Arshad Desai
Arshad Desai received his bachelor’s degree from California State University, Hayward (now East Bay) and then pursued a PhD in cell biology at the University of California, San Francisco. After a brief time at Harvard Medical School, he conducted postdoctoral work at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg and the Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology & Genetics in Dresden. Since November 2002, he has been running his research group at UC San Diego, where he is currently Professor & Chair of the Department of Cell & Developmental Biology in School of Biological Sciences and Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine in the School of Medicine. His research interests have centered around a long-standing fascination with the process of accurate genome inheritance during cell division. This interest has led him to conduct work on diverse topics, including molecular mechanisms underlying chromosome-microtubule interactions, fidelity pathways ensuring accuracy of segregation, surveillance systems operating during mitosis to control cell fate, and roles of essential cellular machinery in embryonic development. He has also collaboratively engaged in efforts focused on mechanism-targeted approaches for cancer therapy.
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Email: abdesai@health.ucsd.edu
