Section: Rotations

Postdoctoral Position Available

Elizabeth Luna, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Cell Biology

Other Affiliation(s):
   Cancer Center
   Cell Dynamics Group
   Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
   Program in Immunology and Virology

Potential Rotation Projects

Rotation projects involving biochemical, molecular genetic, and/or cell-based techniques can be tailored to the interests of the students.  Questions associated with ongoing projects described above in the Research section are available for students who want to learn a specific technique.  Questions relevant to the laboratory’s interests that could be developed into independent thesis projects include:

1. Medium throughput functional screens of supervillin-associated proteins to determine which influence motility, adhesion, contractility, or the formation and function of matrix-invading structures called invadopodia;
2. Analysis of motile and signaling dysfunctions in cells and tissues from mice deficient in expression of supervillin isoforms; and
3. Function of these membrane skeleton proteins during ‘nongenomic’, plasma membrane-based, responses to steroid receptors in breast or prostate cancer cells.

Office: Biotech 4 Suite 306
Phone: 508-856-8661
E-mail: Elizabeth.Luna@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Nuclear Receptors, Cell Dynamics, Cell Biology, Muscle Membrane Biochemistry, Metastasis

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Postdoctoral Position Available A postdoctoral position is available to study in this laboratory. Contact Dr. Luna for additional details.