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



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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
 
Brigid L.M. Hogan, Professor and Chair
   Mammalian development and organogenesis; primordial germ cells and stem cells
Peter Agre, Professor
   Aquaporin and aquaglyceroporin channels and their relation to human disease
Michel Bagnat, Assistant Professor
   Cellular mechanisms of tube formation and fluid secretion in zebrafish
Vann Bennett, James B. Duke Professor
   Mechanisms for localization of ion channels/transporters in specialized membrane domains
Blanche Capel, Professor
   Sex determination and mammalian development
Marc G. Caron, James B. Duke Professor
   Hormone/neurotransmitter action; regulation of responsiveness; models of drug addiction
Joseph M. Corless, Associate Professor
Sharyn Endow, Professor
   Molecular motor structure/function
Harold P. Erickson, James B. Duke Professor
   Cytoskeleton of eukaryotes and bacteria, cell adhesion and extracellular matrix
Cagla Eroglu, Assistant Professor
   
Synapse formation in the CNS: Role of astrocytes in synapse formation
John Klingensmith, Associate Professor
   Molecular genetics of mammalian development and birth defects
Chay T. Kuo, Assistant Professor
   Postnatal neural stem cell plasticity: neural circuit remodeling, repair, and cancer
Terry Lechler, Assistant Professor
   Morphogenesis of epithelial tissues
Thomas J. McIntosh, Professor
   Membrane structure, membrane rafts
Christopher V. Nicchitta, Associate Professor
   Protein secretion, mRNA localization molecular chaperone function
Kenneth D. Poss, Assistant Professor
   Mechanisms of heart and fin regeneration in zebrafish; zebrafish models of human disease
Michael K. Reedy, Professor
   Molecular basis of muscle contraction; fidelity of EM fixation, microscopic mass measurement
Fred Schachat, Associate Professor
   Molecular biology of contractile protein expression and function
Scott Soderling, Assistant Professor
   Signaling to the actin cytoskeleton and regulation of neuronal function
Steven R. Vigna, Associate Professor
   Gastrointestinal hormones and neuropeptides

Fan Wang, Assistant Professor
   Molecular genetic analysis of the development and neuronal connectivity of the somatic
   sensory system

Jo Rae Wright, Professor and Vice Provost & Dean of the Graduate School
   Pulmonary physiology, surfactant biochemistry
Jun Zhu, Assistant Professor
   Postranscriptional gene regulation and genome technology, combinatorial alternative splicing,
   genome-wide protein-RNA interaction, miRNA circuit
   
Research Faculty
 
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

 

Affiliated Faculty
 
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
 
Nels C. Anderson, Jr. Thomas J. McManus
Jacob J. Blum George M. Padilla
Sheila J. Counce George G. Somjen
Edward A. Johnson