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Demet Arac-Ozkan is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago, where she leads the Araç Lab. Her research focuses on studying the mechanisms of cellular adhesion and communication, particularly through cell-surface receptors that mediate intercellular interactions. Her work aims to understand the role of surface proteins in embryonic development, neurobiology, and their links to various diseases including neurological disorders and cancers. She has made significant contributions to the understanding of synaptogenesis and axon pathfinding in neurodevelopment, and her lab is dedicated to revealing the mechanisms behind cell-adhesion receptors and their therapeutic potentials. Arac-Ozkan has received several prestigious awards, including the Fay/Frank Seed Grant from the Brain Research Foundation and the Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She completed her PhD in Molecular Biophysics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and her postdoctoral training in Structural Cellular Biology at Stanford University.
University of Chicago • Chicago IL
Leading research on cellular adhesion and communication mechanisms.
Department of Philosophy