
Katherine Phelps, Ph.D.
Director, Electron Microscopy Core Facility
Professor
School Medical School
Department Cell Biology
Graduate Programs Cell and Molecular Biology
Biography
Professional name Luby-Phelps.
Education
- Undergraduate
- Yale University (1975), Biology
- Graduate School
- Uni of Colorado-Boulder (1981), Cell Biology
Publications
Featured Publications
- Deep imaging of bone marrow shows non-dividing stem cells are mainly perisinusoidal.
- Acar M, Kocherlakota KS, Murphy MM, Peyer JG, Oguro H, Inra CN, Jaiyeola C, Zhao Z, Luby-Phelps K, Morrison SJ Nature 2015 Sep
- Quantitative fluorescence imaging reveals point of release for lipoproteins during LDLR-dependent uptake.
- Pompey S, Zhao Z, Luby-Phelps K, Michaely P J. Lipid Res. 2013 Mar 54 3 744-53
- A compact fiber-optic SHG scanning endomicroscope and its application to visualize cervical remodeling during pregnancy.
- Zhang Y, Akins ML, Murari K, Xi J, Li MJ, Luby-Phelps K, Mahendroo M, Li X Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012 Jul
- The physical chemistry of cytoplasm and its influence on cell function: an update.
- Luby-Phelps K Mol. Biol. Cell 2013 Sep 24 17 2593-6
- Caveolin targeting to late endosome/lysosomal membranes is induced by perturbations of lysosomal pH and cholesterol content.
- Mundy DI, Li WP, Luby-Phelps K, Anderson RG Mol. Biol. Cell 2012 Mar 23 5 864-80
- Cervical softening during pregnancy: regulated changes in collagen cross-linking and composition of matricellular proteins in the mouse.
- Akins ML, Luby-Phelps K, Bank RA, Mahendroo M Biol. Reprod. 2011 May 84 5 1053-62
- WNK1 is required for mitosis and abscission.
- Tu SW, Bugde A, Luby-Phelps K, Cobb MH Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2011 Jan 108 4 1385-90
- Second harmonic generation imaging as a potential tool for staging pregnancy and predicting preterm birth.
- Akins ML, Luby-Phelps K, Mahendroo M J Biomed Opt 2010 Mar-Apr 15 2 026020
- Capacity for stochastic self-renewal and differentiation in mammalian spermatogonial stem cells.
- Wu Z, Luby-Phelps K, Bugde A, Molyneux LA, Denard B, Li WH, Süel GM, Garbers DL J. Cell Biol. 2009 Nov 187 4 513-24
- Spatial distribution of intraflagellar transport proteins in vertebrate photoreceptors.
- Luby-Phelps K, Fogerty J, Baker SA, Pazour GJ, Besharse JC Vision Res. 2008 Feb 48 3 413-23
Honors & Awards
- American Heart Established Investigator
(1991)