Shawn Michael Ferguson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Cell Biology

Departments & Organizations

Affiliated Faculty

Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Cell Biology, Genetics and Development: Genetics and Genomics | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Membrane Biology and Motion; Neurobiology

Cell Biology

Research Interests

lysosomes; membrane traffic; signaling; neurodegeneration; neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; genetics; light microscopy

Education

  • B.S., University of Ottawa, 1997
  • M.S., University of Ottawa, 1999
  • Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2004

Selected Publications

  • Raimondi, A., Ferguson, S.M.*, Lou, X., Armbruster, M., Paradise, S., Giovedi, S., Messa, M., Kono, N., Takasaki, J., Cappello, V., et al. (2011). Overlapping role of dynamin isoforms in synaptic vesicle endocytosis. Neuron 70, 1100-1114. *Co-first and corresponding author.
  • Ferguson, S.M., Raimondi, A, Paradise, S., Shen, H., Mesaki, K., Destaing, O. Ko, G., Takasaki, J., Cremona, O., O’Toole, E., De Camilli, P. Coordinated actions of actin and BAR proteins upstream of dynamin at endocytic clathrin coated pits. Dev Cell 17(6):811-22, 2009.
  • Hayashi, M., A. Raimondi, E. O'Toole, S. Paradise, C. Collesi, O. Cremona, S.M. Ferguson, and P. De Camilli. Cell- and stimulus-dependent heterogeneity of synaptic vesicle endocytic recycling mechanisms revealed by studies of dynamin 1-null neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105:2175-80, 2008.

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