The Cell Biology Program at SKI is an innovative, world-class program where we elucidate the mysteries how cells work and educate the next generations of scientists in an inclusive and supportive environment.
Now and in the past, we discover fundamental aspects of cells and their interactions with each other using state-of-the-art technologies, ranging from molecular and cellular imaging to advanced mass spectrometry and innovative tissue culture and animal models.
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Our research activities span:
- Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Cell division, differentiation, migration, morphogenesis and wound healing
- Cell death
- Cell signaling
- Cellular machines in protein homeostasis, cytoskeleton and membrane biology
- Metabolism
- Neurobiology and neurodegenerative diseases
- Organelle Biology
SKI cell biologists Junmei Yi (left) and Xuejun Jiang in the lab.
Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Professor, Weill Cornell; Alfred P. Sloan Chair, MSKCC
Associate Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Professor, Weill Cornell Robertson Investigator, NYSCF
Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Professor, Weill Cornell
Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Professor, Weill Cornell
Assistant Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell
Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Professor, Weill Cornell; Dean, Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School
Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI; Professor, Weill Cornell
Program Chair, Cell Biology Program, SKI Professor, Weill Cornell Enid A. Haupt Chair, MSKCC Investigator, HHMI
Tri-Institutional Members
Emeritus
Collaborations & Resources
SKI offers a wide array of core facilities and other technologies, as well as significant opportunity for collaboration. Scientists in the Cell Biology Program derive particular benefit from close ties to the following:
