Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
Martha G. Oakley
Associate Professor
Chemistry Department
Associate Professor
Interests:
Coiled-coil proteins, phosphatidylinositides, PIP2, PIP3Education:
- Ph.D. at California Institute of Technology, 1994
- B.A. at Oxford University, 1988
- B.A. at Carleton College, 1986
Background:
Photo by: Tyagan Miller
Martha Oakley is interested in the properties of coiled-coil proteins, a common motif in organisms of all types. She also studies phosphatidylinositides (e.g. PIP2 and PIP3), which are key regulators of many important cellular functions, including cytoskeletal dynamics, responses to hormones and growth factors, endocytosis, and apoptosis (cell death). Oakley is a senior fellow in the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute.
