Christina Hueschen
· Assistant ProfessorUniversity of California, San Diego · Cell and Developmental Biology
Active 2012–2024
About
Christina Hueschen received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where she worked with Sophie Dumont on cytoskeletal organization and mechanics and developed an interest in physical biology. During her postdoctoral research in the group of Alex Dunn at Stanford University, she studied the gliding motility of unicellular parasites. She is a co-author of the book 'The Restless Cell: Continuum Theories of Living Matter,' which reflects her engagement with active matter and physical biology. She joined the UCSD faculty in 2024, where her research focuses on understanding the physical biology of parasites. Her lab studies how parasitic cells and animals move, penetrate tissues, and change shape using microscopy, experimental cell and parasite biology approaches, and physical thinking. Her current research topics include the dynamics and patterning of cytoskeletal proteins inside parasitic cells like Toxoplasma and Plasmodium, mechanisms of cell gliding motility, the mechanics of blood vessel penetration by parasites, and morphogenesis in parasitic worms.
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