PhD Mar Albà
Biological and related sciences , Evolution, genomics, bioinformatics
Biological and related sciences
Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microscopy
Cell organization and dynamics
cytoskeleton
cellular transport
cell differentiation
migration and division
tissue morphogenesis
VICI Award from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2007
VIDI Award from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, 2001
Dutch, English, Russian
Jiang, K., G. Toedt, S. Montenegro Gouveia, N.E. Davey, S. Hua, B. van der Vaart, I. Grigoriev, J. Larsen, L.B. Pedersen, K. Bezstarosti, M. Lince-Faria, J. Demmers, M.O. Steinmetz, T.J. Gibson, and A. Akhmanova. A Proteome-wide Screen for Mammalian SxIP Motif-Containing Microtubule Plus-End Tracking Proteins. Curr Biol, 2012.
van der Vaart, B., C. Manatschal, I. Grigoriev, V. Olieric, S.M. Gouveia, S. Bjelic, J. Demmers, I. Vorobjev, C.C. Hoogenraad, M.O. Steinmetz, and A. Akhmanova. SLAIN2 links microtubule plus end-tracking proteins and controls microtubule growth in interphase. J Cell Biol, 2011. 193(6): p. 1083-99.
Grigoriev, I., K.L. Yu, E. Martinez-Sanchez, A. Serra-Marques, I. Smal, E. Meijering, J. Demmers, J. Peranen, R.J. Pasterkamp, P. van der Sluijs, C.C. Hoogenraad, and A. Akhmanova. Rab6, Rab8, and MICAL3 cooperate in controlling docking and fusion of exocytotic carriers. Curr Biol, 2011. 21(11): p. 967-74.
Montenegro Gouveia, S., K. Leslie, L.C. Kapitein, R.M. Buey, I. Grigoriev, M. Wagenbach, I. Smal, E. Meijering, C.C. Hoogenraad, L. Wordeman, M.O. Steinmetz, and A. Akhmanova. In vitro reconstitution of the functional interplay between MCAK and EB3 at microtubule plus ends. Curr Biol, 2010. 20(19): p. 1717-22.
Jiang, K. and A. Akhmanova. Microtubule tip-interacting proteins: a view from both ends. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 2011. 23(1): p. 94-101.
Akhmanova, A. and J.A. Hammer, 3rd. Linking molecular motors to membrane cargo. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 2010. 22(4): p. 479-87.
Splinter, D., M.E. Tanenbaum, A. Lindqvist, D. Jaarsma, A. Flotho, K.L. Yu, I. Grigoriev, D. Engelsma, E.D. Haasdijk, N. Keijzer, J. Demmers, M. Fornerod, F. Melchior, C.C. Hoogenraad, R.H. Medema, and A. Akhmanova. Bicaudal D2, dynein, and kinesin-1 associate with nuclear pore complexes and regulate centrosome and nuclear positioning during mitotic entry. PLoS Biol, 2010. 8(4): p. e1000350.
Honnappa, S., S.M. Gouveia, A. Weisbrich, F.F. Damberger, N.S. Bhavesh, H. Jawhari, I. Grigoriev, F.J. van Rijssel, R.M. Buey, A. Lawera, I. Jelesarov, F.K. Winkler, K. Wuthrich, A. Akhmanova, and M.O. Steinmetz. An EB1-binding motif acts as a microtubule tip localization signal. Cell, 2009. 138(2): p. 366-76.
Akhmanova, A. and M.O. Steinmetz. Tracking the ends: a dynamic protein network controls the fate of microtubule tips. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, 2008. 9(4): p. 309-22.
Grigoriev, I., D. Splinter, N. Keijzer, P.S. Wulf, J. Demmers, T. Ohtsuka, M. Modesti, I.V. Maly, F. Grosveld, C.C. Hoogenraad, and A. Akhmanova. Rab6 regulates transport and targeting of exocytotic carriers. Dev Cell, 2007. 13(2): p. 305-14.
Lansbergen, G., I. Grigoriev, Y. Mimori-Kiyosue, T. Ohtsuka, S. Higa, I. Kitajima, J. Demmers, N. Galjart, A.B. Houtsmuller, F. Grosveld, and A. Akhmanova. CLASPs attach microtubule plus ends to the cell cortex through a complex with LL5beta. Dev Cell, 2006. 11(1): p. 21-32.
Akhmanova, A., C.C. Hoogenraad, K. Drabek, T. Stepanova, B. Dortland, T. Verkerk, W. Vermeulen, B.M. Burgering, C.I. De Zeeuw, F. Grosveld, and N. Galjart. Clasps are CLIP-115 and -170 associating proteins involved in the regional regulation of microtubule dynamics in motile fibroblasts. Cell, 2001. 104(6): p. 923-35.
Akhmanova, A., F. Voncken, T. van Alen, A. van Hoek, B. Boxma, G. Vogels, M. Veenhuis, and J.H. Hackstein. A hydrogenosome with a genome. Nature, 1998. 396(6711): p. 527-8.
Regulation of mammary epithelial morphogenesis by microtubule plus-end tracking proteins
Mechanisms and functions of microtubule plus end tracking proteins in mammalian cells: development of inhibitory strategies.
Rab6-dependent exocytosis: role in cell polarization and characterization of transport and fusion machinery. (supervisor)
Molecular mechanisms of bi-directional microtubule-based transport (PI)
Elected member, European Molecular Biology Organization
Chair of the Board, Netherlands Society for Microscopy
Member of the FACULTY F1000 Cell Biology
Past national/international committee memberships
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research: panel member "Mosaic" programme
Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research of Matter (FOM): Jury member
Grant Panel member for the European Commission FP7, ERC Starting Grant, Agence Nationale de la Recherche France, and Academy of Finland
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