Washington University in St Louis 

Cooper Lab
Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
Washington University in St Louis
Recent Papers
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Postal address
Campus Box 8228
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Shipping address
Dept. of Cell Biology
4566 Scott Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
  NK Differentially phosphorylated forms of the cortactin homolog HS1 mediate distinct functions in natural killer cells. Butler et al. 2008. Nature Immun Online ahead of print. PubMed.
Telephone numbers
(314) 362-4606 and -0098 Lab
(314) 362-7463 Dept Fax
(314) 362-3964 John's Office
Lab location
Room 416
McDonnell Basic Science Building
  CP New Insights into Mechanism and Regulation of Actin Capping Protein. Cooper & Sept. 2008. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol. PDF.
red bar   Neb Nebulin Interacts with CapZ and Regulates Thin Filament Architecture within the Z-disc. Pappas et al. 2008. Mol Biol Cell 19: 1837-1847.  Online Journal.
People in the Lab Email Contact Form
Melissa Brereton
Boyd Butler
Marc Edwards
Brian Galletta
Taekyung Kim
Yun Liang
  Dynactin Dynactin Function in Mitotic Spindle Positioning. Moore et al. 2008. Traffic 9: 510–527 Online Journal.
Mengchi Lin
Mark Longtine
Jeff Moore
Olivia Mooren
   
   
  ActinPatch Distinct roles for Arp2/3 regulators in actin assembly and endocytosis. Galletta et al. 2008. PLoS Biol 6:e1. Online Journal.
  ScottBud6 A Novel Pathway that Coordinates Mitotic Exit with Spindle Position. Nelson and Cooper. 2007. Mol. Biol. Cell 18, 3440-3450. Online Journal.
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Opportunities
We occasionally have opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to join the lab. Send email to John Cooper via our Email Contact Form
red bar   Cortactin Src-phosphorylation of cortactin enhances actin assembly. Tehrani et al. 2007. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:11933-11938. Online Journal.
Teaching
Molecular Cell Biology (Bio5068): Class web page.

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