane biology, organelle dynamics and signalling. He holds a PhD of the University of Geneva, and previously held the positions of Assistant Professor at the ETH Zurich, Professor of the Swiss National Science Foundation, and fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
membrane contact sites
mitochondria
membrane dynamics
membrane trafficking
phospholipids

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae

Competing interests statement
Benoit Kornmann is funded by the Wellcome trust and Syngenta Crop Protection. He is a board member of Review Commons and Contact, a faculty member of Faculty Opinions, and an advisory board member of F1000 Research.
Adèle L Marston

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Adèle Marston is Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Edinburgh, a Wellcome Investigator and Director of the Wellcome Discovery Research Platform for Hidden Cell Biology. Adèle investigates the fundamental mechanisms by which cells reproduce themselves and transmit their genome to the next generation. She has a particular interest in meiosis, the cell division that generates eggs and sperm. Her laboratory takes a multi-disciplinary approach to identify the fundamental mechanisms of chromosome segregation in model organisms, including yeast, frogs and mice. To understand the relevance of these discoveries for human fertility, she also works with clinicians to investigate the origins of chromosome segregation errors in human oocytes.

Expertise
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
chromosome biology
cell biology
reproductive biology
meiosis
mitosis
chromosome segregation
cell cycle

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
S. pombe
xenopus laevis
mouse
human

Competing interests statement
Adèle Marston is funded by Wellcome. She has served as Reviewing Editor for eLife.
Lynne-Marie Postovit

University of Alberta, Canada

Dr Lynne-Marie Postovit is a Professor and Head of the Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences (DBMS) at Queen’s University. Prior to this she held several endowed chairs in Cancer Research at the University of Alberta. Overall, Dr Postovit’s work has yielded many fundamental discoveries, leading to highly cited papers as well as putative clinical applications. As examples, she is recognized for her work related to the role of NODAL, a stem-cell associated protein, in cancer progression, as well as significant contributions related to extracellular matrices, the role of hypoxia in cancer progression and more recently the role of mRNA translation in cancer cell plasticity. Her discoveries have also provided the foundations for three patents. While focused on fundamental biology related to cancer cell plasticity, Dr Postovit’s research has often been translated to the clinic, for the benefit of patients.

Exemplifying her stature in the field, Dr Postovit has served on the editorial boards of journals and has presented her work at international conferences and institutions around the globe. Dr Postovit’s achievements have also been recognized by invitations to participate on scientific advisory boards, adjudication panels, and planning committees. For instance, she was a member of the Standing Committee on Research Excellence [Terry Fox Research Institute (TFRI)], the Scientific Advisory Board for the Cancer Research Society, the AACR Regional Advisory Subcommittee of Canada, and the Medical Review panel (Gairdner Foundation). These boards decided the outcomes of some of the most prestigious awards and grants related to cancer research. Dr Postovit has also received several awards and accolades: For example, she was the top ranked New Investigator at the CIHR (2009) and in 2016, was nominated to the college of the Royal Society of Canada.

Importantly, Dr Postovit has been a dedicated advocate for the research enterprise at large. She was a founding co-director of the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta, wherein she built educational programming and organizational structures to support translational cancer research. More recently she has been building core research capacities at Queen’s, obtaining funds from sources such as the Transformative Educational Research Fund, to establish team based experiential learning opportunities in the health sciences and to ensure equitable access to research infrastructure.

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
cellular plasticity
tumour microenvironment
hypoxia
stem cells
metastasis
ovarian cancer
breast cancer

Competing interests statement
Dr Postovit holds funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Cancer Research Society, the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.
David Ron

Cambridge University, United Kingdom

David Ron is a Professor at Cambridge University. He directs a lab at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) studying protein-folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The lab uses biochemical, biophysical and cell-based tools to research both the molecular mechanisms that recognize the burden of unfolded proteins and thus initiate signalling in the ER unfolded protein response (UPR) and the downstream effector pathways by which cells adapt to unfolded protein stress in their ER. These effector mechanisms engage post-translational regulation of ER chaperone function, regulated translation of mRNA and transcriptional control of gene expression and thus interface with other cellular stress pathways.

To eLife, David Ron brings scientific expertise in the study of the unfolded protein response, chaperone function and stress-induced regulation of mRNA translation and editorial experience from having served as an eLife Reviewing Editor since 2012.

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
chaperones
unfolded protein response
oxidative protein folding
protein synthesis

Experimental organism
C. elegans
E. coli
human
mouse
S. cerevisiae

Competing interests statement
David Ron holds a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowship and is on the editorial advisory boards of J. Cell Science, PLOS Biology and EMBO J.
Dominique Soldati-Favre

University of Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Dominique Soldati-Favre studied biochemistry and earned her PhD degree in molecular biology from the University of Zürich (Switzerland). She is full Professor at the department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Geneva. Her laboratory is studying obligate intracellular parasitism using Toxoplasma gondii. The main line of research focuses on the cell biology underlying parasite active invasion into mammalian cells. Her group is also aiming at defining the metabolic needs and capabilities of the parasites as well as how they subvert host cellular functions notably to access nutrients.

Expertise
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
parasitology
organelle biogenesis
protein trafficking
metabolism
host pathogen interaction
signalling

Experimental organism
T. gondii
apicomplexans
kinetoplastids

Competing interests statement
Dominique Soldati-Favre’s research is currently funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. She serves as Section Editor at PLOS Pathogens, and Editor at mBio.
Richard M White

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard White, M.D., Ph.D, is a physician-scientist at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College. He is interested in basic mechanisms underlying metastasis, using the zebrafish as a model system. His work has established numerous techniques for cancer modeling and high-resolution imaging in the fish. Using these tools, the lab is focused on the cross-talk between tumor cells and the microenvironment, and how this interplay influences metastatic success. His work has revealed novel interactions between melanoma cells and adipocytes in the microenvironment, and how neural crest programs play roles in melanoma progression. He has been awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the Pershing Square Foundation Award, and the Mark Foundation ASPIRE award.

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Medicine

Research focus
development
neural crest
zebrafish
cancer
melanoma
metastasis
microenvironment

Experimental organism
zebrafish

Competing interests statement
Richard White receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Pershing Square Sohn Foundation, the Mark Foundation, the Melanoma Research Alliance, the American Cancer Society and the Harry J. Lloyd Foundation. He receives consulting fees from N-of-One, Inc.

Reviewing editors

Yousef Abu-Amer

Washington University School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation
Medicine

Research focus
osteolysis
osteoclast
osteoarthritis
osteoimmunology
inflammatory arthritis
RANKL
Pablo S Aguilar

IFIBYNE, Argentina

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
membranes fusion
eukaryogenesis
yeast
cell-cell interaction
fission
Sameh Ali

Children's Cancer Hospital Egypt, Egypt

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation
Neuroscience
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
metabolism
mitochondria
redox biology
reactive oxygen species
membrane biophysics
inflammation
aging
oncology
Rozalyn M Anderson

University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
aging
metabolism
caloric restriction
Derek Applewhite

Reed College, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
cytoskeleton
actin
microtubules
non-muscle myosin II
cross-linkers
cell migration
cytoskeletal dynamics

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
Michel Bagnat

Duke University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
morphogenesis
tubulogenesis
notochord
spine
gut
epithelial
polarity

Experimental organism
zebrafish
mouse
Mohan Balasubramanian

University of Warwick, United Kingdom

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
cytokinesis
cell cycle
cytoskeleton

Experimental organism
S. pombe
Frederic A Bard

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (A*STAR), Singapore

Expertise
Cell Biology
Cancer Biology

Research focus
Golgi
protein glycosylation
signaling
cancer
matrix degradation
cell migration

Experimental organism
human
mouse
Patricia Bassereau

Institut Curie, France

Expertise
Cell Biology
Physics of Living Systems
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
physics of cells
membrane biophysics
mechanobiology
intracellular traffic
endocytosis
adhesion
cellular protrusions
biomimetic membranes
Victoria L Bautch

University of North Carolina, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
growth and interactions of cells
blood vessel formation
Anton M Bennett

Yale University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancer Biology

Research focus
cell signalling
metabolism
protein tyrosine phosphorylation
protein tyrosine kinases
protein tyrosine phosphatases
Audrey M Bernstein

State University of New York Upstate Medical University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
cornea
scarring
fibrosis
glaucoma
integrins
myofibroblast
Jonathan S Bogan

Yale School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
insulin
protein trafficking
metabolism
type 2 diabetes
Francesca Bottanelli

Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany

Expertise
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
membrane trafficking
organelles
CRISPR
gene editing
super resolution microscopy
Jeffrey J Brault

Indiana University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
skeletal muscle
bioenergetics
mitochondria
atrophy
ATP

Experimental organism
mouse
Nils Brose

Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany

Expertise
Neuroscience
Cell Biology

Research focus
synapses
transmitter release
synaptogenesis
synaptic transmission
synaptopathies

Experimental organism
mouse
brain slices
cultured neurons
Ernesto Canalis

UConn Health, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
osteoblasts
osteoclasts
mouse genetics
rare diseases
notch
Marlon Cerf

South African Medical Research Council, South Africa

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
diabetes
cardiovascular disease
SDGs
fetal programming
obesity
Agnieszka Chacinska

University of Warsaw, Poland

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
biogenesis
organelles
mitochondria
protein transport
proteasome
protein degradation
protein synthesis

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
mammalian cells
nematode
Graziana Colaianni

University of Bari, Italy

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
bone
osteoporosis
muscle
sarcopenia
cartilage
muscle atrophy

Experimental organism
mouse
human
Henry M Colecraft

Columbia University, United States

Expertise
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Cell Biology

Research focus
ion channels
ion channel regulation
voltage-gated calcium channels
ubiquitin
ion channelopathy

Experimental organism
human
mouse
rat
Julia P Cooper

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States

Expertise
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
telomeres
centromeres
genome stability
Jose Renato Rosa Cussiol

Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
DNA damage response
yeast genetics
DNA damage signaling
genomic instability
inositol metabolism
inositol polyphosphate pathway
Michael Czech

University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
insulin
metabolism
lipid-protein interactions
signal transduction
membranes
adipose
obesity
insulin resistance
diabetes

Experimental organism
human
mouse
Maximiliano A D'Angelo

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, United States

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation

Research focus
nuclear pore complex
nuclear transport
importin
exportin
immunology
cancer
muscle
Ilse S Daehn

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
mitochondria
glomerular disease
podocyte
endothelial cells
reactive oxygen species
Weiwei Dang

Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
aging
epigenetics
histone modifications
chromatin
chromatin remodeling
yeast
yeast aging
stem cell aging

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
C. elegans
mouse
human
Roger J Davis

University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
diabetes
NAFLD
NASH
metabolism
insulin resistance
cancer
signal transduction

Experimental organism
mouse
human
Natalia De Miguel

Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Argentina

Expertise
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
parasite
extracellular vesicles
host-parasite interactions
epigenetics
chromatin
Laura R Delgui

National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina

Expertise
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
virus-host cell interactions
membranes
molecular biology
cellular biology
structural biology
biophysics
molecular dynamics
Danelle Devenport

Princeton University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
cell polarity
planar cell polarity
epidermis
skin
oriented cell divisions
morphogenesis
epithelia

Experimental organism
mammals
Paul Donlin-Asp

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Expertise
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
mRNA localization
protein synthesis
synapses
post-transcriptional gene regulation
RNA binding proteins
neurodevelopmental disorders
mRNA
Kevin Eade

Lowy Medical Research Institute, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
developmental biology
developmental neurobiology
organoids
retina
metabolism
directed differentiation
disease modeling
Sandeep M Eswarappa

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

Expertise
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Cell Biology

Research focus
mRNA
translation
translational recoding
genetic diseases
erythrocytes
RNA-based therapeutics
Rafael Fernández-Chacon

Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Spain

Expertise
Neuroscience
Cell Biology

Research focus
synapse
neurotransmitter release
synaptic maintenance
electrophysiology
neurodegeneration
synaptic vesicle cycle
neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Experimental organism
mouse
Lydia W S Finley

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Cancer Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
cell metabolism
cancer
stem cells
cell fate
Edward A Fisher

New York University Grossman School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
preventive cardiology
cardiology
lipoprotein metabolism
atherosclerosis

Experimental organism
mouse
Alison Forrester

University of Namur, Belgium

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
endoplasmic reticulum
protein trafficking
ER exit sites
organelle homeostasis
Adam Frost

University of California, San Francisco, United States

Expertise
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
cryo-EM
electron cryo-microscopy
membranes
membrane remodeling
proteostasis
stress responses
translation
mitochondria
nuclear envelope
intracellular trafficking
Mari Gantner

The Lowy Medical Research Institute, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
retinal disease
retinal metabolism
patient metabolomics
amino acid metabolism
sphingolipid biology
Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) biology
Maribel Isabel Geli

Institut de Biología Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB), Spain

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
actin cytoskeleton
endocytic pathway
type I myosins
phosphoinositides

Experimental organism
yeast
Arkasubhra Ghosh

Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, India

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
gene regulation
signaling pathways
gene expression
Benjamin S Glick

University of Chicago, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
secretory pathway
endocytic pathway
membrane traffic
vesicular transport
Golgi
endoplasmic reticulum
fluorescent proteins

Experimental organism
yeast
Gustavo H Goldman

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
filamentous fungi
Aspergillus
secondary metabolites
gene expression
molecular biology
infectious diseases
drug tolerance
Iqbal Hamza

University of Maryland, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
metals
anemia
iron
heme

Experimental organism
mouse
C. elegans
parasites
Sang Jun Han

Baylor College of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
nuclear receptors
steroid receptor coactivator
endometriosis
female infertility
Weiping Han

Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore

Expertise
Neuroscience
Cell Biology

Research focus
diabetes
enzymes
metabolism
obesity
secretion
exocytosis
Brandon Harvey

NIDA/NIH, Intramural Research Program, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation
Neuroscience

Research focus
neuroinflammation
ER stress
UPR
ER calcium
KDEL receptor
manf
stroke

Experimental organism
rat
mouse
human cells
Silke Hauf

Virginia Tech, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
cell cycle
mitosis
meiosis
mitotic checkpoint
cell size
quantitative biology
gene expression noise
ubiquitin system

Experimental organism
yeast
fission yeast
Daniel Henrion

University of Angers, France

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
vascular biology
endothelium
blood flow
vascular remodeling
hypertension
blood pressure
shear stress
vascular diseases
Johannes Herrmann

University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Expertise
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
mitochondria
organelles
protein transport
protein folding
proteostasis
redox biology
respiration

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
P Robin Hiesinger

Institute for Biology Free University Berlin, Germany

Expertise
Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Developmental Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Neuroscience

Research focus
brain development
synapse
neurogenetics
membrane trafficking
Drosophila
neurodegeneration
computational modelling
live-cell imaging

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
organoids
Ping-Chih Ho

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Switzerland

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Immunology and Inflammation
Cell Biology

Research focus
immunometabolism
cancer immunology
tumor microenvironment
immunotherapy
adaptive immunity
macrophages
metabolic disease

Experimental organism
mouse
Valerie Horsley

Yale University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
epithelial stem cells
adipocyte stem cells
adipose tissue
epithelial-mesenchymal interactions
mechanical regulation of tissues
tissue regeneration
Tony Hunter

Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
cancer
signal transduction
phosphorylation
ubiquitylation
sumoylation

Experimental organism
mouse
yeast
Maneesha S Inamdar

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

Expertise
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
pluripotent stem cells
hematopoiesis
vascular
organelles
mitochondria
vesicular trafficking
cytoskeleton
protein sorting
Arezu Jahani-Asl

McGill University, Canada

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
glioblastoma
stem cells
mitochondria
transcription
mental retardation
neurodegeneration
cancer

Experimental organism
mouse
Yaoting Ji

Wuhan University, China

Expertise
Medicine
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
osteoporosis
obesity
stem cell differentiation
aging
beiging
skeletal mineralization
bone resorption
Jean Jiang

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology
Cancer Biology

Research focus
gap junctions
hemichannels
connexins
bone biology
osteocyte
bone mechanobiology
cancer bone metastasis
lens biology
Shingo Kajimura

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
bioenergetics
metabolism
metabolic disease
adaptation
adipose tissue biology
Omowumi Kayode

Mountain Top University, Nigeria

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation
Medicine

Research focus
biochemistry
nutrition
cancer
male sexual function
reproductive tissues
Stéphanie Kermorgant

Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
signaling
endocytosis
autophagy
receptor tyrosine kinases
cytoskeleton
cell motility
tumorigenesis
metastasis
the RTK “MET”

Experimental organism
mouse
zebrafish
Megan C King

Yale School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics
Physics of Living Systems

Research focus
nuclear envelope
nuclear lamins
LINC complex
nuclear mechanics
DNA repair
genome organisation

Experimental organism
mouse
Melike Lakadamyali

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Physics of Living Systems

Research focus
super resolution microscopy
imaging
image analysis
chromatin structure
genome organisation
organelle trafficking
motor proteins
microtubule cytoskeleton

Experimental organism
human
mouse
Dan Larhammar

Uppsala University, Sweden

Expertise
Medicine
Evolutionary Biology
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
evolution
gene/genome duplications
cellular and molecular neuroscience
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR)
neuropeptides
endocrine peptides
phototransduction
ligand-gated ion channels

Experimental organism
human
zebrafish
Rauf Latif

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
metabolic syndrome
thyroid
GPCRs
glycoprotein hormone receptors
TSH receptor
thyroid hormones
receptor oligomerization
post translational modification of receptors

Experimental organism
mouse
Michael Laub

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
bacterial cell cycle
toxin-antitoxin systems
signal transduction
protein evolution
chromosome organisation

Experimental organism
E. coli
C. crescentus
Scott F Leiser

University of Michigan, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics
Neuroscience

Research focus
aging
longevity
hypoxia
geroscience
proteostasis
stress response
flavin-containing monooxygenase
healthspan
Petra Anne Levin

Washington University in St. Louis, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
bacterial cytoskeleton
temporal and spatial control of cell division
cell size control
cell cycle dynamics in bacterial systems

Experimental organism
B. subtilis
E. coli
Huihui Li

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
sickle cell disease
gut microbiota
iron
polycythemia vera
bacteria-induced organ damage

Experimental organism
mouse
Paloma B Liton

Duke University School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
ophthalmology
glaucoma
trabecular meshwork
autophagy
mechanical stretch
lysosomes
senescence
lysosomal enzymes
fibrosis
Peng Liu

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
obesity
aging
osteoporosis
Adipose Biology
Bone Biology (osteoblasts and osteoclasts)
Mychael V Lourenco

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience

Research focus
Alzheimer's disease
synaptic plasticity
translational control
hormones
memory
neurodegeneration
biomarkers
Sebastian Lourido

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, United States

Expertise
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
calcium signaling
host-pathogen interactions
genetic screening
protein kinases
genomics
quantitative proteomics
Apicomplexan parasites

Experimental organism
T. gondii
P. falciparum
Lei Lu

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
membrane trafficking
Golgi
secretory pathway
endocytic pathway
organelle targeting
Jens Lüders

Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
microtubule nucleation
centrosome
centrioles
mitotic spindle
mitosis
MTOCs
cilia
microcephaly
cytoskeleton

Experimental organism
mouse
human
Kay F Macleod

University of Chicago, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Cancer Biology

Research focus
autophagy
mitochondria
pancreatic cancer
breast cancer
liver homeostasis
tumor metabolism

Experimental organism
mouse
human
Lolitika Mandal

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India

Expertise
Developmental Biology
Cell Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
development
hematopoiesis
cardiogenesis
metabolism
signalling
stem cell biology

Experimental organism
Drosophila
Satyajit Mayor

National Center for Biological Sciences, India

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
mechanisms of membrane organization
endocytosis
construction of signalling complexes
regulation of membrane trafficking
plasma membrane
John McCutcheon

Arizona State University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
organelles
genome evolution
evolutionary cell biology
insects
bacteria
intracellular bacteria
endosymbiosis
Heather E McFarlane

University of Toronto, Canada

Expertise
Plant Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
plant cell biology
plant cell walls
cell wall signalling
protein trafficking
secretion
Golgi
signal transduction

Experimental organism
A. thaliana
Alphee Michelot

Institut de Biologie du Développement, France

Expertise
Cell Biology
Physics of Living Systems

Research focus
cytoskeleton
actin dynamics
motility
endocytosis
cytokinesis
actin mechanics
energy conversion
force transduction

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
Noboru Mizushima

University of Tokyo, Japan

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
autophagy
lysosome
organelle degradation
organelle repair

Experimental organism
mouse
yeast
Binyam Mogessie

Yale University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
meiosis
mitosis
oocytes
actin
microtubules
chromosome segregation
chromosome cohesion
chromosome organisation
kinetochores
aneuploidy
fertility

Experimental organism
mouse
human
pig
Salem Y Mohamed

Zagazig University, Egypt

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Epidemiology and Global Health
Genetics and Genomics
Immunology and Inflammation
Medicine
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
advanced endoscopy
cell biology
cancer
inflammation
genetics
basic medicine
Marcelo A Mori

State University of Campinas, Brazil

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics
Immunology and Inflammation

Research focus
aging
metabolism
obesity
adipose tissue
microRNAs
endocrinology
integrative physiology
Thabiso Motaung

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Expertise
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Plant Biology

Research focus
biofilm formation
extracelular vesicles
antimicrobial resistance
extracellular matrix
plant pathology
fungal biology
host-pathogen interaction
Shaeri Mukherjee

University of California, San Francisco, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
membrane traffic
host-pathogen interactions
endoplasmic reticulum

Experimental organism
L. pneumophila
Hitoshi Nakatogawa

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Expertise
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
molecular mechanisms of autophagy
protein/organelle degradation
membrane dynamics

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
Anjaparavanda P Naren

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
cystic fibrosis
personalized medicine
protein trafficking
protein-protein interactions
macromolecular complexes
CFTR biology
P Darrell Neufer

East Carolina University, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
metabolic disease
mitochondrial bioenergetics
cellular bioenergetics
mitochondrial biogenesis and exercise

Experimental organism
human
flies
rat
mouse
Ellen AA Nollen

University of Groningen, Netherlands

Expertise
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
Parkinson's disease
neurodegeneration
Izuchukwu Okafor

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Developmental Biology
Epidemiology and Global Health
Genetics and Genomics
Medicine
Neuroscience

Research focus
developmental biology
reproductive biology
gene expression
molecular biology
public health
reproductive health
medical education
anatomical sciences
neuroreproduction
Kassandra Ori-McKenney

University of California , United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Neuroscience

Research focus
microtubules
microtubule-associated proteins
microtubule motors
tau neurofibrillary tangles
neurodegeneration

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
mammalian cell culture
Junmin Pan

Tsinghua University, China

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
cilia
flagella
centriole
cytoskeleton
motor
intraflagellar transport
cilia motility
protein kinase

Experimental organism
C. reinhardtii
Jong-Eun Park

Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
single cell analysis
immune cell
Benjamin L Parker

University of Melbourne, Australia

Expertise
Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
proteomics
signal transduction
metabolism
skeletal muscle
exercise
insulin resistance
phosphorylation
protein post-translational modifications
Gregory J Pazour

University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
cilia
flagella
polycystic kidney disease
hedgehog signaling
ciliopathies
Lotte Pedersen

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
primary cilia
centrosomes

Experimental organism
mammalian cell culture
C. reinhardtii
Jon Pines

Institute of Cancer Research, University College London, United Kingdom

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
cyclins and anaphase promoting complex/cycosome (APC/C)
cell cycle
mitosis
spindle assembly checkpoint

Experimental organism
human
Ambra Pozzi

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
integrins
extracellular matrix
mechanisms of fibrosis
receptor tyrosine kinases
kidney
cell signalling and translation

Experimental organism
human
mouse
Benjamin L Prosser

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Physics of Living Systems
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
cardiac function
muscle
cardiomyocytes
mechanotransduction
cytoskeleton
microtubules
sarcomere
Mani Ramaswami

Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

Expertise
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Neuroscience

Research focus
RNA granules
RNA binding proteins
neuronal translational control
ALS models
inhibitory plasticity and memory
behavioral circuits
habituation
modulation of behaviour

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
Ishier Raote

Institut Jacques Monod, France

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
secretion
collagen
endoplasmic reticulum
membrane traffic
COPII
Golgi
extracellular matrix
TANGO1
Michaela Reagan

Maine Medical Center Research Institute, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
multiple myeloma
bone marrow adipocyte
fatty acid binding protein
cancer-induced bone disease
osteolysis

Experimental organism
mouse
Jalees Rehman

University of Illinois at Chicago, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Immunology and Inflammation
Medicine
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
vascular biology
macrophage biology
inflammation
transcriptomics
single cell analysis
lung biology
cell regeneration
Jeremy Reiter

University of California, San Francisco, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
cilia
Marcio L Rodrigues

Instituto Carlos Chagas – Fiocruz PR, Brazil

Expertise
Cell Biology
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
fungi
cell biology
extracellular vesicles
immunopathogenesis
Sarah Russell

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Australia

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Immunology and Inflammation

Research focus
cell fate determination
T cells
cell polarity
synapse
asymmetric cell division
Scribble

Experimental organism
mouse
Thomas Rutkowski

University of Iowa, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
ER stress
unfolded protein response
cell fate
steatotic liver disease
Juan C Sáez

Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile

Expertise
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
connexin
pannexin
innexin
neuroinflammation
neuromuscular diseases
Alejandro San Martín

Centro de Estudios Científicos, Chile

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
imaging
metabolism
FRET
single-fluorophore
single-cell
cell physiology
optogenetics
Apurva Sarin

Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine, India

Expertise
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation

Research focus
apoptosis
Notch1
signal transduction
T cells

Experimental organism
mouse
Randy Schekman

Founding Editor-in-Chief, HHMI, University of California, Berkeley, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
membrane assembly
vesicular trafficking
protein transport
animal and human cell biology

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
James R Sellers

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
myosin
Reut Shalgi

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Expertise
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Computational and Systems Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
stress response
ER stress
UPR
heat shock response
chaperones
protein aggregation
Jie Shen

Washington University School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
osteoarthritis
inflammation
stem cells
fracture
chondrocytes
epigenetics
metabolism

Experimental organism
mouse
Kang Shen

Stanford University, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Neuroscience

Research focus
synapse
neuronal cytoskeleton
neuronal cell biology
developmental neurobiology
Jiwon Shim

Hanyang University, South Korea

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Immunology and Inflammation

Research focus
hematopoiesis
innate immunity
hemocyte
development
signaling
inter-organ communication

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
Akira Shinohara

Osaka University, Japan

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Cell Biology

Research focus
recombination
DSB repair
meiosis
chromosome
DNA damage response

Experimental organism
S. cerevisiae
human
mouse
Judith Simcox

University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
lipidomics
metabolic disease
molecular biology
lipid metabolism
fatty acids
Ihor Smal

Erasmus University Medical Center, Netherlands

Expertise
Cell Biology
Computational and Systems Biology

Research focus
image analysis
machine learning
Kumaravel Somasundaram

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine
Cancer Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
cell signalling
glioma
gene regulation
cancer therapeutics
cancer genomics
cancer stem cells
non-coding RNA
chemoresistance
Mahendra Sonawane

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
morphogenesis
epithelial organisation
epithelial cell polarity
cytoskeleton and membrane projections
epidermis development

Experimental organism
zebrafish
Timothy J Stasevich

Colorado State University, United States

Expertise
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Cell Biology
Physics of Living Systems

Research focus
gene expression
transcription
translation
RNA biology
chromatin dynamics
genome organization
fluorescence microscopy
single molecule imaging
intrabodies
Laurie Steiner

University of Rochester Medical Center, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression

Research focus
transcription
epigenetics
erythropoiesis
hematopoiesis
histone modifications
anemia

Experimental organism
human
mouse
Pablo H Strobl-Mazzulla

Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús, Argentina

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
vertebrate development
microRNAs
epigenetics
neural crest
placodes
N. Ravi Sundaresan

Indian Institute of Science, India

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
reversable acetylation
ADP-ribosylation
cellular senescence and aging
sirtuins
cardiac and skeletal muscle diseases
fibrosis

Experimental organism
human
mouse
rat
Thomas Surrey

The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
cytoskeleton
spindle assembly
cell division
motor proteins
microtubules
self-organization
active networks

Experimental organism
human
Evelyn E Telfer

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
ovarian development
oocyte development
in vitro systems
fertility preservation
Kelly Ten Hagen

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
glycobiology
fly physiology

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
Kristin Tessmar-Raible

University of Vienna, Austria

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Neuroscience

Research focus
chronobiology
marine
photobiology
rhythms
clocks
physiology

Experimental organism
platynereis
clunio
danio
medakafish
oryzias
Peter Tontonoz

University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Medicine

Research focus
lipid metabolism
cholesterol
nuclear receptors
adipocytes
obesity
atherosclerosis
diabetes

Experimental organism
mouse
Ivan Topisirovic

Jewish General Hospital, Canada

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
mRNA translation
signaling
metabolic regulation
protein quality control

Experimental organism
mouse
human
Mohamed Trebak

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
Cell Biology
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology

Research focus
calcium channels
receptor signalling
ion channel regulation
vascular remodeling
smooth muscle
Nicolas Unsain

INIMEC-CONICET - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina

Expertise
Cell Biology
Neuroscience

Research focus
axonal cytoskeleton
spectrin
actin
axon degeneration
super-resolution microscopy
expansion mycroscopy
Patrik Verstreken

VIB-KU Leuven, Belgium

Expertise
Neuroscience
Cell Biology

Research focus
neurodegeneration
synaptic communication
vesicle recycling at synapses

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
human
mouse
Yuichi Wakana

Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Japan

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
Golgi complex
membrane contact sites
endoplasmic reticulum
membrane trafficking
cholesterol
David Wallach

The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Expertise
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation

Research focus
apoptosis
caspase
cell death
necroptosis
NF-kB
TNF
TNF-family
Mei Wan

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
bone remodeling
osteoarthritis
osteoblasts
osteoclast
cellular senescence
mesenchymal stem cells
progenitor cells
Pablo Wappner

Instituto Leloir, Argentina

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Research focus
cell differentiation
signaling pathways
hypoxia
autophagy
adaptation to stress

Experimental organism
drosophila
Julie P I Welburn

University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
mitosis
cytoskeleton
motors
phosphorylation
kinase
microtubule
cilia
kinetochore

Experimental organism
human
in vitro
Alyssa M Wilson

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United Kingdom

Expertise
Neuroscience
Cell Biology
Genetics and Genomics
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Computational and Systems Biology

Research focus
single cell biology
multi-omics
neuroinformatics
cellular neuroanatomy
disease-related neurodegeneration
bioinformatics methods development

Experimental organism
human
mouse
R Luke Wiseman

Scripps Research, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology

Research focus
proteostasis
stress-responsive signaling
unfolded protein response
protein secretion
mitochondria regulation
small molecule development
Jie Xiao

Johns Hopkins University, United States

Expertise
Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Physics of Living Systems
Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

Research focus
single molecule biophysics
microbiology
cell division
cell wall
gene expression

Experimental organism
E. coli
Yukiko M Yamashita

HHMI, University of Michigan, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine

Research focus
stem cell niche
asymmetric cell division
satellite DNA
germline immortality
ribosomal DNA

Experimental organism
D. melanogaster
Yihong Ye

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, United States

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
unconventional protein secretion
alpha-Synuclein secretion
protein UFMylation
UFM1
translocation-associated quality control/TAQC
ER-RQC
ER-associated degradation/ERAD
DNAJC5/CSPalpha

Experimental organism
drosophila
Chunling Yi

Georgetown University, United States

Expertise
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Chromosomes and Gene Expression
Genetics and Genomics

Research focus
cancer signaling
mouse models
drug resistance
transcription regulation
Li Yu

Tsinghua University, China

Expertise
Cell Biology

Research focus
migrasome
autophagy
lysosome
membrane shaping
Dario S Zamboni

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Expertise
Cell Biology
Immunology and Inflammation
Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Research focus
parasitology
innate immunity
inflammation
inflammasome
intracellular receptors
mouse models of infection
pathogen-host cell interaction
Yi Arial Zeng

Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China

Expertise
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
tissue stem cells
organoids
wnt signaling
mammary development
hormone

Experimental organism
mouse
Baohong Zhao

Hospital for Special Surgery, United States

Expertise
Medicine
Cell Biology

Research focus
osteoclast
osteoimmunology
bone
TNF

Experimental organism
mouse