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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Agilent Lecture Series

Randy Schekman

Howard Hughes Investigator and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at UC Berkeley

Genes and Proteins That Control Secretion and Autophagy

Abstract:

Agilent Technologies and the University of California San Diego are pleased to offer the first in a series of lectures by leading researchers in diverse, cutting-edge fields of biological science. Traffic inside a cell is as complicated as rush hour near any metropolitan area. But drivers know how to follow the signs and roadways to reach their destinations. How do different cellular proteins "read" molecular signposts to find their way inside or outside of a cell? For the past three decades, Randy Schekman has been characterizing the traffic drivers that shuttle cellular proteins as they move in membrane-bound sacs, or vesicles, within a cell. His detailed elucidation of cellular travel patterns has provided fundamental knowledge about cells and has enhanced understanding of diseases that arise when bottlenecks impede some of the protein flow. Sign up for this informative lecture today at: http://event.signup4.com/ucsd

May 7, 2014

4:00 PM

Skaggs Auditorium

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