NCCS: | Facilities | Faculty | Announcements
 NCCS Members |
The Nebraska Center for Cellular Signaling (NCCS) was formed in the fall of 2003 creating a Center of Biomedical Research Excellent (CoBRE) under the IdeA program, which is funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Research Resources. This Center, through the collaborations of the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Creighton School of Medicine, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be the focal point for fostering new research initiatives dedicated to improving the oral and dental health of Nebraskans and citizens of other states. Junior and established researchers at these institutions conduct innovative and collaborative research efforts supported by the Center. This Center presents a strong mentoring environment to attract and promote the development of promising investigators.
Focus
A number of areas within the field of cell biology are rapidly converging on a common theme: cellular signal transduction. This is particularly true for the fields of cell adhesion, cell motility and cancer biology. The main focus of this Center is to bring together individuals studying signal transduction to form an organized, cohesive group that will provide leadership and mentoring to junior faculty interested in signaling.
Research
The project leaders of this Center share interests in cell motility, cell adhesion, growth regulation, apoptosis, metastasis, and invasion. A thread that ties this group together is their desire to understand signaling pathways that impact cellular behavior as well as the underlying theme of signaling through adhesion receptors and receptor tyrosine kinases.
External Advisory Board
Thomas Carey, Ph.D., University of Michiganweb link
Karen Knudsen, Ph.D., Lankenau Medical Research Center
web link
Jean Schwarzbauer, Ph.D., Princeton University
web link
Contact Information:
Valeta S. Creason - WahlProgram Coordinator
UNMC LTC 12726B
987696 UNMC
Omaha, NE 68198-7696
402-559-4682
402-559-3888 FAX
email: vcreason@unmc.edu
BACK TO TOP
Related Links
National Institutes of HealthNational Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Content of this page designed and maintained by Valeta Creason Wahl