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Michel Bagnat

Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor
Cell Biology
Duke Box 3709, Durham, NC 27710
333B Nanaline Duke Building, Durham, NC 27710

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Nanaline Duke Distinguished Professor · 2023 - Present Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments
Professor of Cell Biology · 2022 - Present Cell Biology, Basic Science Departments
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2008 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers
Affiliate of the Duke Regeneration Center · 2021 - Present Duke Regeneration Center, Basic Science Departments

In the News


Published May 4, 2023
Duke Awards 44 Distinguished Professorships
Published July 20, 2020
Graduate Student’s Mutant Zebrafish Reveals Evolutionary History
Published September 3, 2019
An Alternative Path to Nutrition

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Recent Publications


Pro-ferroptotic lipids as key control points for caveola formation and disassembly.

Journal Article Cell Rep · June 4, 2025 Caveolae are specialized plasma membrane domains with a unique lipid composition. Lipid peroxidation has recently been implicated in triggering caveola disassembly, releasing cavin proteins to regulate oxidative-stress-associated cellular processes, partic ... Full text Link to item Cite

High-speed 4D fluorescence light field tomography of whole freely moving organisms

Journal Article Optica · May 20, 2025 Volumetric fluorescence imaging techniques, such as confocal, multiphoton, light sheet, and light field microscopy, have become indispensable tools across a wide range of cellular, developmental, and neurobiological applications. However, it is difficult t ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Investigating Endocytic Mechanisms in Lysosome Rich Enterocytes

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

Regulation of notochord vacuole biogenesis: investigating its role in spine formation and IVD Biology

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · 2024 - 2028

Investigating mechanisms of cell volume regulation in the zebrafish notochord

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2024 - 2028

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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Madrid (Spain) · 2002 Ph.D.