Dave Burbank
J. Christopher Fromme
Associate Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology
Contact Information
457 Weill Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
p:
(607) 255-1016
J. Christopher Fromme
Associate Professor
Molecular Biology and Genetics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology
Expertise
Biochemistry; cell biology; structural biology
Current Research Interest
Regulation of protein and membrane trafficking in cells; the Golgi complex
Distinction
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Selected Publications
Thomas, Laura L., Solveig A. van der Vegt, and J. Christopher Fromme. “A Steric Gating Mechanism Dictates the Substrate Specificity of a Rab-GEF.” Developmental Cell 48, no. 1 (2019): 100-114.E9.
Thomas, Laura L., Aaron M.N. Joiner, and J. Christopher Fromme. “The TRAPPIII Complex Activates the GTPase Ypt1 (Rab1) in the Secretory Pathway.” Journal of Cell Biology 217, no. 1 (2018): 283-298.