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

Lindsay Case
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Lindsay Case

Howard Gillis (1967) Career Development Professor

Lindsay Case studies how molecules are concentrated and organized at the plasma membrane to regulate transmembrane signaling.

Cells use a little-known molecule to protect themselves from iron overload

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