OVERVIEW

The Department of Cell Biology is one of eight Joint Health Science departments in the UAB Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. As of 2008, the Department has 30 primary faculty members. The major goals of our Department are to sustain our excellence in research and graduate training, as well as to provide outstanding professional teaching to medical, dental and optometry students.

Evidence of the research success of individual faculty members in Cell Biology at the national and international level is reflected by the following:

Publications in High Impact Journals

• Biochemistry Journal
• Cancer Research
• Development
• Developmental Biology
• Developmental Cell
• EMBO Journal
• FASEB Journal
• Genes and Development
• Immunity
• Journal of Biological Chemistry
• Journal of Cell Biology
• Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Journal of Experimental Medicine
• Journal of Immunology
• Journal of Molecular Biology
• Journal of Neuroscience
• Journal of Virology
• Molecular Biology of the Cell
• Molecular and Cellular Biology
• Nature
• Nature Biotechnology
• Nature Cell Biology
• Nature Immunology
• Oncogene
• PLoS Genetics
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA
• Science
  

Appointment to Editorial Boards

• AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
• American Journal of Physiology
• The Anatomical Record
• Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
• GLIA
• Hypertension
• Journal of Biological Chemistry
• Journal of Hypertension
• Journal of Neuroimmunology
• Journal of Neuroscience
• Journal of Virology
• STROKE
• Virology

Appointments to Study Sections and Review Groups

• American Heart Association
• Arthritis Foundation
• Department of Defense
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• McKnight Foundation
• Medical Research Council
• National Institutes of Health
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• National Science Foundation
• Veterans Administration
• The Wellcome Trust

Grant Support