Paul Russell, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Research Focus
Preservation of Genome Integrity; Cellular Responses to Environmental Toxins. Understanding how cells respond to genotoxic and cytotoxic stress is essential for developing new strategies to prevent and treat cancer and many other diseases. We investigate these mechanisms in fission yeast, an experimental organism ideally suited for high throughput genetic screens, proteomic analysis of protein complexes, whole genome expression analysis by microarray, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and live cell imaging of signaling proteins by deconvolution microscopy.