PhD Students 2023

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Aayush Srivastava
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer

Modeling of Autophagy Initiation for Biomolecular Condensates and Aggregates

Ada Laura Rivero Hernandez
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Dr. Bonnie Murphy

Adela Vidov
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ivan Đikić and Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch

Investigation of Novel Anti-Bacterial Approaches for Targeting Legionella Pneumophila

The project involves screening of PROTACs and DARPins against the bacterial protein and their biophysical characterization

Alexandra Kaminer
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mike Heilemann

Structural Organization of Membrane Protein Networks in Situ Visualised with Super-resolution Microscopy

Andrea Semonella
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch
Main collaborator: Dr. Günter Kramer (University of Heidelberg)

Folding and Assembly Pathway of the Auto-inhibited Dimeric State of TAp63α

Delong Li
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Dr. Florian Wilfling

Desislava Glushkova
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisor: Dr. Martin Beck

In Situ Structural Analysis of Nuclear Export in Eukaryotic Cells

Harsh Oza
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics / Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michaela Müller-McNicoll

Investigating the Role of Nuclear Speckles in mRNP Assembly and Export

Kim Ziebner
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Supervisors: Dr. Florian Wilfling and Dr. Julian Langer

Ritaja Chattopadhyay
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Michaela Müller-McNicoll

Characterization of Ultra Conserved Retained Introns and Their Role in Nuclear Bodies

Ritika Aggarwal
Goethe University Frankfurt /
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Supervisor: Dr. Lukas Stelzl

Deciphering Promiscuity of HUWE1 (E3 ubiquitin ligase) for Protein Degradation Using Molecular Dynamic Simulations

Vinay Singh
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ivan Đikić

Structural Characteristics of ER-phagy Receptors and How They Determine The Curvature of the ER Membrane During ER-phagy