Dr. Nord is a cell biologist, with experience studying the cell cycle and how the eukaryotic cell can utilize proteins for distinctly different roles in interphase and mitosis, respectively. Dr. Nord earned his B.S. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, as well as his Ph.D. in Cell Biology at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Nord’s research focused on the interactions between nuclear transport receptors and the small GTPase RAN, which together regulate subunits of the nuclear pore complex in events ranging from mitotic spindle assembly to reformation of the nuclear pore as the cell exits mitosis and cytokinesis and re-enters interphase.