Welcome to the Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine… More
New Mechanisms in Cell Biology
Dedication of the Isaac Morris Hay and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Professorship… More
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion… More
Upcoming Events
Seminars and events. Know what’s coming.
Town Hall Session 3: Choice Points & Sharing Power
CB Seminar: Jeremy Nathans (Hopkins)
CB Seminar: Susan Parkhurst (Fred Hutchison)
CB Seminar: Chulan Kwon (JHU)
Recent Publications
Our latest research and discoveries.
Woolums BM, McCray BA, Sung H, Tabuchi M, Sullivan JM, Ruppell K, Yang Y, Mamah C, Aisenberg WH, Saavedra-Rivera PC, Larin BS, Lau A, Robinson DN, Xiang Y, Wu MN, Sumner CJ, Lloyd TE. TRPV4 disrupts mitochondrial transport and causes axonal degeneration via CaMKII-dependent elevation of intracellular Ca2+. Nat. Comm. 2020; 11(1):2679. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16411-5. / PDF
Nguyen L, Robinson DN. The Unusual Suspects in Cytokinesis: Fitting the Pieces Together. Front. Cell Dev. Bio. 2020; 8:441. DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00441. / PDF
Bryan DS, Stack M, Krystofiak K, Cichoń U, Thomas DG, Surcel A, Schiffhauer ES, Khodarev NN, Xue L, Poli EC, Pearson AT, Posner MC, Robinson DN, Rock RS, Weichselbaum RR. 4-hydroxyacetophenone modulates the actomyosin cytoskeleton to reduce metastasis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 117 (36)22423-22429. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014639117. /PDF
Zhan H, Bhattacharya S, Cai H, Iglesias PA, Huang C-H, Devreotes PN. 2020. An Excitable Ras/PI3K/ERK Signaling Network Controls Migration and Oncogenic Transformation in Epithelial Cells. Dev Cell. 2020 Aug 31;S1534-5807(20)30599-2. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.08.001.
Featured Research
Catching neurons in action: molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity (Watanabe Lab)
Neurons communicate with each other...
