Ilan Davis
Professor Ilan Davis[1] is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow and holds the chair of Cell Biology at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Previously he was a group leader at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh. In 2011, he was elected as an EMBO fellow.
Prof Ilan Davis | |
|---|---|
| Known for | RNA localization, advanced imaging |
| Awards | EMBO Member |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell Biology, Advanced Imaging |
| Institutions | Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford |
| Thesis | (1990) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Ish-Horowicz |
| Other academic advisors | Pat O'Farrell |
| Website | www www www www |
Research
His work focuses on the mechanism of mRNA transport [2] and localised translation [3] in Drosophila.
Davis holds a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow grant, Wellcome Trust Strategic Award: Advanced Imaging for Chromosome and RNA Dynamics and an MRC grant for Nanoscopy Oxford.
References
- "Prof Ilan Davis, Department of Biochemistry".
- Parton, RM; Hamilton, RS; Ball, G; Yang, L; Cullen, CF; Lu, W; Ohkura, H; Davis, I (2011). "A PAR-1–dependent orientation gradient of dynamic microtubules directs posterior cargo transport in the Drosophila oocyte". The Journal of Cell Biology. 194: 121–135. doi:10.1083/jcb.201103160. PMC 3135408. PMID 21746854.
- Weil, TT; Parton, RM; Herpers, B; Soetaert, J; Veenendaal, T; Xanthakis, D; Dobbie, IM; Halstead, JM; Hayashi, R; Rabouille, C; Davis, I (2012). "Drosophila patterning is established by differential association of mRNAs with P bodies". Nature Cell Biology. 14: 1305–1315. doi:10.1038/ncb2627. PMC 4066581. PMID 23178881.
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