Lab Members

Dan Kiehart, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
Professor of Cell Biology
Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology (DCMB Group)
Phone: (919) 613-8157
Fax: (919) 613-8177
dkiehart@d u k e.e d u


Ruth Montague
Lab Analyst
r.montague@d u k e.e d u

Time-lapse microscopy of dorsal closure mutants using GFP-tagged proteins.

Janice Crawford, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
crawford_janice@h o t m a i l.c o m

Development of transgenics for analysis of
morphogenesis in vivo.

U. Serdar Tulu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
ust@d u k e.e d u

Dynamics of focal adhesion proteins during dorsal closure.

Jennifer Sallee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
jennifer.sallee@d u k e.e d u

Characterization of ck/Myosin VllA function and interactors.

Vinay Singh
Graduate Student
vs11@d u k e.e d u

Morphogenesis of actin-rich cellular projections.

Adrienne Wells
Graduate Student
arw4@d u k e.e d u

Quantitative analysis of tissue behaviors during dorsal closure.

Ginger Hunter
Graduate Student
ginger.hunter@d u k e.e d u

Role of mechanically gated ion channels in Drosophila morphogenesis.

Undergraduate Research:

Eli Wilber
eli.wilber@d u k e.e d u

Super-resolution microscopy with Halobacteria

Lab Alumni

If you've been left off the list and want to be included, please email Dan!

Former Postdoctoral Fellows:

O'neil W. Guthrie, Ph.D., CCC-A
gnotsniw@y a h o o.c o m

Susan Halsell
James Madison University
http://www.jmu.edu/biology/faculty/halsell/halsell.shtml

Graham Thomas
Penn State University
http://www.bio.psu.edu/home/directory/homepages/gxt5

Jim Bloor
University of Kent
http://www.kent.ac.uk/bio/bloor/

Former Graduate Students

Jody Franke
Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Mellon

Kevin Edwards
Illinois State
http://www.bio.ilstu.edu/Edwards/

Zuowei Su
Research Scientist, Duke University

Andy Ketchum
Johns Hopkins Summer School Faculty
http://www.jhu.edu/summer/facultybios/ketchum_a.html

Former Undergraduate Students:

George Leef, '11

Andrew Lyu, '10

Chinny Akwarandu, '10

Spencer Jasper, '10