Research Funding

  • February 1, 2019 - January 31, 2029 - Origins of Cell Geometry , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R35GM130327
  • April 1, 2009 - June 30, 2023 - Integrative Program in Complex Biological System (ipCBS) , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: T32EB009383
  • September 1, 2010 - July 31, 2019 - Exploring Design Principles of Cellular Control Circuits , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P50GM081879
  • May 1, 2011 - April 30, 2019 - Modeling and Analysis of the Flagellar Length Control System , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01GM097017
  • February 1, 2015 - January 31, 2019 - Pattern formation and regeneration in a single cell , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01GM113602
  • September 30, 1996 - June 30, 2016 - Comprehensive Biology: Exploiting the Yeast Genome , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P41RR011823
  • March 1, 2006 - July 31, 2015 - Genetic Analysis of Centriole Orientation , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01GM077004
  • September 30, 2009 - August 31, 2014 - Pattern formation & regeneration in a single cell , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01GM090305
  • July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2008 - Centriole Orientation During Left/Right Symmetry Breaking in the Mouse , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R03HD051583
  • June 1, 2007 - May 31, 2008 - Small Molecule Inhibitors of Cilia , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R03MH081217

Education

State University of New York at Stony Brook, BE, 1991, Electrical Engineering
State University of New York at Stony Brook, BS, 1991, Biochemistry
University of California, San Francisco, PhD, 1997, Biochemistry
Yale University, New Haven CT, Postdoc, 1997-2003, Cell Biology

Honors & Awards

  • Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society, 1990
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute Predoctoral Fellowship, 1991 - 1996
  • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship, 1997 - 2000
  • Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Special Fellowship, 2000-2003
  • Searle Scholar Award, 2005-2008
  • Dean's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching, School of Pharmacy, 2007, 2008
  • W.M Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholar in Medical Research, 2007
  • Herbert Boyer Junior Faculty Endowed Chair, 2009

Selected Publications

  1. Mostov R, Lewis G, Sturm G, Marshall WF. Algebraic Representation of Mitochondrial Dynamics. Bull Math Biol. 2026 Sep 04; 88(10). View on PubMed
  2. Nadkarni AV, Diaz U, Rodriguez R, Zhang KS, Tang SKY, Marshall WF. A role for the Stentor syntaxin protein in post-wound cell survival. Mol Biol Cell. 2026 Sep; 37(9):br29. View on PubMed
  3. Yan C, Steube N, Dey G, Marshall WF. Spatiotemporal control of cortical centrin patterning by regionalized Sfi1 family scaffolding proteins in Stentor coeruleus. Curr Biol. 2026 08 03; 36(15):3892-3906.e5. View on PubMed
  4. Diaz U, Das M, Thukral S, Abuel J, Carter M, Marino A, Galvan L, Irungu A, Leiva J, Ballor A, Marshall WF. Sol-gel Transition Drives Hyper-fast Mixing in a Giant Cell. bioRxiv. 2026 Jul 14. View on PubMed
  5. Marshall WF. Editorial for special issue "When should mathematical models be used in biology". Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2026 Aug; 183:103682. View on PubMed
  6. Albright AR, Yan C, Angeles-Albores D, Hudnall Y, Makushok T, Allen-Henderson J, Marshall WF. Genome-wide analysis of mRNA regionalization in a giant single cell. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jun 23; 123(25):e2537760123. View on PubMed
  7. Mirvis M, Akenuwa OH, Tan I, Lee CT, Marshall WF. Size-dependent nucleus-vacuole interactions in budding yeast demonstrate a role for steric packing in organelle shape and positioning. bioRxiv. 2026 Jun 08. View on PubMed
  8. Lannan J, Floyd C, Xu LX, Thompson PM, Yan C, Marshall WF, Vaikuntanathan S, Dinner AR, Honts JE, Bhamla S, Elting MW. A centrin-Sfi1 myoneme fishnet powers ultrafast calcium-triggered contraction in the giant ciliate Spirostomum ambiguum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2026 Jun 02; 123(22):e2601408123. View on PubMed
  9. Rajan DH, Albright A, Kim H, Diaz U, Hudnall Y, Steube N, Dey G, Liu T, Marshall WF. Molecular pathways for learning in the single-cell Stentor coeruleus. Curr Biol. 2026 May 04; 36(9):2367-2381.e9. View on PubMed
  10. Landoni JC, Lycas MD, Macuada J, Stepp W, Jaccard R, Obara CJ, Moore AS, Hoffman D, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Marshall W, Sturm G, Manley S. Pearling drives mitochondrial DNA nucleoid distribution. Science. 2026 Apr 02; 392(6793):102-109. View on PubMed
  11. Mostov R, Lewis GR, Das M, Marshall WF. Combinatorial constraints predict that mitochondrial networks contain a large component. bioRxiv. 2026 Apr 01. View on PubMed
  12. Mirvis M, Weingard B, Goodman SN, Marshall WF. A scoping study of the whole-cell imaging literature as a foundation for the emerging field of cell anatomy. BMC Biol. 2026 02 27; 24(1). View on PubMed
  13. Rajan DH, Lee B, Albright A, Tang E, Ressler K, Maravillas A, Vargas C, Marshall WF, Cortes DB. Stentor stipatus is a new unicellular species that demonstrates habituation and unique phototaxis. Sci Rep. 2026 Feb 20; 16(1). View on PubMed
  14. Nadkarni AV, Diaz U, Zhang KS, Tang SK, Marshall WF. A role for the Stentor syntaxin protein in post-wound cell survival. bioRxiv. 2025 Nov 05. View on PubMed
  15. Paul R, Nadkarni AV, Sipkova J, Sato JE, Zhang KS, Barone V, Marshall WF, Tang SKY. Characterization of cellular wound resistance in the giant ciliate Stentor coeruleus. Soft Matter. 2025 Oct 29; 21(42):8219-8230. View on PubMed
  16. Chacko LA, Nakaoka H, Morris RG, Marshall WF, Ananthanarayanan V. Mitochondrial function regulates cell growth kinetics to maintain mitochondrial homeostasis. Curr Biol. 2025 Nov 03; 35(21):5278-5288.e4. View on PubMed
  17. Sturm G, Hake K, Lefebvre AEYT, Rux CJ, Ivanova D, Millett-Sikking A, Tharp KM, Rao B, Closser M, Waite AJ, Precido-Lopez M, Ritter AT, Dumont S, Lu W, Manley S, Landoni JC, Marshall WF. The biophysical mechanism of mitochondrial pearling. Mol Biol Cell. 2025 Nov 01; 36(11):ar142. View on PubMed
  18. Chen B, Millett-Sikking A, Galecki S, Daetwyler S, Jiou J, Monistrol J, Shen Q, Zhou F, Lin HY, Jenkins E, Stein MC, Marlar-Pavey M, Sturm G, Li AL, Tang Q, Feng B, Diaz U, Chen Y, Shalizi A, Gillich A, Friedman JR, Tomer R, Chang BJ, Marshall WF, Shahmoradian S, Dean KM, Fiolka R. Multi-immersion Oblique Plane Microscope (miOPM): A reconfigurable platform for high-resolution Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy. bioRxiv. 2025 Oct 06. View on PubMed
  19. Chen J, Mirvis M, Ekman A, Vanslembrouck B, Gros ML, Larabell C, Marshall WF. Automated segmentation of soft X-ray tomography: Native cellular structure with submicron resolution at high-throughput for whole-cell quantitative imaging in yeast. Mol Biol Cell. 2025 Oct 01; 36(10):ar132. View on PubMed
  20. Yan C, Steube N, Dey G, Marshall WF. Spatiotemporal control of cortical centrin patterning by regionalized Sfi1 family scaffolding proteins in Stentor coeruleus. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 13. View on PubMed

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