Lynn Cooley, PhD
C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Residential College Associate Fellow in Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Director, Combined Program in the Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Departments & Organizations
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental BiologyBiological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Cytoskeleton and Cell Morphogenesis; Genetics and Genomics
Stem Cells and Tissue Repair
Animal Organogenesis
Cell Biology
Genetics
Signal Transduction
Research Interests
Molecular Genetics of Drosophila Oogenesis; Actin Cytoskeleton Regulation; Drosophila; Oogenesis; Ring Canal; Ovarian Muscle Function
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Education
- B.A., Connecticut College, 1976
- Ph.D., University of Texas, 1984
Selected Publication
- Airoldi, S.J., McLean, P., Shimada, Y and Cooley, L. (2011) Intercellular protein movement in syncytial Drosophila follicle cells. J. Cell Sci., in press.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Pew Scholar Award (1991), Pew Charitable Trusts
Articles
Autumn 2008
Is the straight road too narrow?
Demands for cures and a flat NIH budget are putting pressure on scientists to produce findings that go right to the...
Winter 2007
New funding paradigms reshape research
Flat funding and a new research paradigm have turned federal funding of medical research on its head. After the recent...
Autumn 2005
Goldman-Rakic fellow named
Susheel Vijayraghavan, a graduate student in neurobiology at the School of Medicine, has been selected as the recipient...
Autumn 2005
Grey named dean of nursing
Margaret Grey, R.N., Dr.P.H., was named dean of the School of Nursing in July. Grey, previously associate dean for...
Spring 2001
New chairs appointed in three departments; clinical leadership changes
Dean David A. Kessler, M.D., has announced the appointment of three new chairs to lead the departments of Cell Biology,...
Autumn 2001
Graduate program fosters an interdisciplinary spirit and a jump in applications
How does an academic program go from newborn to campus fixture in only five years?Yale’s Combined Program in the...
Fall 1998
Found in translation
A cell is a cell is a cell, researchers say, as Drosophila, yeast and other model organisms yield clues to human...
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