Prof. Dr. Anna Akhmanova
Biological and related sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microscopy
Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen
Nominated by
- German Research Foundation (DFG)
- AcademiaNet member since 05.05.2011
- AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria
Employed by
- Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
Academic Discipline/Fields
- Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
Field
Biological and related sciences
Area of specialisation
Cell and developmental biology
Research interests
Epithelial homeostasis, Tissue regeneration, Signaling, Chromatin, Adhesion, Cytoskeleton
Distinctions and Awards
German Research Foundation (DFG) Heisenberg Programme, since 2020
Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Plus3 Programme 2017 – 2020
German Research Foundation (DFG) Emmy Noether Programme 2011 – 2016
Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund – Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007 – 2010
Languages
English, German
Doctorate
- 2006: Hexagonal packing of Drosophila epithelia cells by the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway ("Hexagonal packing of Drosophila epithelia cells by the Planar Cell Polarity Pathway")
PostDoc qualification, e.g. Habilitation
- 2011: Polycomb states in Drosophila development and regeneration
Short CV/Education and training
- Since 2020Heisenberg Programme, Group Leader Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
- 2017 – 2020Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation Plus3 Programme, Group Leader Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
- 2017Interim Professorship ‘Cell Biology’, Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
- 2011 – 2016Emmy Noether Junior Group Leader, LMU Munich, Germany
- 2006 – 2011Postdoctoral Fellow, Department for Molecular Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, USA
- 2002 – 2006PhD in Biology, Max Planck Institute for Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany
- 2000 – 2002MSc in Biomolecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1997 – 2000BSc in Cell Biology, University of Manchester, UK
Selected publications
Balaji R, Weichselberger V, Classen AK
Response of epithelial cell and tissue shape to external forces in vivo
Development. 2019. doi: 10.1242/dev.171256
Cosolo A, Jaiswal J, Csordás G, Grass I, Uhlirova M, Classen AK
JNK-dependent cell cycle stalling in G2 promotes survival and senescence-like phenotypes in tissue stress
Elife. 2019. pii: e41036. doi: 10.7554/eLife.41036
Complete list of publications
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News
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Cell biologist Dr. Anne-Kathrin Classen awarded DFG Heisenberg grant
The support from the German Research Foundation (DFG) is worth 500,000 €.