Claire E. Walczak, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Adjunct Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology
Adjunct Professor of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences
- cwalczak@indiana.edu
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Myers Hall 262
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Bio
Claire E. Walczak, PhD, has been at Indiana University for 25 years where her lab studies mechanisms that contribute to genome fidelity. She has been continuously funded by the NIH throughout her career in addition to funding from NSF and AHA. She was honored with a Leukemia/Lymphoma Society Scholar Award, an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award as well as a Women in Cell Biology Junior Career Award from the American Society for Cell Biology. She served as a Council Member for the American Society for Cell Biology from 2014-2016. She was chosen as an Exemplar for Research in 2017 and was elected as a fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology and the American Association for Advancement of Science in 2018. She has received the IUSM award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring in 2018 and a Trustee’s Teaching Award in 2022.
Key Publications
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Walczak+CE
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| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | PhD | University of Wisconsin |
| 1987 | BS | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
The Walczak Lab studies the fundamental mechanisms that cells use to accurately distribute their genetic material to the two daughter cells. Defects in this process lead to aneuploidy and genomic instability, which are hallmarks of cancer. We use a combination of approaches, including high-resolution imaging, biochemistry, genomics, and cell/molecular biology to ask fundamental questions about how cells maintain mitotic fidelity and how cell maintain proper ploidy using both normal and tumor cell models. In addition, we are evaluating molecular targets that may be novel biomarkers for cancer progression and that may serve as new therapeutic targets.
Lab Website: http://walczaklab-iu.strikingly.com/
CMCB Graduate Program: https://medicine.iu.edu/bloomington/graduate-programs/cell-molecular-and-cancer-biology-phd
Zong H; Carnes SK; Moe C; Walczak CE; Ems-McClung SC; Molecular biology of the cell 2016 Mar 3
Chen S; Stout JR; Dharmaiah S; Yde S; Calvi BR; Walczak CE; Molecular biology of the cell 2016 Aug 3
Desc: Trustee Teaching Award
Scope: University
Date: 2022-05-01
Desc: AAAS Fellow
Scope: National
Date: 2018-11-01
Desc: ASCB Fellow
Scope: International
Date: 2018-09-01
Desc: Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
Scope: University
Date: 2018-09-01
Desc: Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award- Basic Science
Scope: School
Date: 2018-09-01
Desc: Fellow (Biological Sciences)
Scope: National
Date: 1905-07-12
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