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New Mechanisms in Cell Biology
Dedication of the Isaac Morris Hay and Lucille Elizabeth Hay Professorship… More
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Recent News
Updates and news from our department.
Upcoming Events
Seminars and events. Know what’s coming.
Johns Hopkins Cell Biology Symposium 2026
Date: April 10, 2026
Location: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001
Recent Publications
Our latest research and discoveries.
Banerjee T, Abubaker-Sharif B, Devreotes P and Iglesias PA. 2026. Membrane Kymograph Generator: A cross-platform GUI software for automated generation and analysis of kymographs along dynamic cell boundaries. bioRxiv [Preprint]. Feb. 13, 2026. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.11.705379
Azlan A, Fukunaga R. MYCBP interacts with Sakura and Otu and is essential for germline stem cell renewal and differentiation and oogenesis. PLoS Genet. 21(12):e1011792. (2025)
Yamada T, Ikeda A, Murata D, Wang H, Zhang C, Khare P, Adachi Y, Ito F, Quirós PM, Blackshaw S, López-Otín C, Langer T, Chan DC, Le A, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Iijima M, Sesaki H. (2025) Dual regulation of mitochondrial fusion by Parkin-PINK1 and OMA1. Nature. 639:776-78
Adachi Y, Torres M, Hunter AH, Cho WJ, Pan M, Han X, Du G, Qi L, Iijima M, Sesaki H. (2025). AGPAT2 acts at the crossroads of lipid biosynthesis and DRP1-mediated ER morphogenesis. Nat Commun. 16:11473.
Featured Research
Catching neurons in action: molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity (Watanabe Lab)
Neurons communicate with each other...