This dissertation provides a deep exploration of how mammary epithelial cells respond to microenvironmental signals. Through a progression of increasingly complex models [...]

During development, cells must migrate from their origin to their final destination, a process that is dependent on the actin cytoskeleton. Cells can migrate independentl [...]

During development, specific combinations of molecular cues guide the proper formation of neural circuits. Neuronal migration, axon guidance, and synapse [...]

Cells in vivo are continuously exposed to a range of small messenger proteins (microenvironmental ligands). Microenvironmental ligands bind to cell-surface receptors and [...]

Freezing of gait (FOG) is one of the most debilitating features of Parkinson’s disease (PD). FOG may be due to a lack of central inhibition, as people with PD and FOG (PD [...]