The Center for Cellular Dynamics is a group of Penn State labs whose research is focused on: the cytoskeleton and intracellular transport, cellular changes during development and disease, cell-cell communication and interactions, and live imaging.
Labs and departments
Center for Cellular Dynamics labs have their homes in different departments at Penn State (Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, and Bioengineering).
Leadership
The Center is co-directed by Melissa Rolls (mur22@psu.edu) and Emily Bell (esb26@psu.edu). Please contact either of them if you have any questions about the Center or its activities!
Members
Members participate in departmental graduate programs, as well as interdisciplinary graduate programs organized through the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
Collaboration
We use the Center for Cellular Dynamics to share ideas and expertise, to organize events that stimulate creative thinking, and create a more collaborative and exciting research community.
Meetings
The center has monthly faculty meetings, as well as mini-meetings organized around a theme open to everyone at Penn State.