Dinah Loerke
Associate Professor
What I do
Associate Professor with a research and teaching focus on biophysics, biomechanics, imaging, and quantitative computational analysis and modelingSpecialization(s)
biophysics, imaging
Degree(s)
- Ph.D., Biophysics, University of Goettingen, 2004
- MS, Physics, University of Goettingen, 1998
Licensure / Accreditations
- IRBNet Board SL-1 Lab Certification
- Adult CPR/AED
Research
molecular and mechanical regulation of morphogenesis, regulation of clathrin-coated pit maturation
Key Projects
- The Biomechanics of Intercalation in Germ-Bank Elongation
- Deconstructing The Cell's Mechanical Circuits
- Cottrell Scholar Award
Featured Publications
(2017). Planar polarized Rab35 functions as an oscillatory ratchet during cell intercalation in the Drosophila epithelium. Nature Communications, 8.
. (2017). Regulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis by hierarchical allosteric activation of AP2. Journal of Cell Biology.
. (2009). Cargo and dynamin regulate clathrin-coated pit maturation. PLoS biology, 7(3), e57.
. (2011). Measuring the hierarchy of molecular events during clathrin-mediated endocytosis. Traffic, 12(7), 815-825.
. (2012). Quantitative Imaging of Epithelial Cell Scattering Identifies Specific Inhibitors of Cell Motility and Cell-Cell Dissociation. Science Signaling , 5(231).
. Awards
- 2017 Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Science Advancement