Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB)

Dr. Supriya Prasanth's lab identifies a BEN domain-containing protein as a novel transcriptional repressor of rRNA genes, in PNAS.

2015-07-24

Prasanth and colleagues show that BEND3 directly binds to rDNA promoter in a sequence specific manner and induces chromatin modifications leading to a transcriptionally repressive chromatin environment.

Taranis protects regenerating tissue from fate changes Induced by the wound response in Drosophila

2015-07-20

The Smith-Bolton laboratory uses genetically induced tissue damage in the Drosophila wing primordium to study how a tissue responds to damage and regenerates. A study by graduate student Keaton Schuster has identified a gene, taranis, that is essential for protecting cell fate during regeneration....

Ceman lab in Cell Reports: How FMRP interacts with RNA helicase MOV10 to regulate translation

2015-06-25

The Ceman laboratory, with lead authors Phil Kenny and Miri Kim, have shown that FMRP is able to facilitate or suppress the translation of a subset of its target mRNAs by its interaction with the RNA helicase MOV10.

A new hat for Aip1: Uncovering new roles for Aip1 in the disassembly of filamentous actin

2015-02-25

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....

Phosphorylation of HP1α regulates mitosis in human cells

2014-09-03

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.

NSF awards BRAIN EAGER grant to team led by Martha Gillette

2014-08-26

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...

Researcher in Newmark Laboratory Wins Bioart Contest

2013-10-24

View of Chemical & Life Sciences Building

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

How to Grow a New Head

2013-07-24

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.

Supriya Prasanth receives NSF Career Award

2013-07-14

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

School of MCB Researchers Receive Mayo Clinic/University of Illinois Alliance Funding

2013-05-28

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.

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