PhD Students 2022

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Halle Andrews-Clark
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Dr. Melanie McDowell

Ainara Claveras Cabezudo
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer

Molecular Simulations of Membrane Proteins

Katharina Geißler
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisors: Dr. Martin Beck and Dr. Julian Langer

Functional Characterisation of Vault

Napyin Ho
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Dr. Christian Münch

Characterization of the Cell Survival and Cell Death Response During mtUPR

Srilakshmi Kalathil
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main / Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch (GU), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer (MPIBP)

The Role of p63 in Organizing Chromatin in Epithelial Cells

Marius Jung
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Edward Lemke

Borna Markusic
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ivan Đikić

Endoplasmic Reticulum Remodelling via Selective Autophagy

José Guadalupe Rosas Jiménez
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer

Markus Schreiber
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Beata Turoňová
Development of Geometric/ Topological Methods for the Analysis of Contextual Data in cryo-Electron Tomography

Rachita Sharma
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main / Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alexander Gotschalk (GU), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer (MPIBP)

Characterization of C. elegans Photoreceptor LITE-1 Using Biophysical Techniques and MD Simulations

Damla Tetiker
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Dr. Eugene Kim

Shedding Light on Molecular Functions of SMC Proteins Using Single Molecule Microscopy

Ermanno Uboldi
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Dr. Melanie McDowell

Structural Investigation of Glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol (GPI) Anchor Biosynthesis

Quinn Waselenchuk
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics / Max Planck Institute for Brain Research

Supervisor: Dr. Julian Langer (MPIBP)
Main Collaborator: Prof. Dr. Erin Schumann (MPIBR)

Investigating Neuronal Proteome Remodeling at Synapses using Ultra-Sensitive LC-MS

Büşra Yüksel
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch

Structural Bases for Genetic Quality Control in Somatic and Germ Cells by the p53 Family