Dr. Ane Landajuela Larma

Biography

Ane Landajuela Larma has a background in biochemistry and focuses her research on the dynamics of cellular membranes. She earned her Biochemistry degree from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) and completed her Ph.D. at the BIOFISIKA Institute (UPV/EHU, CSIC), where her research centered on the mode of action of apoptosis-related BCL-2 family proteins. She undertook a brief postdoctoral stay, exploring membrane fusion facilitated by the autophagic LC3 conjugation system. Currently, she works as an Associate Research Scientist in Erdem Karatekin's laboratory at Yale University, where she investigates membrane fusion and fission at the molecular and cellular levels, aiming to understand processes that influence higher physiological functions. Her work has contributed to elucidating the mechanisms underlying membrane fission during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, revealing a previously unappreciated function of DNA translocation energizing this process under energy-limited conditions. Future studies will focus on the lipid components transported in membrane compartments involved in sporulation.

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