Comert Kural
Contact Information
Job Title
Associate Professor, Physics
- kural.1@osu.edu
- Phone
- 614-688-1456
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Areas of Expertise
- Biophysics
- Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis in Live Tissues and Cell-Cell
Education
- PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
Research Description
Our main interest is to elucidate how physical factors, such as mechanical stress, influence receptor-mediated internalization from the cell surface (endocytosis). Of particular interest is studying the dynamics of endocytosis while tissues are undergoing morphological changes during developmental processes. For this purpose we develop and use advanced fluorescence live cell imaging techniques.
Mentored Biophysics Students
- Aritra Mondal
- Emily Chan