Department: Chemical and Systems Biology

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Ferrell, James

Academic Appointments Professor, Chemical and Systems Biology
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Professor, Biochemistry

Research Interest
My lab has two main goals: to understand mitotic regulation and to understand the systems-level logic of simple signaling circuits. We often make use of Xenopus laevis oocytes, eggs, and cell-free extracts for both sorts of study. We also carry out single-cell fluorescence imaging studies on mammalian cell lines. Our experimental work is complemented by computational and theoretical studies aimed at identifying the design principles of regulatory circuits.