Featured Alumnus

"The interactive community at UCSD affords one the opportunity to perform nearly any experiment, from ultrastructural analysis using electron microscopy to protein complex identification using mass spectrometry. I continue to be impressed by the quality of science that such an environment fosters."

Anjon (Jon) Audhya

Ph.D., 2002
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

Dr. Audhya graduated from Brown University before entering the Biomedical Sciences program in 1997. At Brown, he was awarded the Harvey Almy Baker Fellowship. His thesis work in Scott Emr's lab identified new mechanisms of lipid signaling, using genetics and cell biology in yeast. Jon is currently a Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Karen Oegema's lab at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Reseach.

Key Publications:

Audhya, A., Loewith, R., Parsons, A.B., Gao, L., Tabuchi, M., Zhao, H., Boone, C., Hall, M.N., and Emr, S.D. (2004). Genome-wide Lethality Screen Identifies New PI4,5P2 Effectors that Regulate the Actin Cytoskeleton. EMBO J. 23: 3747-3757.

Audhya, A., and Emr, S.D. (2003). Regulation of PI4,5P2 Synthesis by Nuclear-Cytoplasmic Shuttling of the Mss4 Lipid Kinase. EMBO J. 22: 4223-4236.

Audhya, A., and Emr, S.D. (2002). Stt4 PI 4-kinase localizes to the plasma membrane and functions in the Pkc1-mediated MAP kinase cascade. Dev. Cell 2: 593-605.