Pseudo colored total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) image of a cell protrusion.
Allison Zajac
B.A. in Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2003
email: azajac 'at' mail med upenn edu
phone: 215-898-4809
Current Research Interests
Stem cell biology, atomic force microscopy, cell adhesion on soft substrates.
Awards
Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant, NIH
Publications
Allison Zajac and Dennis Discher. Cell differentiation through tissue elasticity-coupled, myosin-driven remodeling. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 20:609-615 (2008) [Abstract] [pdf]
Xiaoyu Zhang , Kelly Orlando , Bing He , Fengong Xi , Jian Zhang , Allison Zajac , and Wei Guo. Membrane association and functional regulation of Sec3 by phospholipids and Cdc42. Journal of Cell Biology. 180:145-158 (2008) [Abstract] [pdf]
Michael W. Munks, Marielle C. Gold, Allison L. Zajac, Carmen M. Doom, Christopher S. Morello, Deborah H. Spector and Ann B. Hill. Genome-Wide Analysis Reveals a Highly Diverse CD8 T Cell Response to Murine Cytomegalovirus. Journal of Immunology. 176:3760-3766 (2006) [Abstract] [pdf]
Xiaoyu Zhang, Allison Zajac, Jian Zhang, Puyue Wang, Ming Li, John Murray, Daniel TerBush, and Wei Guo. The Critical Role of Exo84p in the Organization and Polarized Localization of the Exocyst Complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280:20356-20364 (2005) [Abstract] [pdf]
Allison Zajac, Xiaoli Sun, Jian Zhang, and Wei Guo. Cyclical regulation of the exocyst and cell polarity determinants for polarized cell growth. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 16:1500-1512 (2005) [Abstract] [pdf]