Derek K. Toomre PhD
Associate Professor of Cell Biology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Cytoskeleton and Cell Morphogenesis | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Membrane Biology and Motion
Signal Transduction
Cell Biology: Cellular imaging | Cancer cell biology
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Signal Transduction
Research Interests
Cell Biology; Exocytosis; Endocytosis; Membrane Traffic; Tethering; Microscopy; Live Cell Imaging; TIRFM; Single molecule more...
Education
- M.S., University of California, San Diego, 1992
- Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1996
Selected Publications
- Zoncu R, Perera RM, Balkin DM, Pirruccello M, Toomre D, De Camilli P. A phosphoinositide switch controls the maturation and signaling properties of APPL endosomes. Cell. 2009 Mar 20;136(6):1110-21. PubMed PMID: 19303853; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2705806.
- Perera RM, Zoncu R, Lucast L, De Camilli P, Toomre D. Two synaptojanin 1 isoforms are recruited to clathrin-coated pits at different stages. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Dec 19;103(51):19332-7. Epub 2006 Dec 8.
- Sebastian R, Diaz ME, Ayala G, Letinic K, Moncho-Bogani J, Toomre D. Spatio-temporal analysis of constitutive exocytosis in epithelial cells. IEEE/ACM Trans Comput Biol Bioinform. 2006 Jan-Mar;3(1):17-32.
