Susana Godinho: Placing cell biology at the center of cancer research.

Godinho investigates the role centrosomes play in cancer cell biology.

Yan Song: How time flies.

Song investigates the mechanisms that control stem cell fate in development and disease.

Michael Lazarou: Building a body of research.

Lazarou investigates the relationship between mitochondria and autophagy.

Kazuhiro Maeshima: Excitement under the microscope.

Maeshima investigates the higher order structures and dynamics of chromatin.

Brajendra Tripathi: Keeping an eye out for translational research.

Tripathi investigates how the tumor suppressor DLC1 is regulated by oncogenic kinases.

Efraín E. Rivera-Serrano: Personal training for scientists.

Rivera-Serrano investigates the host cell genes that support viral infection.

Greg Alushin: The shape of things to come.

Alushin investigates the structural biology of biomechanical processes in the cytoskeleton.

Kota Saito: Getting out and about.

Saito studies the mechanisms that control secretion of collagen from the ER.

Gabriel Muhire Gihana: A candle loses nothing by lighting other candles.

Gihana investigates how cells coordinate their shape and polarity with chromosome segregation.

Lillian Fritz-Laylin: Keeping up to speed with evolutionary cell biology.

Fritz-Laylin studies the evolution of complex protein networks associated with cell movement.

Gustavo Silva: Translating the ubiquitin code.

Silva investigates how ribosomal protein complexes are regulated by K63 ubiquitination.

BethAnn McLaughlin: Protecting neurons and women in science.

McLaughlin studies how neurons respond to acute and chronic stress.

Tatsushi Igaki: Flying up the research summits.

Igaki explores how cell-cell communication directs tissue and tumor development.

Jerry Edward Chipuk: A powerhouse for mitochondrial biology.

Chipuk studies the interaction between mitochondrial dynamics and cell death in cancer.

Erika Pearce: Fitting metabolism and immunity together, to a T.

Pearce investigates how metabolism is tailored to immune cell function.

Victoria Sanz-Moreno: Rho together for cancer research.

Sanz-Moreno investigates how the cytoskeleton controls tumor biology.

Tamas Balla: Leading the way with phosphoinositides.

Balla investigates how phosphoinositides control trafficking and signaling.

Laura Lackner: Passing on the scientific baton.

Lackner investigates the tethering processes that position mitochondria.

Bao-Liang Song: Loving biology in the time of cholesterol.

Song studies the trafficking and biological activities of cholesterol.

Danica Chen: From early learning to aging research.

Chen studies the cellular and genetic mechanisms that control organismal aging.

Nasser Rusan: Scoping out centrosomes.

Rusan investigates how centrosomes control cell behavior and differentiation during development.

Ling-Ling Chen: Shaping a career in RNA biology.

Chen studies the formation and biological activities of noncoding RNAs.

Margot Quinlan: Muscling in on oogenesis.

Quinlan investigates how the cytoskeleton polarizes oocytes.

Yaron Fuchs: Exploring the mysterious mixture of life and death.

Fuchs studies how cell death controls stem cell-driven processes.