About
Gregory Emery is a Full Professor at the Université de Montréal, affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine and the Department of Pathology and Cell Biology. He leads the Vesicular Trafficking and Cell Signaling Research Unit at the Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie (IRIC). His research focuses on understanding how vesicular transport regulates cell signaling during development and cancer progression, using Drosophila melanogaster as a primary model system.
Education:
- PhD in Biochemistry, University of Geneva (2002)
- Postdoctoral training at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (Vienna) under Juergen Knoblich
Research Interests: Emery's work centers on vesicular transport mechanisms, particularly their roles in collective cell migration, Notch signaling, and cancer metastasis. Key projects include studying Rab GTPases, endocytic regulation, and supracellular actin networks in metastatic cell coordination. His team investigates how these processes control cell polarization, receptor activity, and tumor progression.
Grants & Collaborations:
- Lead researcher on multiple grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and Canadian Cancer Society
- Core member of IRIC's Bio-Imaging Facility and collaborator on projects involving optogenetics and live-cell microscopy
Labs & Teams: The Emery Lab at IRIC employs advanced imaging and proteomics to probe molecular mechanisms of collective migration, with a focus on translational applications to cancer biology. Recent discoveries include roles for Rab11 and Moesin in cell coordination during metastasis.
