Pietro De Camilli MD
Eugene Higgins Professor of Cell Biology and Professor of Neurobiology; Director, Yale Program in Cellular Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration and Repair; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Departments & Organizations
Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair
NIDA Neuroproteomics Center
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Neuroscience | Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Signal Transduction
Cell Biology: Neuronal cell biology | Cellular imaging
Neurobiology: Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Signal Transduction
Research Interests
Synapses; exocytosis; endocytosis; membranes; clathrin; dynamin; phosphoinositides; Lowe syndrome; BAR proteins; neurodegeneration more...
Education
- M.D., University of Milan, Italy, 1972
Selected Publications
- Shen H, Pirruccello M and De Camilli P. 2012. SnapShot: Membrane Curvature Sensors and Generators. Cell. 150: 1300-1300.e2
- Nakatsu F, Baskin JM, Chung J, Tanner LB, Shui G, Lee SY, Pirruccello M, Hao M, Ingolia NT, Wenk MR, and De Camilli P. 2012. PtdIns4P synthesis at the plasma membrane and its impact on PtdIns(4,5)P2 dynamics to control plasma membrane identity. J. Cell Biol. 199: 1003-1016.
- Idevall-Hagren O, Dickson EJ, Hille B, Toomre DK, and De Camilli P. 2012. Optogenetic control of phosphoinositide metabolism. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 109: 2316-2323.
