Ian Macara

Ian G. Macara is a British-American biologist, currently the Louise B. McGavock Chair at Vanderbilt University. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He received his PhD from the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom and completed postdoctoral training at Harvard University before moving to the University of Virginia, where he was the Harrison Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Advanced Microscopy Facility. ^[4] He was named the chair of the Vanderbilt Department of Cell and Developmental Biology in 2012. ^[5] His research focuses on the molecules that establish Cell polarity in Epithelium, both in normal cells and in cancer. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

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2. "Ian G. Macara". vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved March 12, 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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4. "Research Group of Professor Ian Macara, University of Virginia". cellularimaging.perkinelmer.com. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
5. "New chair of Cell and Developmental Biology named (03/22/12)". www.mc.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-07.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. Macara, Ian G.; McCaffrey, Luke (2013-11-05). "Cell polarity in morphogenesis and metastasis". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 368 (1629). doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0012. ISSN   0962-8436. PMC   3785962 . PMID   24062582.
7. McCaffrey, Luke Martin; Macara, Ian G. (December 2011). "Epithelial organization, cell polarity and tumorigenesis". Trends in Cell Biology. 21 (12): 727–735. doi:10.1016/j.tcb.2011.06.005. ISSN   1879-3088. PMID   21782440.
8. McCaffrey, Luke Martin; Macara, Ian G. (August 2009). "Widely conserved signaling pathways in the establishment of cell polarity". Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 1 (2): a001370. doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a001370. ISSN   1943-0264. PMC   2742088 . PMID   20066082.