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Dr. Kathleen J. Green graduated cum laude with Distinction in Biology from Pomona College and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology at Washington University in St. Louis. After postdoctoral training in Cell Biology at Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Green joined the faculty of the Pathology and Dermatology Departments where she is currently the Joseph L. Mayberry Professor of Pathology and Toxicology. A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Green holds a Keith Porter Fellowship and has been a recipient of two faculty research awards from the American Cancer Society, a Johnson and Johnson Focused Giving Award, a March of Dimes Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award, and the 2002 William Montagna Award from the Society for Investigative Dermatology. Green has chaired or co-chaired Gordon and Keystone conferences, and is chair for the 2003 Gordon Conference on Epithelial Differentiation and Keratinization. She is a member of Faculty 1000, on the advisory board of Experimental Dermatology and serves as editor for the The Journal of Cell Science. Dr. Green serves on the Board of Directors of the Society for Investigative Dermatology and has been chair of the NIH-General Medicine A1 Study Section. Green’s research is supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and she is the director of two NIH-funded training programs in cutaneous biology and carcinogenesis. Research Interests Dr. Green’s research program is directed toward elucidating the structure and function of epithelial adhesion molecules and adhesive structures in tissue morphogenesis and differentiation, as well as in pathological processes such as cancer, autoimmune and inherited disease. A particular focus is on the assembly and regulation of an intercellular junction called the desmosome, which is the most prominent adhesive structure in complex epithelial tissues such as the epidermis. Green’s work was instrumental in the discovery of a new gene family, now called the plakin family. Green’s work helped facilitate the identification of human diseases resulting from mutations in the one of the plakin genes, called desmoplakin, which plays a critical role in integrity of the epidermis and heart. For Dr. Green's Laboratory web site, please click here.
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