James Ferrell
Academic Appointments
- Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology
- Professor, Biochemistry
- Member, Cancer Center
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Administrative Appointments
- Chair, Stanford University School of Medicine - Chemical & Systems Biology (2006 - present)
Professional Education
| B.A.: | Williams College, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (1976) |
| Ph.D.: | Stanford University, Chemistry (1984) |
| M.D.: | Stanford University, (1986) |
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Research Interests
Our research centers on the signal transduction circuits that trigger the entry into mitotic and meoitic M-phase, the progression through these phases, and the exit from M-phase to interphase.
Some of our work is aimed at identifying as-yet unidentified components of these regulatory circuits. The rest of our work is aimed at understanding the systems level logic of these circuits--how cells build reliable switches, oscillators, and response networks out of imperfect components.
Publications
- Simple and realistic models of complex biological processes: A cell-fate switch and the mitotic trigger. FEBS Lett. 2009
- Tuning the activation threshold of a kinase network by nested feedback loops. Science. 2009; (5926): 509-12
- Concordant regulation of translation and mRNA abundance for hundreds of targets of a human microRNA. PLoS Biol. 2009; (11): e1000238
- Report on EU-USA workshop: how systems biology can advance cancer research (27 October 2008). Mol Oncol. 2009; (1): 9-17
- Q&A: systems biology. J Biol. 2009; (1): 2
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