James Ferrell
PROFESSOR
Biochemistry
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America
Biography
He is a professor of Chemical and Systems Biology and Biochemistry. He is a member of Bio-X. He is a Chair of Stanford University School of Medicine - Chemical & Systems Biology (2006 - 2011)and Associate Chair of Stanford University School of Medicine - Chemical & Systems Biology (2011 - 2012).He has done B.A. from Williams College, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (1976)and Ph.D.from Stanford University, Chemistry (1984).He is a Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC) of Richard She.He is a Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor of Xianrui Cheng, Julia Kamenz, Minjung Kang, Connie Phong
Research Interest
The eukaryotic cell cycle can be best described as a succession of contingent events.
Publications
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Gelens L, Huang KC, Ferrell JE. How does the Xenopus laevis embryonic cell cycle avoid spatial chaos?. Cell reports. 2015 Aug 4;12(5):892-900.
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Ha SH, Kim SY, Ferrell JE. The prozone effect accounts for the paradoxical function of the Cdk-binding protein Suc1/Cks. Cell reports. 2016 Feb 16;14(6):1408-21.
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Ha SH, Ferrell JE. Thresholds and ultrasensitivity from negative cooperativity. Science. 2016 May 20;352(6288):990-3.
