The contractile machinery inside tumor cells increases invasive properties, suggesting it might be a good target to inhibit cancer cell spread.

The extracellular matrix that surrounds cells plays a role in the development of insulin resistance.

A component of the extracellular matrix that surrounds cells plays a role in insulin resistance and may be a good therapeutic target.

Ela Knapik, associate professor of medicine, and colleagues are using zebrafish to explore the molecular and cellular mechanisms that cause birth defects of the face and skeleton.