Shawn Michael Ferguson PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology
Departments & Organizations
Affiliated Faculty
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Membrane Biology and Motion; Neurobiology
Cell Biology
Research Interests
lysosomes; membrane traffic; energy homeostasis; nutrient homeostasis; transcription factor; signaling; neurodegeneration; neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; genetics
Education
- B.S., University of Ottawa, 1997
- M.S., University of Ottawa, 1999
- Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2004
Selected Publications
- Roczniak-Ferguson, A., Petit, C.S., Qian, S., Ky, J., Angarola, B., Froehlich, F., Walther, T.C., Ferguson, S.M. The Transcription Factor TFEB links mTORC1 Signaling to Transcriptional Control of Lysosome Homeostasis. Science Signaling, Jun 12;5(228): ra42, 2012.
- Ferguson, S.M. & De Camilli, P. Dynamin, a membrane-remodelling GTPase. Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology (13(2), 75-88, 2012.
- Raimondi, A., Ferguson, S.M.*, Lou, X., Armbruster, M., Paradise, S., Giovedi, S., Messa, M., Kono, N., Takasaki, J., Cappello, V., et al. Overlapping role of dynamin isoforms in synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Neuron 70, 1100-1114, 2011 *Co-first and corresponding author.
