Richard Lewis
PROFESSOR
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Canary Center at Stanford
United States of America
Biography
He is a Professor of Molecular & Cellular Physiology. He is a member of Bio-X, Stanford Neurosciences Institute. He is a Chair of Stanford University School of Medicine - Molecular & Cellular Physiology (2004 - 2009).He got MERIT Award from National Institute of General Medical Sciences (July 2012 - present).He has done B.S.from Yale University, Molec Biophysics & Biochem (1978) and Ph.D. from California Inst. of Technology in Neurobiology (1985)
Research Interest
molecular mechanisms of calcium signaling through store-operated Ca2+ channels (SOCs).
Publications
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Parekh AB, Putney JW. Store-operated calcium channels. Physiological reviews. 2005 Apr 1;85(2):757-810.
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Hartzell CA, Jankowska KI, Burkhardt JK, Lewis RS. Calcium influx through CRAC channels controls actin organization and dynamics at the immune synapse. Elife. 2016 Jul 21;5:e14850.
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Yen M, Lokteva LA, Lewis RS. Functional analysis of Orai1 concatemers supports a hexameric stoichiometry for the CRAC channel. Biophysical journal. 2016 Nov 1;111(9):1897-907.
