The Graduate Program in Cell Biology and Anatomy provides essential training for careers that include faculty positions at research and/or educational institutions, and for research positions in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. The Program features laboratories engaged in cutting-edge research in a variety of disciplines.
We are currently experiencing a period of expansion with the addition of faculty members and laboratories. Researchers have access to many state-of-the-art facilities, including those dedicated to live cell imaging confocal microscopy, electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and proteomics.
Current areas of research interest within the Program of Cell Biology and Anatomy include:
| Neuronal mechanisms of learning and memory | The cellular and molecular basis of muscle cell differentiation and development |
| Mechanisms of intracellular trafficking -Biosynthesis and processing of extracellular matrix | Glial cell metabolic processes |
| The functional anatomy of the visual system | Mechanisms of axon regeneration |
| Mechanisms of gene expression | The role of steroid hormones in neuronal gene regulation and neurodegenerative disease |