Julie Theriot

Julie Theriot
Julie Theriot
Born	1967
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, San Francisco
Awards	MacArthur Fellows Program
	Scientific career
Fields	Biomechanics, Cell Biology
Institutions	University of Washington, Allen Institute for Cell Science

Julie A. Theriot (born 1967) is a cell biologist, who studies the molecular mechanics and dynamics of cell movement and organization. Her work spans many fields from microbiology to biophysics, and lab studies eukaryotic cell motility as well as the hijacking of the cytoskeleton by intracellular parasites like listeria.^[1] She has also published work that describes the mechanisms of Galvanotaxis in vertebrate cells. She is a professor at the University of Washington, Department of Biology, a continuing Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, and Chief Scientist at the Allen Institute for Cell Science.^[2] She was previously a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine,^[3] and before that, she was a Predoctoral Fellow and Investigator at HHMI.^[4] She was also a fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.^[5]

She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Biology and Physics in 1988, and from the University of California, San Francisco, with a Ph.D. in Cell Biology in 1993. Her work has investigated bacterial infections, such as Shigella, and Listeria.^[6]

Awards

"Mechanism for cell shapeliness decoded from fish scales", Nature 453, xi (22 May 2008)^[9]
Physical biology of the cell, Authors Rob Phillips, Janè Kondev, Julie Theriot, Garland Science, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8153-4163-5
"Bacterial Manipulation of the Host Cell Cytoskeleton", Cellular microbiology, Editor Pascale Cossart, ASM Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-55581-302-4
"Movement of Bacterial Pathogens Driven by Actin Polymerization", Motion analysis of living cells, Editors David R. Soll, Deborah Wessels, Wiley-IEEE, 1998, ISBN 978-0-471-15915-5

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^ Beyond the glass ceiling: forty women whose ideas shape the modern world, Editors Sian Griffiths, Helena Kennedy, Manchester University Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7190-4773-2
^ "Theriot wins MacArthur Fellowship to pursue her passion for biology", Stanford Report, September 29, 2004, RUTHANN RICHTER
^ "Keith R. Porter Lecture". American Society for Cell Biology. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "News from the National Academy of Sciences". April 26, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021. Newly elected members and their affiliations at the time of election are: … Theriot, Julie A.; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Chief Scientific Advisor, Allen Institute for Cell Science; and professor, department of biology, University of Washington, Seattle, entry in member directory:"Member Directory". National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
^ "Making the paper: Julie Theriot". Nature. 453 (7194): xi. 21 May 2008. doi:10.1038/7194xia. S2CID 37051224.

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