Scott Emr is the Frank Rhodes Director of the Weill Institute and Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Prior to joining Cornell, he held positions at Caltech and UCSD School of Medicine.
To learn more, please visit the Emr Lab website
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Awards and Honors
- Keith R. Porter Award “in recognition of outstanding contributions to cell biology” (2017) American Society for Cell Biology
- Elected Foreign Member (2008) European Molecular Biology Organization
- Avanti Award for "key contributions in lipid signaling research" (2007) American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Washington D.C.
- Elected Member (2007) National Academy of Sciences
- Elected Member (2004) American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Selected Publications
Journal Publications
- Baile, M. G., Guiney, E. L., Sanford, E. J., MacGurn, J. A., Smolka, M., & Emr, S. D. (2019). Activity of a ubiquitin ligase adaptor is regulated by disordered insertions in its arrestin domain. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 30:3057-3072.
- Suzuki, S. W., Chuang, Y. S., Li , M., Seaman MNJ,, & Emr, S. D. (2019). A bipartite sorting signal ensures specificity of retromer complex in membrane protein recycling. The Journal of cell biology. 218:2876-2886.
- Banjade, S., Tang, S., Shah, Y. H., & Emr, S. D. (2019). Electrostatic lateral interactions drive ESCRT-III heteropolymer assembly. eLIFE. 8.
- Sardana, R., Zhu, L., & Emr, S. D. (2018). Rsp5 Ubiquitin ligase–mediated quality control system clears membrane proteins mistargeted to the vacuole membrane. JCB: The Journal of Cell Biology. 218:234-250.
- Suzuki, S. W., & Emr, S. D. (2018). Membrane protein recycling from the vacuole/lysosome membrane. JCB: The Journal of Cell Biology. 217:1623-1632.
- Zhu, L., Jorgensen, J. R., Li, M., Chuang, Y. S., & Emr, S. D. (2017). ESCRTS function directly on the lysosome membrane to downregulate ubiquitinated lysosomal membrane proteins. eLIFE. 6:e26403.
- Guiney, E., Klecker, T., & Emr, S. D. (2016). Identification of the endocytic sorting signal recognized by the Art1-Rsp5 ubiquitin ligase complex. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 27:4043-54.
- Tang, S., Buchkovich, N. J., Henne, W. M., Sudeep, B., Yunjun, K., & Emr, S. D. (2016). ESCRT-III activation by parallel action of ESCRT-I/II and ESCRT-0/Bro1 during MVB biogenesis. eLIFE. 2016.
- Li, M., Koshi, T., & Emr, S. D. (2015). Membrane-anchored ubiquitin ligase complex is required for the turnover of lysosomal membrane proteins. JCB: The Journal of Cell Biology. 211:639-652.
- Henne, W. M., Zhu, L., Balogi, Z., Stefan, C., Pleiss, J. A., & Emr, S. D. (2015). Mdm1/Snx13 is a novel ER-endolysosomal interorganelle tethering protein. JCB: The Journal of Cell Biology. 210:541-551.