Ruth N. Collins
Associate Professor
Research Focus
- Mechanism of action of Rab GTPases
- Role of Yip family members in membrane traffic
- Role of Elp1p in the neurological disease Familial dysautonomia (FD)
- Bioinformatic studies of Rab GTPases
- Subcellular localization of yeast Rab proteins
Educational Background
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Yale University Cell Biology
- Ph.D., Imperial College London/Cancer Research UK
- B.S., University of Oxford, Biochemistry
Research Grants
- MECHANISMS OF RAB PROTEIN ACTIVATION AND FUNCTION
- THE YIP1 FAMILY OF INTEGRAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS FUNCTION IN MAINTENANCE OF TUBULAR ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM NETWORKS
Selected Publications
PubMed Listings
- Collins RN. (2006) How the ER stays in shape. Cell. 124: 464-6.
- Chen CZ and Collins RN. (2005) Analysis and properties of the yeast YIP1 family of Ypt-interacting proteins. Methods Enzymol. 403: 333-9.
- Collins RN. (2005) Application of phylogenetic algorithms to assess Rab functional relationships. Methods Enzymol. 403: 19-28.
- Nussbaum M and Collins RN. (2005) Use of search algorithms to define specificity in Rab GTPase domain function. Methods Enzymol. 403: 10-9.
- Chen CZ and Collins RN. (2005) Insights into biological functions across species: examining the role of Rab proteins in YIP1 family function. Biochem Soc Trans. 2005 33:614-8.
