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Julie Theriot

Julie Theriot is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Julie Theriot rather than just read about it. In short: Julie A. Theriot (born 1967) is a cell biologist, who studies the molecular mechanics and dynamics of cell movement and organization.

Key takeaways

Julie Theriot belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Julie Theriot to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Julie Theriot from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Julie A. Theriot (born 1967) is a cell biologist, who studies the molecular mechanics and dynamics of cell movement and organization. Her work spans many fields from microbiology to biophysics, and lab studies eukaryotic cell motility as well as the hijacking of the cytoskeleton by intracellular parasites like listeria. She has also published work that describes the mechanisms of Galvanotaxis in vertebrate cells. She is a professor at the University of Washington, Department of Biology, a continuing Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Allen Institute for Cell Science. She was previously a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and before that, she was a Predoctoral Fellow and Investigator at HHMI. She was also a fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Biology and Physics in 1988, and from the University of California, San Francisco, with a Ph.D. in Cell Biology in 1993. Her work has investigated bacterial infections, such as Shigella, and Listeria.

Awards 2004 MacArthur Fellows Program 2019 Keith R. Porter Lecture 2021 Member of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences.

Works "Mechanism for cell shapeliness decoded from fish scales", Nature 453, xi (22 May 2008) Physical biology of the cell, Authors Rob Phillips, Janè Kondev, Julie Theriot, Garland Science, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8153-4163-5 "Bacterial Manipulation of the Host Cell Cytoskeleton", Cellular microbiology, Editor Pascale Cossart, ASM Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-55581-302-4 "Movement of Bacterial Pathogens Driven by Actin Polymerization", Motion analysis of living cells, Editors David R. Soll, Deborah Wessels, Wiley-IEEE, 1998, ISBN 978-0-471-15915-5

References

External links Media related to Julie Theriot at Wikimedia Commons

"The World Within Us: Microbes That Help and Harm (October 27, 2009 lecture by Julie Theriot)". YouTube. Stanford. February 18, 2010. "Actin polymerization - Julie Theriot (Stanford)". YouTube. iBiology Techniques. November 1, 2013. "Exploring Frontiers: Predicting Biology | Julie Theriot". YouTube. Allen Institute. July 31, 2019.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Julie Theriot

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Julie Theriot claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Julie Theriot before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Julie Theriot ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Julie Theriot

In research: Julie Theriot appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Julie Theriot in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Julie Theriot is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1968 births, American biophysicists, American microbiologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Julie Theriot outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Julie Theriot in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Julie Theriot in simple terms?

Julie A. Theriot (born 1967) is a cell biologist, who studies the molecular mechanics and dynamics of cell movement and organization.

Why does Julie Theriot matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Julie Theriot?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Julie Theriot.