Dr. Akin [HHMI Fellow] is studying cell motility in the context of the developing nervous system.  He aims to understand how external cues are coupled to changes in the actin cytoskeleton.  As cell motility is essential for normal development as well as for cancer metastasis, new insights into the basic biology of motility carry the promise of new therapies and approaches to cancer treatment.

 

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Project Title: "Identification and characterization of Drosphila Dscam cytoplasmic domain binding partners"

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Sponsor(s) / Mentor(s): S. Lawrence Zipursky, PhD

Cancer Type: All cancers

Research Area: Signal Transduction