Elizabeth Haswell

Title:	Assistant Professor in Biology
Degree:	PHD, University of California-San Francisco BS, University of Washington
Dept:	Biology
Office:	McDonnell 249
Mailbox:	Campus Box Campus Box 1137 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Hide Full Mailing Address
E-mail:	ehaswell@wustl.edu

Research Interests
All organisms must sense and respond to mechanical forces generated outside the cell (shear force, gravity, touch) as well as inside the cell (osmotic pressure, membrane deformation). The Haswell lab is interested in how physical force is converted into a biochemical signal capable of altering the state of a cell.

Selected Publications
Haswell, E. S. (2003) Gravity Perception: How Plants Stand up for Themselves. Current Biology 13: R761-R763.

Haswell, E. S. and E. M. Meyerowitz. (2006) MscS-like Proteins Control Plastid Size and Shape in Arabidopsis thaliana. Current Biology 16: 1-11.

Haswell, E. S. (2007) MscS-like Proteins in Plants. Current Topics in Membranes 58: 329-359.