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Cell biology
Overview
Our health, and consequently our lives, depend on the coordinated activities of our individual cells; diseases arise when the activities of these individual cells become derailed.
Through our combined expertise in different cell types and communication mechanisms and using state-of-the-art approaches, scientists in VAI’s Department of Cell Biology pursue fundamental research to understand how our cells grow, communicate, survive, assemble into tissues and organs, respond to the environment, and change with age.
This transformative work will yield new diagnostic and treatment strategies to improve the quality of life for people with cancer, bone diseases and rare disorders.
Our Faculty
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Stephanie Grainger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Wnt Signaling in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development and Cancer
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Brian Haab, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Pancreatic Cancer Identification Using Glycans
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Matt Steensma, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Musculoskeletal Oncology
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Bart Williams, Ph.D.
Director, Core Technologies and Services; Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Cell Signaling and Carcinogenesis
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ADJUNCT FACULTY
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André Bachmann, Ph.D., M.S.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institution: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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Caleb Bupp, M.D., FACMG
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institution: Corewell Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
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Jeff MacKeigan, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institution: Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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Paul Mark, M.D., FACMG
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Cell Biology
Primary Institutions: Corewell Health & Michigan State University
DEPARTMENT STAFF
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David Brass
Scientific Grant Writer II, Department of Cell Biology
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Wendy Fritz
Senior Administrative Assistant I, Department of Cell Biology
Zachary Klamer, M.S.
Bioinformatics Analyst II, Department of Cell Biology
Hoang-Le Tran, M.S.
Bioinformatics Analyst I, Department of Cell Biology
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