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Apr 27, 1974 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 50 years old
American cell biologist
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About Amy Gladfelter
- Amy S.
- Gladfelter (born April 27, 1974) is a quantitative cell biologist and Associate Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she mainly investigates cell cycle control and the septin cytoskeleton.
- She discovered that nuclei in multinucleated cells can undergo the cell cycle asynchronously despite sharing a common cytoplasm and continues to investigate spatial organization of the cell and cellular components.
- Additionally, she studies the assembly of the septin cytoskeleton and the how aberrant septin structure affects their function.
- She has trained and mentored many undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows.
- The American Society for Cell Biology named her the winner of the 2015 WICB Mid-Career Award for Excellence in Research for her contributions to the field.
- Gladfelter was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Faculty Scholar in 2016.
