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Michel Bagnat is the Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor at the Duke Cancer Institute. His research investigates the cellular physiologic mechanisms that control morphogenesis, focusing on basic cellular processes that define the shape and size of complex multicellular structures and organs. Bagnat's laboratory studies how fluid movement in enclosed lumenal intracellular spaces creates hydrostatic pressure, serving as a driving force for organogenesis and long-range morphogenetic events. He primarily uses zebrafish as a model organism to explore various aspects of organogenesis, including the regulation of fluid secretion, the role of lysosome-rich enterocytes in protein absorption physiology, and the cellular mechanisms controlling epithelial polarization and lumen formation in the gut tube. Bagnat has a B.S. from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and a Ph.D. from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, with postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco.
Duke Cancer Institute • Durham, NC
Leading research on cellular processes involved in morphogenesis.
Duke University School of Medicine • Durham, NC
Teaching and conducting research in cell biology.
Duke Cancer Institute • Durham, NC
Participating in cancer-related research initiatives.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)