interests = Cytokinesis and cell migration are two processes that have been implicated in many disease states, including many forms of cancer. Research in my lab is focused on understanding how cells establish and maintain polarity during chemotaxis (directed cell migration) and also during cytokinesis (cell division). We have found that the underlying mechanisms regulating both processes are remarkably similar. In fact, the directed migration process likely biases the same machinery regulating morphological changes which take place during cell division. Microfluidics and advanced techniques in fluorescence microscopy are being used to visualize these proteins and their localization under various conditions in the living cell and in living animals.