Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB)

  Disassembly of actin filaments is important for many processes that involve rapid reorganization of cell shape such as cell movement and division. Cofilin is a vital disassembly protein however one limitation of cofilin is that it can stabilize filaments at saturating concentrations....

The Prasanth laboratory, with post-doctoral associate and lead author, Arindam Chakraborty, have shown that mammalian NDR kinase mediates the hinge specific phosphorylation of HP1α preferentially at the G2/M phase of the cell cycle in Nature Communications.

A Team led by Martha Gillette, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience and Bioengineering, has been awarded a BRAIN EAGER grant from NSF for a project titled “Multiscale dynamics and emergent properties of suprachiasmatic circuits in real time...

The protein kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a master regulator of cell growth, survival, differentiation, and metabolism.

Bo Wang, a post-doctoral researcher, is one of twelve winners of the NIH's BioArt Contest.

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Phillip Newmark and his colleague James Sikes have found an answer to a vexing biological riddle.

Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Supriya Prasanth has received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.

Three School of Molecular and Cellular Biology professors have been awarded research funding for collaborative projects between University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic researchers by the Mayo Clinic/University of Illinois Strategic Alliance for Technology-Based Healthcare.

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Investigator Phillip Newmark, postdoctoral researcher Jim Collins, and their colleagues discovered that the parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni harbors adult, non-sexual stem cells that can migrate to various parts of its body...

Dr. Elena Zelin, a postdoctorate fellow in Brian Freeman's laboratory, is a recipient of an American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship. This 2 year award is established by the American Heart Association to recognize research accomplishments by outstanding post-doctorates and provide support...