Ian Macara
Ian G. Macara, Ph.D.
Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Microbiology

Telephone:434.982.0074 (office)/ 0083 (lab)
Fax: 434.924.1236
E-mail: imacara@virginia.edu

Lab Location:
        Room 7191, 7th Floor
        Hospital West (MSB)
        Health System

Research Interests: Cell polarization in epithelia and neurons; epithelial morphogenesis and breast cancer; RNA localization; dendritic spine morphogenesis; the RAN GTPase and nuclear transport.

Personnel: There are openings for postdocs and graduate students with interests in neurobiology (dendritic spine morphogenesis), epithelial cell polarity, mouse models of mammary morphogenesis, and high-throughput siRNA screens.

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