Department: Biochemistry

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  Spudich, James 
  Academic Appointments Professor,  Biochemistry
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  The general research interest of this laboratory is the molecular basis of cell motility. We have three specific research interests, the molecular basis of energy transduction that leads to ATP-driven myosin movement on actin, the biochemical basis of the regulation of actin and myosin interaction and their assembly states, and the roles these proteins play in vivo, in cell movement and changes in cell shape.
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  Straight, Aaron F.
  Academic Appointments Associate Professor,  Biochemistry
  Member,  Stanford Cancer Institute
  Member,  Bio-X
  
  Research Interest

  We study the process of cell division. Our research is focused on understanding how chromosomes are segregated during mitosis and how cells divide during cytokinesis.