Michael D. Scahill ’05 (right)
Scahill majored in biochemistry and will begin work on a Fulbright grant to research malaria vaccines at the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology in New Delhi this fall.
Ligands of Notch in the Mad World of Neural Development
Marc Muskavitch, DeLuca Professor of Biology
“Michael Scahill’s research focused on understanding how the structure of a cell surface signal protein, called Delta, relates to its ability to send signals to other cells via a cell surface receptor protein, called Notch. The Delta-Notch signal transduction pathway affects adoption of cell fates during normal development, and abnormalities in Notch signaling have been implicated in some types of cancer.”
Story on Scahill’s Fulbright Grant, from the biology department