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Jacek Gaertig
Associate Professor of Cellular Biology
Creative Research Medal 2006
Jacek Gaertig, Associate Professor of Cellular Biology, studies microtubules, structures found in all cells that – among other things – regulate cell shape and movement. Gaertig and his college Bernard Edde identified a group of enzymes that make structural marks on the surfaces of microtubules that can function as a code that tells different proteins where to bind to microtubules and where to go once they have done this. This enables microtubules to perform a vast array of functions without modifying their basic underlying structure.
Source: 27th Annual Research Awards Program (2006)
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