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Cell signalling in cell adhesion and migration

My laboratory studies how mammalian cells change shape in response to extracellular cues, focusing on signal transduction processes that link to cell adhesion proteins and the cytoskeleton. We investigate how cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interactions are modulated during epithelial cell migration and invasion, and how endothelial cells sense and respond to mechanical forces through cell-cell junctions. We also study how cancer cells attach to and cross endothelial cells.