PIs: Drs. Paul Randazzo and Ira Daar - NCI

One postdoctoral position is available immediately in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology and the Laboratory of Cellular Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services. The fellow in this position will participate in a multi-disciplined program focused on understanding the function and regulation of Arf GTPase-activating proteins in cell adhesion and migration associated with development and cancer cell invasion and metastasis. The project will focus on the ARAP proteins, which are dual Arf GAPs/Rho GAPs that occur only in vertebrates. The ARAPs regulate cell adhesive structures, the actin cytoskeleton, and trafficking of transmembrane receptors. The Xenopus system will be used to determine how the role of ARAPs in cell adhesion and migration affect morphogenetic processes in vivo.

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