Welcome to the Department of Cell Biology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine… More
New Mechanisms in Cell Biology
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Recent Publications
Our latest research and discoveries.
Ray A., Bassette M., Hu, K.H., Samad B., Pass M., …, Krummel M.F.: Multimodal delineation of a layer of effector function among exhausted CD8 T cells in tumors. Science Immunology (2025) 10, eadt3537.
Hu L, Perez A, Nesterova T, Lyu Z, Yahashiri A, Weiss DS, Xiao j*, Liu J*. FtsZ-mediated spatial-temporal control over septal cell wall synthesis. PNAS 122 (27): e2426431122 (2025)
Azlan A, Zhu L, Fukunaga R. Female-germline specific protein Sakura interacts with Otu and is crucial for germline stem cell renewal and differentiation and oogenesis. BioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.04.616675. eLife https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/103828
Spear, E.D. and Michaelis, S. (2025) Mammalian Zinc Metalloprotease ZMPSTE24 and Yeast Ste24, Chapter 76. Rawlings – Vol. 1 – Handbook of Proteolytic Enzymes, 4e: Metallopeptidases, Elsevier (In Press)
Featured Research
Catching neurons in action: molecular mechanisms of synaptic transmission and plasticity (Watanabe Lab)
Neurons communicate with each other...



