Emory University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Department of Cell Biology

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Department of Cell Biology

Research

Faculty in the Department of Cell Biology conduct research programs which focus on three major, but interrelated themes:

Cell Biology

  • Microtubules and cilia
  • Membrane protein trafficking
  • RNA localization
  • Cell adhesion
  • Intracellular signaling
  • Cell cycle and mitosis

Mitotic Embryo

Developmental Biology

  • Stem cell biology
  • Cellular morphogenesis and polarity
  • Developmental growth control 
  • Epigenetics

NSC Centrioles

Neuroscience

  • Axon guidance 
  • Synapse development 
  • Receptor and channels
  • Neuronal plasticity, injury, regeneration and repair 
  • Protein and RNA trafficking
  • Neurological diseases
  • Neurotherapeutics
  • Neural stem cells

Microglia surrounding axotomized motoneurons