This slideshow contains images from research conducted by many of the research labs in MCB.
Founded in 1993, the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is a dynamic and successful center of higher education with an international reputation for high quality teaching and research.
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- Top Japanese university gives Raymond Rodriguez its first honorary degree
- Recruitment Candidate Seminar Schedule
- Starr Lab Publication Selected for Front Cover of Journal of Cell Science
- Cynthia Holsclaw selected for NGSRF
- Julie Leary Featured on Waters Website
Recent Publications
- Civelekoglu-Scholey, G., Tao, L., Brust-Mascher, I, Wollman, R. and J.M. Scholey. (2010) Prometaphase spindle maintenance by an antagonistic motor-dependent force balance made robust by a disassembling lamin-B envelope. J Cell Biol 188, 49-68
- Harrington JM, Chou HT, Gutsmann T, Gelhaus C, Stahlberg H, Leippe M, Armstrong PB. (2008) Membrane pore formation by pentraxin proteins from Limulus, the American horseshoe crab. Biochem J 413, 305-313
- Meyerzon M, Fridolfsson HN, Ly N, McNally FJ, Starr DA. (2009) UNC-83 is a nuclear-specific cargo adaptor for kinesin-1-mediated nuclear migration. Development 136, 2725-2733
- McGee MD, Stagljar I, Starr DA.. (2009) KDP-1 is a nuclear envelope KASH protein required for cell-cycle progression
for cell-cycle progression. J Cell Sci 122, 2895-2905
- Ito J, Kosugi A, Tanaka T, Kuroda K, Shibasaki S, Ogino C, Ueda M, Fukuda H, Doi RH, Kondo A. (2009) Regulation of the display ratio of enzymes on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell surface by the immunoglobulin G and cellulosomal enzyme binding domains. Appl Environ Microbiol 75, 4149-4154
- Lavan LM, Van Dyk JS, Chan H, Doi RH, Pletschke BI. (2009) Effect of physical conditions and chemicals on the binding of a mini-CbpA from Clostridium cellulovorans to a semi-crystalline cellulose ligand. Lett Appl Microbiol 48, 419-425
- Lackner LL, Horner JS, Nunnari J. (2009) Mechanistic analysis of a dynamin effector. Science 325, 874-877
- Ahlstrom JD, Erickson CA. (2009) The neural crest epithelial-mesenchymal transition in 4D: a "tail" of multiple non-obligatory cellular mechanisms. Development 136, 1801-1812
- El-Maarri O, Kareta MS, Mikeska T, Becker T, Diaz-Lacava A, Junen J, Nüsgen N, Behne F, Wienker T, Waha A, Oldenburg J, Chédin F. (2009) A systematic search for DNA methyltransferase
polymorphisms reveals a rare DNMT3L variant
associated with subtelomeric hypomethylation. Human Molecular Genetics 18, 1755-1768