Researcher named American Society for Cell Biology Fellow

Researcher named American Society for Cell Biology Fellow

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Kyle Roux, Ph.D., scientist and vice president of biomedical research at Sanford Research, recently received recognition as a Lifetime Fellow of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). He was nominated by his peers and was one of 17 in the ASCB 2024 cohort of Fellows.

Fellows are recognized for their meritorious efforts to advance cell biology and its applications and for their service to the Society. Nominees are scientists who have had a significant and sustained impact on one or more of the mission areas of ASCB: advancing scientific discovery, advocating sound research policies, improving education, promoting professional developing or increasing diversity in the scientific workforce.

Dr. Roux established a method called BioID to screen for protein proximity and interactions in living cells and has rapidly become an established method used by the scientific community.

Dr. Roux's ongoing research program is focused on further development and applications of BioID, and combining BioID with conventional approaches to study the structure and function of the nuclear envelope and its associated diseases.

Defects in a cellular structure termed the nuclear envelope are associated with a myriad of diverse diseases, collectively called nuclear envelopathies. Most of these disorders clinically manifest during the first two decades of life and include muscular dystrophy, cardiomyopathy, lipodystrophy, dystonia, neuropathy, skeletal defects, and progeria.

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