My lab studies microtubule dynamics, microtubule motors and chromosome segregation. We use human and mammalian cell lines to investigate the impact of microtubule motors and regulators of microtubule polymerization on the fidelity of cell division and chromosome instability. We use high resolution and super-resolution live cell imaging and total internal fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy in conjunction with fluorescent proteins, bio-sensors and gene-edited cell lines to investigate dynamic processes that govern chromosome segregation during mitosis.

Positions:

2015 - Adjunct Professor of Biology, University of Washington

2006 - Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington

2000 - Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington

1994 - Assistant Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington

Education:

1988-1994: Postdoctoral Fellow; University of California, San Francisco

1988: PhD; Zoology, University of California, Berkeley

1982: BA+Honors; Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley