Kathleen J. Green Explained

Kathleen J. Green
Citizenship:American
Field:Dermatology
Work Institutions:Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Alma Mater:Pomona College, Washington University in St. Louis

Kathleen J. Green is a cell biologist whose research focuses on how cell-cell communication drives tissue form and function.[1] She is the Joseph L. Mayberry Professor of Pathology and Toxicology and Professor of Dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.[1] She also serves as Associate Director of Basic Sciences at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University.[2]

Education and early career

Green received her B.A. in Biology from Pomona College in Claremont, California. She went on to study with David L. Kirk at Washington University in St. Louis where she studied development in the model organism Volvox carteri. She obtained her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology in 1982. After obtaining her PhD Green moved to Chicago where she carried out postdoctoral training at Northwestern University Medical School in the laboratory of Robert D. Goldman, whose work included the identification and characterization of the intermediate filament cytoskeleton. Toward the end of this time period, Dr. Green set out to clone, sequence and characterize desmoplakin, an essential molecule that links the intermediate filament cytoskeleton to intercellular junctions known as desmosomes. Her work on desmoplakin laid the foundation for an independent career beginning in 1987 as a faculty member in the Department of Pathology at Northwestern.[3]

Leadership and service

Green is the Deputy Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Cell Science.[4]

Awards and honors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kathleen Green Lab . . . 23 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Green Appointed Associate Director for Basic Sciences Research . Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University . 23 April 2021 . 8 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210708204656/https://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/news/2014/Green-Basic-Sciences.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Fleischman . John . ASCB Profile: Kathy Green . www.ascb.org . American Society for Cell Biology . 27 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Editor biographies . Journal of Cell Science . 23 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Honorary Members . Society of Investigative Dermatology . Society for Investigative Dermatology . 23 April 2021.
  6. News: Bemis . Amber . Green Wins 2019 Tripartite Prize. 23 April 2021 . Feinberg News Center . Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine . March 29, 2019.
  7. Web site: American Skin Association Honors Outstanding Researchers during Annual Meeting of the Society for Investigative Dermatology: Dr. Kathleen Green 26th Recipient of David Martin Carter Mentor Award . American Skin Association . 23 April 2021.
  8. News: Green Honored for Research Accomplishments . 23 April 2021 . Feinberg News Center . Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine . July 29, 2015.
  9. News: Plumridge . Sarah . Green Elected to German National Academy of Sciences . 23 April 2021 . Feinberg News Center . Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine . August 25, 2016.
  10. Dusek . Rachel L . Godsel . Lisa M. . l . Kathleen J. . Discriminating roles of desmosomal cadherins:Beyond desmosomal adhesion . Journal of Dermatological Science . January 2007 . 45 . 1 . 7–21 . 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2006.10.006 . 17141479 . 23 April 2021.

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