Julie Theriot

{{Short description|American microbiologist}}

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| fields = Biomechanics, Cell Biology

| workplaces = University of Washington, Allen Institute for Cell Science

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| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, San Francisco

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| awards = MacArthur Fellows Program

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Julie A. Theriot (born 1967) is a cell biologist, who studies the molecular mechanics and dynamics of cell movement and organization. Her work spans many fields from microbiology to biophysics, and lab studies eukaryotic cell motility as well as the hijacking of the cytoskeleton by intracellular parasites like listeria.web|url=https://www.biology.washington.edu/people/profile/julie-theriot|title=Julie Theriot University of Washington She has also published work that describes the mechanisms of Galvanotaxis in vertebrate cells. She is a professor at the University of Washington, Department of Biology, a continuing Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, and Chief Scientist at the Allen Institute for Cell Science.{{cite web|url=https://alleninstitute.org/person/julie-theriot/|title=Julie Theriot - Allen Institute}} She was previously a professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine,{{cite web|url=http://med.stanford.edu/profiles/Julie_Theriot/|title=Julie Theriot - Stanford Medicine Profiles|website=med.stanford.edu}} and before that, she was a Predoctoral Fellow and Investigator at HHMI.{{cite web|url=http://www.hhmi.org/news/theriot_bio.html|title=Julie A. Theriot, PhD - HHMI.org|website=hhmi.org}} She was also a fellow at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research.[https://books.google.com/books?id=meDtAAAAMAAJ&q=Julie+Theriot Beyond the glass ceiling: forty women whose ideas shape the modern world], Editors Sian Griffiths, Helena Kennedy, Manchester University Press, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-7190-4773-2}}

She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Biology and Physics in 1988, and from the University of California, San Francisco, with a Ph.D. in Cell Biology in 1993. Her work has investigated bacterial infections, such as Shigella, and Listeria.[http://news.stanford.edu/news/2004/september29/theriotmac-929.html "Theriot wins MacArthur Fellowship to pursue her passion for biology"], Stanford Report, September 29, 2004, RUTHANN RICHTER