Katie Harris, 2010-

Katie completed her PhD in Ulli Tepass’ lab at the University of Toronto, studying epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila. Katie started in the lab in November 2010 and is currently working to identify gene products involved in the trafficking and exocytosis of the postsynaptic calcium sensor Syt4. Katie is also characterizing the function of the autism-associated gene NHE9 in endosomal trafficking and signaling.

 Publications:

Harris KP, Tepass U. 2010. Cdc42 and vesicle trafficking in polarized cells. Traffic 11:1272-1279. Review.

Laprise P, Lau KM, Harris KP, Silva-Gagliardi NF, Paul SM, Beronja S, Beitel GJ, McGlade CJ, Tepass U. 2009. Yurt, Coracle, Neurexin IV and the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase form a novel group of epithelial polarity proteins. Nature 459: 1141-1145.

Harris KP, Tepass U. 2008. Cdc42 and Par proteins stabilize dynamic adherens junctions in the Drosophila neuroectoderm through regulation of apical endocytosis. J Cell Biol. 183:1129-1143.

Tepass U, Harris KP. 2007. Adherens junctions in Drosophila retinal morphogenesis. Trends Cell Biol. 1