Samara Reck-Peterson, Ph.D.

Dr. Samara Reck-Peterson
Chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Phone: 
(646) 962-2759

The Reck-Peterson lab investigates the mechanisms and functions of intracellular transport. The questions we ask are guided by genetic and evolutionary analysis, and bridge Ångstrom to cellular scales with experimental readouts from the biophysical to the organismal level. Current areas of focus include determining how the dynein microtubule motor works, the molecular basis of LRRK2- mediated Parkinson’s Disease, and the cellular function of membrane contact sites.

Weill Cornell Medicine Department of
Biochemistry & Biophysics
1300 York Avenue,
Box #63 Room A-108
New York, NY 10065 Phone: (646) 962-2759