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New Mechanisms in Cell Biology

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Recent News

Updates and news from our department.

Congratulations to Arisa Ikeda (Sesaki Lab) for winning the Helen B. Taussig Young Investigators’ Day Award!

Congratulations to Arisa Ikeda (Sesaki Lab) for winning the Helen B. Taussig Young Investigators’ Day Award!

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Congratulations to Yiyan Lin (Devreotes Lab) for winning the 2025 David Yue Young Investigators’ Day Award!

Congratulations to Yiyan Lin (Devreotes Lab) for winning the 2025 David Yue Young Investigators’ Day Award!

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Upcoming Events

Seminars and events. Know what’s coming.

Perspectives from Outside Medicine, Guest Speaker Ted Giovanis

Chevy Chase Auditorium
5:00pm – 6:00pm
April 30
Leading Change: Perspectives from Outside of Medicine “Conversation Series 2025”   Please join us, in welcoming Ted Giovanis, President of The Jayne Koskinas Ted Giovanis Foundation and Team TGM, Professional Racer, Author, Philanthropist and Researcher on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 5:00pm.  This event will be held both in person at the Chevy Chase Auditorium at the East Baltimore Campus and via Johns Hopkins Mediasite. (Online - Link below). Ted will present a lecture entitled, “Data, Risk, Adaptation and Resilience – What Real Life Experiences Can Tell Us About Healthcare Today”. A Q & A session will follow the lecture.   Informational Link: Home - Ted Giovanis   Registration Link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7LV2izDLh6xIjIvkrJ9OiLZUM0FaOVFMNlM1TFFWOThIMkxJNUFHRVg5RS4u   Mediasite Link: Please click the link below to join: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.tv/mediasite/Play/e18f6556042541bfbde1dc0c7c03aea11d
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CB Seminar: Padmini Rangamani (UCSD)

1830 E Monument St, Baltimore, MD 21287, Ste. 2-200, Bodian Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
May 1

CB Seminar: Gira Bhaba (JHU)

1830 E Monument St, Baltimore, Ste. 2-200, Bodian Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
May 22

Recent Publications

Our latest research and discoveries.

Ray A., Hu, K.H., Kersten K., Courau, T., Kuhn N.F., …, Samad B., Combes A.J., Krummel M.F.: Targeting CD206+ macrophages disrupts the establishment of a key anti-tumor immune axis. J Exp Med (2025) 222 (1): e20240957.

Miao Y* & Pourquié O*. Cellular and molecular control of vertebrate somitogenesis. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (2024). *co-correspondence. PMID: 38418851

Lin Y.*, Pal DS*, Banerjee P, Banerjee T, Qin G, Deng Y, Borleis J, Iglesias PA and Devreotes PN. Ras suppression potentiates rear actomyosin contractility-driven cell polarization and migration. Nat Cell Biol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-024-01453-4

Huang C-H, Albeck J and Devreotes PN. 2024. Editorial: Self-organizing and excitable signaling networks in cell biology. Front. Cell Dev. Biol., Sec. Cell Adhesion and Migration. Vol. 12, June 4, 2024. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1430911.

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