Cell Biology Program
The Marilyn Resh Lab
Research

Marilyn Resh, PhD
Member
The goal of my laboratory’s research is to understand how fatty acylation influences the structure and function of membrane-bound and secreted signaling proteins. Our focus is on the Src family tyrosine protein kinases, Hedgehog and Wnt proteins.
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Marilyn Resh, PhD
Member
- Cell biologist Marilyn Resh investigates the regulation of protein function by fatty acylation, and the development of Hedgehog palmitoylation inhibitors to block pancreatic and lung cancer.
- PhD, Harvard University
- AB, Princeton University
- [email protected]
- Email Address
- 212-639-2514
- Office Phone
Members

Debra Alston
Sr. Administrative Assistant

Kalpana Rajanala, PhD
Research Fellow

Jing Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017–PRESENT
- 212-717-3317
- Office Fax
- 212-639-2551 or 2552
- Lab Phone

Marilyn Resh, PhD
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Rita Curti
Student Research Assistant

Brittany Haugen, BS, AA
Graduate Student, 2012–PRESENT
- BS, Florida Institute of Technology

Armine Matevossian, PhD
Principal Scientist at EMD Sero Inc., Cambridge, MA, 2008–2015
- University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 212-639-2551
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Principal Scientist at EMD Sero Inc., Cambridge, MA
Lab Affiliations
Achievements
- Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring Award, Weill Cornell Graduate School (2009)
- Established Scientist, American Heart Association (1994-1999)
- Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Pew Charitable Trusts (1987-1991)
- Discovery of the ""two-signal hypothesis"" for binding of myristoylated proteins to membranes
- Discovery of a myristoyl switch mechanism for membrane binding of HIV-1 Gag
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- First to establish Hedgehog acyltransferase as a bona fide palmitoyl acyltransferase for Hedgehog proteins
- Discovery of the first-in-class hedgehog palmitoylation inhibitor
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