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The IRG reviews funding applications and proposals, including but not limited to grant and cooperative agreement applications and contract proposals for research projects and for research and training activities in areas relevant to cell growth, proliferation and cell cycle control; nuclear architecture and transport; RNA trafficking and localization; posttranslational modifications; protein processing, glycosylation and folding; membrane structure and function; lipid traffic and metabolism; cell asymmetry and polarity; ion transport and dynamics and protein translocation; the secretary pathway, endocytosis, exocytosis and phagocytosis; degradative processes; cell adhesion, junctions and cell fusion; extracellular matrix and ECM receptors; signaling mechanisms and networks; integrative cell physiology including circadian clocks, stress and oxidative damage response; motors, filaments and cargoes; cell locomotion; mitosis and meiosis; cell death; multicellular interactions and development including higher order complexity in tissues; cell differentiation and oncogenic transformation; and the development of new methodologies, including advances in imaging and biosensors.
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