James A. Galbraith, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine
  • Discovery Engine Investigator, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, School of Medicine
  • Neuroscience Graduate Program, School of Medicine
  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, School of Medicine

Biography

James A. Galbraith, Ph.D., combines biology, engineering and optic principles to investigate fundamental mechanisms of processes such as wiring the brain, synaptogenesis, cell division, and cell motility. His work on cellular decision making uses a combination of imaging, biophysics and neuro/cell biology to address cutting edge questions by leveraging emerging technologies.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S., 1981, University of Pennsylvania
    • Ph.D., 1988, University of Pennsylvania

Publications

Publications

  • Coupling integrin dynamics to cellular adhesion behaviors

    Biology Open
    1. Catherine G. Galbraith
    2. Michael W. Davidson
    3. James A. Galbraith
  • Changes in single-molecule integrin dynamics linked to local cellular behavior

    Molecular biology of the cell
    1. Khuloud Jaqaman
    2. James A. Galbraith
    3. Michael W. Davidson
    4. Catherine G. Galbraith
  • Using Molecular Position and Dynamics to Understand Higher Order Biological Function

    Microscopy and Microanalysis
    1. Catherine G. Galbraith
    2. James A. Galbraith
  • Rapid three-dimensional isotropic imaging of living cells using Bessel beam plane illumination

    Nature Methods
    1. Thomas A. Planchon
    2. Liang Gao
    3. Daniel E. Milkie
    4. Michael W. Davidson
    5. James A. Galbraith
    6. Catherine G. Galbraith
    7. Eric Betzig
  • Super-resolution microscopy at a glance

    Journal of Cell Science
    1. Catherine G. Galbraith
    2. James A. Galbraith
  • Interferometric fluorescent super-resolution microscopy resolves 3D cellular ultrastructure

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Gleb Shtengel
    2. James A. Galbraith
    3. Catherine G. Galbraith
    4. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
    5. Jennifer M. Gillette
    6. Suliana Manley
    7. Rachid Sougrat
    8. Clare M. Waterman
    9. Pakorn Kanchanawong
    10. Michael W. Davidson
    11. Richard D. Fetter
    12. Harald F. Hess
  • Rapid turnover of spinules at synaptic terminals

    Neuroscience
    1. J. H. Tao-Cheng
    2. A. Dosemeci
    3. P. E. Gallant
    4. S. Miller
    5. J. A. Galbraith
    6. C. A. Winters
    7. R. Azzam
    8. T. S. Reese
  • Identifying individual scaffolding molecules in the postsynaptic density

    Microscopy and Microanalysis
    1. X. Chen
    2. C. Winters
    3. R. Azzam
    4. V. Crocker
    5. X. Li
    6. J. Galbraith
    7. R. D. Leapman
    8. T. S. Reese
  • Live-cell photoactivated localization microscopy of nanoscale adhesion dynamics

    Nature Methods
    1. Hari Shroff
    2. Catherine G. Galbraith
    3. James A. Galbraith
    4. Eric Betzig
  • Organization of the core structure of the postsynaptic density

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Xiaobing Chen
    2. Christine Winters
    3. Rita Azzam
    4. Xiang Li
    5. James A. Galbraith
    6. Richard D. Leapman
    7. Thomas S. Reese
  • Dual-color superresolution imaging of genetically expressed probes within individual adhesion complexes

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. Hari Shroff
    2. Catherine G. Galbraith
    3. James A. Galbraith
    4. Helen White
    5. Jennifer Gillette
    6. Scott Olenych
    7. Michael W. Davidson
    8. Eric Betzig
  • Polymerizing actin fibers position integrins primed to probe for adhesion sites

    Science
    1. Catherine G. Galbraith
    2. Kenneth M. Yamada
    3. James A. Galbraith
  • Distribution of the scaffolding proteins PSD-95, PSD-93, and SAP97 in isolated PSDs

    Brain Cell Biology
    1. Joseph A. DeGiorgis
    2. James A. Galbraith
    3. Ayse Dosemeci
    4. Xiaobing Chen
    5. Thomas S. Reese
  • Controlled damage in thick specimens by multiphoton excitation

    Molecular biology of the cell
    1. James A. Galbraith
    2. Mark Terasaki
  • Axonal transport of tubulin and actin

    Journal of Neurocytology
    1. James A. Galbraith
    2. Paul E. Gallant
  • Slow transport of unpolymerized tubulin and polymerized neurofilament in the squid giant axon

    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
    1. James A. Galbraith
    2. Thomas S. Reese
    3. Michelle L. Schlief
    4. Paul E. Gallant
  • Axonal structure and function after axolemmal leakage in the squid giant axon

    Journal of neurotrauma
    1. P. E. Gallant
    2. J. A. Galbraith
  • A system to measure thermal nociception

    Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    1. James A. Galbraith
    2. Bruce J. Mrosko
    3. Robert R. Myers
  • Mechanical and electrical responses of the squid giant axon to simple elongation

    Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
    1. J. A. Galbraith
    2. L. E. Thibault
    3. D. R. Matteson
  • Pathology of experimental compression neuropathy producing hyperesthesia

    Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
    1. Claudia Sommer
    2. James A. Galbraith
    3. Heidi M. Heckman
    4. Robert R. Myers
  • A linearized DC lamp controller

    Journal of Neuroscience Methods
    1. James A. Galbraith
  • Subperineurial demyelination associated with reduced nerve blood flow and oxygen tension after epineurial vascular stripping

    Laboratory Investigation
    1. R. R. Myers
    2. H. M. Heckman
    3. J. A. Galbraith
    4. H. C. Powell