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Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz is the Chief of the Section on Organelle Biology in the Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, in the Division of Intramural Research in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health. Lippincott-Schwartz received her Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University. Following Johns Hopkins, Lippincott-Schwartz completed her post-doctoral training with Dr. Richard Klausner at the NICHD, NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.〔Davis, Tinsley H. ("Profile of Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz" ), ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America'', 2009〕 The current research of Lippincott-Schwartz has helped to debunk the traditional ‘static’ view of molecules in cells including the methods of secretory membrane trafficking, compartmentalization, and trafficking of eukaryotic cells. Her research involves multiple live cell imaging techniques in order to study the dynamic interactions of molecules in cells and has led to a more lively view on the inner-workings of the cells. Such live cell imaging techniques include green fluorescent protein fusion alongside photobleaching and photoactivation techniques which allow investigation of subcellular localization, mobility, transport routes, and turnover of important cellular proteins related to membrane trafficking and compartmentalization. Lippincott-Schwartz's lab also tests mechanistic hypotheses related to protein and organelle functions and dynamics by utilizing quantitative measurements through kinetic modeling and simulation experiments.〔National Institute of Health (), ''Jennifer A. Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D.'', "Intramural Research Program" 2011〕 Within Lippincott-Schwartz lab, current projects include several cell biological areas. For example, protein transport and cytoskeleton interaction, organelle assembly and disassembly, and cell polarity generation. There are also projects analyzing the dynamics of proteins that have been fluorescently labeled. These proteins are labeled using several live cell imaging techniques such as FRAP, FCS, and photoactivation.〔The Marine Biological Laboratory, (the Faculty: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz" ), 2011〕 Lippincott-Schwartz has dedicated her most recent lab research to photoactivation localization microscopy (PALM), which allows the viewing of molecular distributions of high densities at the nano-scale.〔 ==Early life== Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz was born on October 19, 1952 in Manhattan, Kansas. Her father was a professor of physical chemistry at the University of Maryland〔Bonetta, Laura, (Profile of Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Ph.D." ), 2006’’BioTechniques’’〕 and a periodic table could be found hanging in her family’s household kitchen. Lippincott-Schwartz’s exposure to her father’s work is what sparked her love of science. Early in Lippincott-Schwartz’s life her family moved to College Park, Maryland. However, it was not long into her teenage years that the family moved once again to a farm in Northern Virginia. The family’s farm had several horses and various other animals. This is where Lippincott-Schwartz found her love of biology. Lippincott-Schwartz attended Swarthmore College, originally planning to major in biology but was eventually swayed by her university’s concentration on liberal arts and education. Instead, she majored in psychology and philosophy. Lippincott-Schwartz graduated with honors from Swarthmore College in 1974.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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