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

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Education

M.S., University of California, San Diego , 1992
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego , 1996

Selected Publication

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.

Latest Honor and Recognition

NIH Director New Innovator Award(2007) , NIH

Articles

Nov/Dec 2007

New NIH program funds scientific ‘innovators’ at Yale

In September, two Yale scientists won Director’s New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH),...