Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Welcome to the
Department
of Cell Biology

Learning to
Understand

Cellular and Multi-Cellular Behavior

Andrew Ewald, Ph.D.

Director

Shigeki Watanabe, Ph.D.

Peter N. Devreotes, Ph.D.

Peter Espenshade, Ph.D.

Learning How Tubular
Organs Form

Susan Michaelis, Ph.D.

Miho Ijima, Ph.D.

Fitting the Pieces of Cell Division Together

Takanari Inoue, Ph.D.

Baltimore
Inner Harbor

Kathy Wilson, Ph.D.

Douglas Robinson, Ph.D.

Baltimore Waterfront

At Fell's Point

Erika Matunis, PhD.

Scot Kuo, Ph.D.

Hiromi Sesaki, Ph.D.

Fitting the Pieces of Cell Division Together

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

Outreach Programs in the Department of Cell Biology… More

Upcoming Events

Seminars and events. Know what’s coming.

Perspectives from Outside Medicine, Guest Speaker Ted Giovanis

Chevy Chase Auditorium

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iCal

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

CB Seminar: Padmini Rangamani (UCSD)

1830 E Monument St, Baltimore, MD 21287, Ste. 2-200, Bodian Room

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iCal

12:00pm – 1:00pm

May 1

CB Seminar: Gira Bhaba (JHU)

1830 E Monument St, Baltimore, Ste. 2-200, Bodian Room

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iCal

12:00pm – 1:00pm

May 22

Calendar

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.

Publications

Photo Gallery

Photos from events, labs and happenings.

2019 E.B. Wilson Medal Award Group Photo

Peter Devreotes is the 2019 winner of ASCB’s E.B. Wilson Medal

CB Holiday Party 2019

CB Picnic 2019

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Recent News

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

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

Congratulations to Michael Piacentino for receiving the H.W. Mossman Award in Developmental Biology from the American Association for Anatomy!

Congratulations to Doug Robinson on his selection as a Distinguished Investigator of the Allen Institute in Seattle, WA!

Upcoming Events

Perspectives from Outside Medicine, Guest Speaker Ted Giovanis

CB Seminar: Padmini Rangamani (UCSD)

CB Seminar: Gira Bhaba (JHU)

Recent Publications

Photo Gallery

Featured Research

Catching neurons in action: molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity (Watanabe Lab)

Cells can count (Devreotes Lab)

Cells Catch their Breath (Espenshade Lab)