Stanford molecular biologist Suzanne Pfeffer studies how receptors are transported through human cells and end up in just the right place at the membrane. She specializes in Rab GTPases, the enzymes that orchestrate much of this activity. Currently, her lab is focusing on the functioning of the Golgi apparatus, the cell’s packaging and distribution center. “The Golgi’s a really important structure in the cell, and despite decades of work on it, we still don’t understand how it works,” she says. Pfeffer, a Faculty of 1000 member, wrote a review for F1000 Biology Reports on recent insights into how Rab GTPases help the Golgi work, which was adapted for this month’s issue of The Scientist (p. 65). Pfeffer says that she enjoys participating in F1000 and writing reviews about her field of inquiry. “Having a different way to communicate with scientists about the publication literature is really valuable.”
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