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Ann Miller is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Community Engagement Faculty Liaison in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on epithelial cell-cell junctions and how they maintain a selectively permeable seal while undergoing significant shape changes during processes like cytokinesis and morphogenesis. Her lab, the Miller Lab, investigates the mechanisms that allow cell-cell junctions to be stable enough for adhesion yet plastic enough to remodel as necessary. They utilize Xenopus laevis embryos to study the dynamics of actin cytoskeletal processes related to cell-cell junction remodeling. She completed her education with a B.A. in Biochemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College, a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Yale University, and a postdoctoral fellowship in Cell Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ann has received multiple accolades, including the Vice-Chair and Chair positions at the Signaling Adhesion Receptors Gordon Research Conference and various awards recognizing her exceptional mentorship and contributions to science education.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science