Andrew George Dillin is a

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and the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Distinguished Chair in Stem Cell Research at the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at

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. His lab studies the loss of protein homeostasis in aging, particularly in ''

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''. His lab specifically looks at the manipulation of stress response pathways, such as the heat shock response and the unfolded protein response of the

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and the

endoplasmic reticulum The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is, in essence, the transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding. It is a type of organelle made up of two subunits – rough endoplasmic reticulum ( ...

. In particular, his lab found a cell non-autonomous mitochondrial stress response that can be transmitted to distal cells.Faculty Research Page
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