Cell Junctions

Susan LaFlamme is a professor in the Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research at the Albany Medical College in Albany NY. She obtained her B.A. from Barnard College and her PhD from Columbia University in New York NY, USA. Professor LaFlamme has received many grants for her studies on integrin signaling and has published extensively in this area. She has served on review panels for the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association. Andrew Kowalczyk is an Associate Professor for Cell Biology and Dermatology at Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta GA, USA. Dr. Kowalczyk obtained his PhD at Albany Medical School in Albany NY and carried out postdoctoral studies at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago IL, USA. He has received numerous grants and awards and has published extensively in the area of cell adhesion. He has served on review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association, and on several advisory committees for the Society for Investigative Dermatology.

Overview of Cellular Junctions
CELL-MATRIX JUNCTIONS
Integrin Transmembrane Signaling
Focal Adhesion
Signaling Through FAK
Focal Adhesion Dynamics
Integrin Trafficking
Hemidesmosomes
Cell Matrix Adhesion in 3 Dimensions
CELL-CELL JUNCTIONS
Epithelial Adherens Junctions
Endothelial Adherens Junctions
Gap Junctions
Tight Junctions
Desmosomes
Junctions Dynamics and Adhesion Receptor Trafficking
CELL-MATRIX AND CELL-CELL CROSSTALK
Adhesion Receptors in Mechanotransduction
Crosstalk Between Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Adhesion