Richard James McKenney, Ph.D.

K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
photo of Richard James McKenney
Institution
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Awarded Project
Regulation of Cytoplasmic Dynein Motility in Neuronal Transport

Council Dates: October 2014 - May 2015

Independent Position: University of California, Davis

Richard Mckenney was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology Department at the University of California, San Francisco. In the lab of Dr. Ronald Vale, Richard investigated the regulation of cytoplasmic dynein by BicD2 and Lis1-NudE/L during neuronal transport. Richard earned his Ph.D. in Pathology and Cellular Biology from the Columbia University and his B.S. in Biology from Xavier University. Currently, Dr. Mckenney is an Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of California, Davis.