Cell Biology Program
The Marilyn Resh Lab
Research
Marilyn Resh, PhD
Member
The goal of my laboratory’s research is to understand how fatty acylation influences the structure and function of membrane-bound and secreted signaling proteins. Our focus is on the Src family tyrosine protein kinases, Hedgehog and Wnt proteins.
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Publications Highlights
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Marilyn Resh, PhD
Member
- Cell biologist Marilyn Resh investigates the regulation of protein function by fatty acylation, and the development of Hedgehog palmitoylation inhibitors to block pancreatic and lung cancer.
- PhD, Harvard University
- AB, Princeton University
- [email protected]
- Email Address
- 212-639-2514
- Office Phone
Members
Debra Alston
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Kalpana Rajanala, PhD
Research Fellow
Adina R. Schonbrun, PhD
Scientific Editor, Periodt Scientific Communications/Plant Editions - Freelance, 2017–2023
- BA, Yeshiva University
Jing Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017–PRESENT
- 212-717-3317
- Office Fax
- 212-639-2551 or 2552
- Lab Phone
Marilyn Resh, PhD
Member
Rita Curti
Student Research Assistant
Brittany Haugen, BS, AA
Graduate Student, 2012–PRESENT
- BS, Florida Institute of Technology
Armine Matevossian, PhD
Principal Scientist at EMD Sero Inc., Cambridge, MA, 2008–2015
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 212-639-2551
- Office Phone
Lab Alumni
Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award, Weill Cornell Graduate School (2009)
- Established Scientist, American Heart Association (1994-1999)
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Pew Charitable Trusts (1987-1991)
- Discovery of the ""two-signal hypothesis"" for binding of myristoylated proteins to membranes
- Discovery of a myristoyl switch mechanism for membrane binding of HIV-1 Gag
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- First to establish Hedgehog acyltransferase as a bona fide palmitoyl acyltransferase for Hedgehog proteins
- Discovery of the first-in-class hedgehog palmitoylation inhibitor
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