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Bechara Kachar, M.D.

Chief
Section on Structural Cell Biology

Building 50, Room 4249
50 South Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-8027
Phone: (301) 402-1600
Fax: (301) 402-1765
E-mail: kacharb@nidcd.nih.gov

Dr. Kachar received his M.D. degree from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1977. He did postdoctoral research on membrane structure and intercellular junctions with Pedro Pinto da Silva at the NCI and cell structure and motility with Thomas Reese at the NINDS. Dr. Kachar joined the NIDCD in 1986, becoming chief of the Section on Structural Cell Biology in 1995.

Research Statement

The Section on Structural Cell Biology (SSCB) explores fundamental molecular-structure-function relationships using cell biological and molecular biological approaches coupled with cutting-edge electron microscopy and emerging live cell imaging techniques.

Principal areas of current and future focus in the SSCB are: (1) Molecular characterization of the key structural elements and dynamic processes that contribute to the sensory-motor function of auditory and vestibular sensory cells. (2) To study how membrane/cytoskeletal assemblies such as stereocilia, intercellular junctions, and synapses are formed, how they regulate their size and shape, and how they undergo self-renewal while maintaining steady state structure, dynamic properties, and function. (3) Localization and characterization of the function of protein products of genes implicated in environmental, age-related, and inherited hearing loss.

Lab Personnel

Leonardo Rodrigues De Andrade, Visiting Fellow, 301-402-1600 (Send e-mail)
Aurea Denise De Sousa, Ph.D., Research Fellow, 301-594-8297 (Send e-mail)
Cole Graydon, Graduate Student, 301 402 1600 (Send e-mail)
Uri Manor, Graduate Student, 301-402-5116 (Send e-mail)
Raymond C Merritt, Graduate Student, 301-402-1600 (Send e-mail)
Felipe Torquato Salles, DDS, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, 301-402-1600 (Send e-mail)
Takashi Sato, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, 301-402-1600 (Send e-mail)

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