Skip to main content

Christopher Vincent Nicchitta

Professor of Cell Biology
Cell Biology
Duke Box 3709, Durham, NC 27710
436 Nanaline H Duke, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Grants


Roles for desmsomes in mRNA localization and translational regulation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Regulation of fertility and reproduction by codon usage: a Drosophila model

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Mechanisms of RNA localization and translational regulation on the endoplasmic reticulum

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Cellular surfaces as regulators of biomolecular condensate assembly

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2023 - 2025

Defining Novel Roles of Ubiquitin Accumulation During the Mammalian Oxidative Stress Response

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · 2022 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Investigating the role of RNP granules during heart regeneration in the zebrafish

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2022 - 2025

Translational Regulation by Desmosomes

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Mechanisms and regulation of localized mRNA translation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Mechanisms of mRNA Anchoring and Translation Regulation on the Endoplasmic Reticulum

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2021

Super-resolution Imaging via Multiple Modalities with the Zeiss Elyra 7

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

Mechanisms of Translational Compartmentalization in Eukaryotic Cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Thermo Lumos Tribrid High-Resolution Accurate-Mass Tandem Mass Spectrometer

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Asymmetric RNA localization in neural stem cells during cortical development

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2a Signaling in Dystonia Pathogenesis and Treatment

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Dissecting the role of the exon junction complex in embryonic corticogenesis

FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Instrumentation for Quantitative Phosphoproteomics and Acetylomics

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015

Regulation of mRNA Partitioning to the Endoplasmic Reticulum

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2012

Role Of Surfactant In Innate and Adaptive Immunity

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2011

Rapidly Degraded Polypeptides in Protein Quality Control

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2009

Mechanism of Chaperone-Mediated Tumor Rejection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2009

The Molecular Mechanism of GRP94 Function

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2007

Novel mechanisms governing cellular mRNA localization

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2007

Structure and Regulation of hsp90 Chaperones

ResearchConsultant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2005

Regulation of GRP94: Targeting Novel Cancer Therapeutics

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2005

GRP94-Mediated Immune Responses Evoked by Cell Death

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2004

The Molecular Mechanism Of Translocation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2003

Same

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2002

The Role Of Lumenal Proteins In Protein Translocation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 1999

The Role Of Lumenal Proteins And Protein Translocation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 1998

The Role Of Lumenal Proteins And Protein Transiocation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1995 - 1998

External Relationships


  • University of Toronto

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.