Cell and Developmental Biology

Citovsky Lab

Intercellular transport, genetic transformation, and chromatin remodeling in plants

Intracellular transport; organelle inheritance and dynamics; biophysical properties of the cytoplasm

We study protein glycosylation and cell wall biosynthesis in yeast and fungi

Spatiotemporal regulation of metabolic enzymes

Understanding how defects in glycosylation lead to birth defects

Biology of dormancy during development and aging, with the African killifish as the main research organism

Cell dynamics and motility

Stem cell maintenance and differentiation, Developmental mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis

The cell biology of sporulation in yeast

Repetitive DNA maintenance and retrotransposon activity in germ cell immortality

Muscle stem cells; muscle development, regeneration and aging; muscular dystrophy; extracellular matrix; biology of proteoglycans

Mechanisms of cell fate determination and embryonic development

Structural and functional mechanisms underlying the operation of ligand-gated ion channels