Dr. Farquhar has been Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of California San Diego since 1990 and previously held positions as Professor of Pathology at the UCSF School of Medicine, Professor of Cell Biology at Rockefeller University, and Sterling Professor of Cell Biology at Yale University School of Medicine.  She is recognized for her seminal work in the regulation of protein trafficking and signaling in endocrine and exocrine cells as well as for defining the molecular mechanisms of glomerular filtration and pathology.  She has published nearly 300 papers in prestigious journals and has trained over 40 postdocs and graduate students.  She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Science and has received the Wilson Medal of the American Society of Cell Biologists, the Homer Smith Medal of the American Society of Nephrology, the Distinguished Scientist Medal of the EMSA, the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research (UCSD); the Rous-Whipple Award of the American Society for Investigative Pathology; and the A.N. Richards Award for Excellence in Research from the International Society of Nephrology.  She has served as President of the American Society of Cell Biology, on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cell Biology, the Journal of Clinical Investigation and Molecular Medicine and currently serves on the Editorial Board of Molecular Biology of the Cell and as Associate Editor of the Journal of Histchemistry and Cytochemistry.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley and San Francisco and did Postdoctoral work at the University of California San Francisco and the Rockefeller University.  Her current work is focused on studying the spatial regulation of signaling mediated by protein trafficking and targeting along the exocytic and endocytic pathways with emphasis on novel functions of G proteins on intracellular membranes.