Cell Biology

Cell Biology

cell division • organelle biogenesis and inheritance • cytoskeleton • signal transduction • cell motility • cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions • cell shape changes • metabolism • protein sorting and trafficking • cell wall and cell membrane biogenesis • nutrients and growth control

Ron Vale
Faculty Spotlight

Ron Vale

Professor of Biology; Member, Whitehead Institute; Faculty Lead of Biology, Open Learning MIT

Ron Vale is interested in how proteins generate biological movement and intracellular signaling and how these molecular machines adapt when challenged by temperature extremes, drought, or disease.

Enzymes that assemble into droplets can speed up cellular reactions

How stem cell descendants preserve flexibility while maintaining distinct identities

CryoPRISM: A new tool for observing cellular machinery in a more natural environment

How changes on the Y chromosome may make species reproductively incompatible

Whitehead Institute Member Jonathan Weissman joins global Cancer Grand Challenges team

New insights into a hidden process that protects cells from harmful mutations

How a unique class of neurons may set the table for brain development

RNA editing study finds many ways for neurons to diversify