All NewsSnapshotsLigon ’87 Speaks to Hughes Fellows at Summer Science Seminars Olivia DrakeJuly 1, 20133minLee Ligon ’87 returned to campus on June 19 and spoke to students about “Tubulin post-translational modifications: road signs in the cell” during the Hughes Program in the Life Sciences Summer Science Seminars Series. Ligon is associate professor of biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In March, she received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how cells that travel through the human body may ultimately affect disease. Her research focuses on microtubules, one of three proteins that help make up the framework up of a cell, and how those hollow tubes help direct traffic to other parts of the cell. Summer Science Seminars are held through August 1. The Hughes Program includes 39 Fellows, 97 Associates and their 62 mentors. (Photos by Eki Ramadhan ’16) To view upcoming Summer Science Seminars, see below: Hughes Programsciences Related Articles All NewsCampus News & Events March 27, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Hugo L. Black Lecturers Establish What’s at Stake When Free Expression on Campus is Imperiled All NewsArts & HumanitiesStudents March 25, 2024 Andrew Chatfield Art Comes to Life through Student Partnership with the Center for the Arts All NewsAlumni March 25, 2024 Steve Scarpa True ‘Blue’: James Kaplan ’73 Documents a Key Collaboration in Jazz History