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
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Recent News
Updates and news from our department.
Upcoming Events
Seminars and events. Know what’s coming.
The 2nd Florence Sabin Lecture – Eric Betzig, Ph.D.
Date: May 21, 2026
Time: 12pm
Location: East Lecture Hall
Recent Publications
Our latest research and discoveries.
Ajay V, Laughner N, Cahan P, and Andrew DJ (2026) VIDEO – Visual integration of Drosophila Enhancer Organization: A tool for integrating and visualizing chromatin accessibility, in vivo transcription factor binding and motif occurrence in tissue-specific differentially expressed genes. Genetics May 11:iyag117. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyag117. PMID: 41279708
Kim, JH, Andrew, DJ. (2026) Opposing activity at the apical surface: An antagonistic collaboration between Crumbs and Myosin II determines organ shape. Bioessays. 2026 Jun;48(6):e70154. doi: 10.1002/bies.70154.PMID: 42370786
Kim, JH, Shoemaker AM, Hutchings KA, Shinde S and Andrew DJ (2026) The Drosophila salivary gland, a simple and elegant model sytem to understand secretory organ development and function. Curr Opin Insect Sci. Feb;73:101435. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2025.101435. PMID: 40972761
Deshpande G, Kim JH, Hanlon CD, Schedl P and Andrew DJ (2025) Hedgehog and Drosophila germ cell migration. Development Dec 15;152(24):dev205291. doi: 10.1242/dev.205291. Epub 2025 Dec 19. PMID: 41417005
Featured Research
Catching neurons in action: molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity (Watanabe Lab)
Neurons communicate with each other...