CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Learn about the dynamics of living cells - the timely and coordinated assembly and disassembly of macromolecular structures essential for the proper functioning and differentiation of cells, the spatial and temporal organization of these structures, and their physiological and genetic control. The program is also devoted to the development and application of powerful new imaging and manipulation instruments and devices that permit such studies directly in living cells and functional cell-free extracts.
Work with scientists who share common interests in the molecular bases of cellular physiology. Focus on cellular plasticity and the properties of molecular transport mechanisms. A variety of experimental approaches are used ranging from molecular and biochemical methodologies, through biophysics, to advanced optical and electrochemical imaging techniques. An example of a research areas include understanding the role of metabolism and the mitochondrion in health and disease. How, for example, does the mitochondrion contribute to insulin secretion, heme synthesis, or channel modulation? Does the aging process, targeting metabolic disorders, contribute to reproductive and neural malfunction, degeneration and apoptosis?
Work with scientists in these laboratories at the MBL:
Cellular Dynamics Program
Learn about additional research opportunities, and apply through these programs at Brown:
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology