Spudich Lab
"We never met a myosin we didn't like!"
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We are part of Stanford's Department of Biochemistry, and we live on the 4th floor of Beckman Center.


Our general research interest is the molecular basis of cell motility. Some of our specific research interests include:
Beckman Center, Stanford This is Beckman.
Myosin ATP Cycle
Graphic designed by Tom Purcell, a former Spud Lab grad student, now with the Roger Cooke Lab.
(1) the molecular basis of energy transduction that leads to ATP-driven myosin movement on actin;
(2) the biochemical basis of the regulation of actin and myosin interaction and their assembly states;
In vitro Motility Assay
Cartoon MyoVI trasnporting a cartoon vesicle
Adapted from Spink, et. al. (2008) Nat Struct Mol Biol 15: 591.
(3) and the role these proteins play in intracelluar cargo transport.
To see what the individual members of the lab are doing, mouse over the "People" button at the top of this page, click on Current Spudniks, and then click on the name of a current lab member. For a look at our latest papers, visit our Recent Publications page.

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Last updated: October 6, 2008.
Copyright 2008. For questions about this page, please contact Shirley Sutton at scsutton@stanford.edu.