 Section of an embryonic mouse testis showing germ cells and blood vessels (blue), laminin (green), and cell death (red). Leo DiNapoli / Capel  Detail of the peripheral nervous system of a mouse embryo (neurofilament antibody). Rolf Stottmann / Klingensmith  Expression of genes for surfactant protein c (SftpC; green) andsecretoglobin (CC10; red) in the E18.5 mouse lung. Tadashi Okubo / Hogan  Section of an adult mouse small intestine showing microtubules (green) and nuclei (blue). Lechler  Peripheral nervous system of a noggin mutant embryo (neurofilament antibody). Ryan Anderson / Klingensmith  Section of a mouse ovary showing eggs (green), blood vessels (red) and somatic cells (blue). Doug Coveney / Capel |
Cell Biology Faculty |
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| Brigid
L.M. Hogan,
Professor and Chair Mammalian development and organogenesis; primordial germ cells and stem cells |
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| Peter
Agre, Professor Aquaporin and aquaglyceroporin channels and their relation to human disease |
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| Michel
Bagnat, Assistant Professor Cellular mechanisms of tube formation and fluid secretion in zebrafish |
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| Vann
Bennett, James B. Duke Professor Mechanisms for localization of ion channels/transporters in specialized membrane domains |
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| Blanche
Capel,
Professor Sex determination and mammalian development |
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| Marc
G. Caron, James B. Duke Professor Hormone/neurotransmitter action; regulation of responsiveness; models of drug addiction |
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| Joseph M. Corless, Associate Professor | |
| Sharyn
Endow,
Professor Molecular motor structure/function |
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| Harold
P. Erickson,
James B. Duke Professor Cytoskeleton of eukaryotes and bacteria, cell adhesion and extracellular matrix |
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| Cagla Eroglu, Assistant Professor Synapse formation in the CNS: Role of astrocytes in synapse formation |
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| John
Klingensmith,
Associate Professor Molecular genetics of mammalian development and birth defects |
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| Chay T. Kuo, Assistant
Professor Postnatal neural stem cell plasticity: neural circuit remodeling, repair, and cancer |
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| Terry
Lechler, Assistant
Professor Morphogenesis of epithelial tissues |
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| Thomas
J. McIntosh,
Professor Membrane structure, membrane rafts |
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| Christopher
V. Nicchitta,
Associate Professor Protein secretion, mRNA localization molecular chaperone function |
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| Kenneth
D. Poss, Assistant Professor Mechanisms of heart and fin regeneration in zebrafish; zebrafish models of human disease |
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| Michael
K. Reedy,
Professor Molecular basis of muscle contraction; fidelity of EM fixation, microscopic mass measurement |
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| Fred
Schachat,
Associate Professor Molecular biology of contractile protein expression and function |
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| Scott
Soderling, Assistant
Professor Signaling to the actin cytoskeleton and regulation of neuronal function |
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| Steven
R. Vigna,
Associate Professor Gastrointestinal hormones and neuropeptides |
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Fan
Wang, Assistant Professor |
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| Jo
Rae Wright,
Professor and Vice Provost & Dean of the Graduate School Pulmonary physiology, surfactant biochemistry |
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| Jun
Zhu,
Assistant Professor Postranscriptional gene regulation and genome technology, combinatorial alternative splicing, genome-wide protein-RNA interaction, miRNA circuit |
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| Research
Faculty |
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| Lawrence S. Barak, Associate Research Professor | |
| Jennifer Carbrey, Assistant Research Professor | |
| Brian Chadwick, Assistant Research Professor | |
| Raul R. Gainetdinov, Associate Research Professor | |
| Mimi Jakoi, Associate Research Professor | |
| E. Ann LeFurgey, Associate Research Professor | |
| Tomoo Ohashi, Assistant Research Professor | |
| Timothy N. Oliver, Associate Research Professor -Confocal Suite Reservations and Policy- | |
| Amy Ramsey, Assistant Research Professor | |
| Kristi Williams, Assistant Research Professor | |
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| Affiliated
Faculty |
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| Page A.W. Anderson, Assistant Professor | |
| Celia J. Bonaventura, Professor | |
| Joseph Bonaventura, Professor | |
| Jonathan A. Cohn, Associate Professor | |
| Thomas Coffman, Associate Professor | |
| Tony Creazzo, Associate Professor | |
| Michael Ehlers, Assistant Professor | |
| Neil Freedman, Assistant Professor | |
| James Grichnik, Assistant Professor | |
| Daniel P. Kiehart, Professor | |
| Margaret L. Kirby, Professor | |
| Bruce Klitzman, Associate Research Professor | |
| William E. Kraus, Assistant Professor | |
| Elizabeth Murphy, Adjunct Assistant Professor | |
| R. Bruce Nicklas, Professor | |
| Amy Pastva, Assistant Research Professor | |
| Catherine Bowes Rickman, Assistant Professor | |
| Howard Rockman, Associate Professor | |
| David W. Schomberg, Associate Professor | |
| Sudha Shenoy, Assistant Professor | |
| Bryant Stolp, Associate | |
| Katherine Swenson-Fields, Assistant Professor | |
| Daniel Tracey, Assistant Professor | |
| William Wetsel, Assistant Research Professor | |
| Professors
Emeriti |
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| Nels C. Anderson, Jr. | Thomas J. McManus |
| Jacob J. Blum | George M. Padilla |
| Sheila J. Counce | George G. Somjen |
| Edward A. Johnson | |