Jorge Torres

Jorge Torres is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the College of Letters and Science, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He leads the Torres Lab, focusing on understanding mitotic spindle formation and its misregulation in diseases like cancer.

• Education:
  • PhD in Molecular Biology from Princeton University (2004)
  • Postdoctoral research in Cancer Biology at Stanford University (2006) and Genentech Inc. (2009)

Research Interests: The Torres Lab investigates how enzymatic activities and mechanisms coordinate mitotic spindle assembly. Key areas include identifying novel proteins involved in spindle formation, using human cell lines and in vitro systems with biochemical, molecular, and cellular approaches. The work has implications for cancer biology and genetic disorders.

Grants: Principal Investigator for NIH grants R35GM139539 (2021-2026), R01GM117475 (2016-2021), and R25GM007185 (1975-2021).

Publications: Recent work explores chromosome segregation fidelity, spindle pole assembly regulation, and phosphatase-driven spindle dynamics.