Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker-Palmer
Biological and related sciences , Health, Cell Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Vascular Biology, Tumour Biology
Biological and related sciences , Physical sciences
Honorary mention Christiaan Huygens proefschrift prijs, 2011, for Liedewij Laan
VICI Award, NWO Vernieuwingsimpuls, 2007
HFSP research grant (co-applicants: D. Brunner, EMBL Heidelberg and K. Kaibuchi, Nagoya Univ. Japan), “A combined in vitro/in vivo approach to cell-cortex-regulated microtubule organization”, 2005
Bi-annual thesis award of the Dutch Biophysics Society (VVB-BMT), November 28, 2003 for Marcel Janson
CR2 permanent position obtained (but declined) in CNRS competition, section 15, (Paris, France), 1996
Fulbright Fellowship (NACEE Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 1992 – 1993
EMBO Short Term Fellowship (Heidelberg, Germany), 1991
Fellowship from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Rome, Italy), 1988 – 1989
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian
L. Laan, N. Pavin, J. Husson, G. Romet-Lemonne, M. van Duijn, M. Preciado-Lopez, R. D. Vale, F. Jülicher, S. L. Reck-Peterson, and M. Dogterom: Cortical dynein controls microtubule dynamics to generate pulling forces that position microtubule asters, Cell (in press)
C. Tischer, D. Brunner, and M. Dogterom: Force- and kinesin-8-dependent effects in the spatial regulation of fission yeast microtubule dynamics, Mol. Sys. Biol. 5, 250 (2009)
Y. Komarova, C.O. De Groot, I. Grigoriev, S.M. Gouveia, E.L. Munteanu, J.M. Schober, S. Honnappa, R.M. Buey, C.C. Hoogenraad, M. Dogterom, G.G. Borisy, M.O. Steinmetz, and A. Akhmanova: Mammalian end binding proteins control persistent microtubule growth , J Cell Biol. 184, 691-706 (2009)
L. Laan, J. Husson, E.L. Munteanu, J.W.J. Kerssemakers, and M. Dogterom: The cooperative behavior of a force-generating microtubule bundle, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 8920-8925 (2008)
M. Footer, J.W.J. Kerssemakers, J. Theriot, and M. Dogterom: Direct measurement of force generation by actin filament polymerization using an optical trap, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 2181-2186 (2007)
P. Bieling, L. Laan, H. Schek, L. Munteanu, L. Sandblad, D. Brunner, M. Dogterom, and T. Surrey: Reconstitution of a microtubule plus-end tracking system in vitro, Nature 450, 1100-1105 (2007)
J.W.J. Kerssemakers, E.L. Munteanu, L. Laan, T.L. Noetzel, M.E. Janson, and M. Dogterom: Assembly dynamics of microtubules at molecular resolution, Nature 442, 709-712 (2006)
M. Dogterom, J.W.J. Kerssemakers, G. Romet-Lemonne, and M.E. Janson: Force generation by dynamic microtubules, Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. 17, 67-74 (2005)
G. Koster, M. van Duijn, and M. Dogterom: Membrane tubes formed by dynamic association of motor proteins, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, 15583-15588 (2003)
M.E. Janson, M.E. de Dood, and M. Dogterom: Dynamic instability of microtubules is regulated by force, J. Cell Biol. 161, 1029-1034 (2003)
Nanomolecular Machines in Cellular Force Transduction [programme director, total 6.8 M€], National programme NanoNextNL, 2010 – 2016
Mechanosensing and Mechanotransduction by Cells [co-PI], Foundation for Research on Matter (FOM), 2009 – 2014
Spatial design of biochemical regulation networks [programme director, total 3.1 M€], Foundation for Research on Matter (FOM), 2008 – 2013
Cytoskeleton-based spatial control of protein networks [VICI grant], Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), 2007 – 2013
Member American Society for Cell Biology (Member Program Committee 2007 Annual Meeting)
Member Biophysical Society (Member Nominating Committee 2008-2009).
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW): Member of the Committee for Biochemistry and Biophysics (2004-2007), the Council of Physics and Astronomy (2005-2007), the Council for Technical Sciences, Mathematics and Informatics, Physics, Astronomy and Chemistry (2008-present), and the Jury of the international Heineken Prize for Biochemistry and Biophysics (2008-present)
Dutch Foundation for Fundamental Research of Matter (FOM): Member of the Subfield Advisory Committee “Processes in Living Systems” (2008-present), of the Subfield Advisory Committee “Condensed Matter” (2001) and referee for various FOM grants.
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO): panel member and chair for various (prestigious) grants such as VENI-VIDI-VICI.
Other: Member of the preparatory EPS advisory board on “Physics in Life Sciences” (2001), frequent advisor to doctoral training programmes (e.g. Gottingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences, 2009-present) and conferences/workshops (e.g. European School on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies ESONN, 2004-present), member of the Program Board for Physics (2002-2008) and Life Sciences (2006-2010) of the Lorenz Center, Leiden University.
Member of Liquids, Soft Matter and Biological Physics Editorial Board, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2002-2003.
Member Editorial Board, Biophysical Journal, 2005-2010.
Member Editorial Board, Cell, 2009-present.
Reviewer for journals such as Science, Nature, PNAS, PRL, Cell, Biophysical Journal, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Methods, Current Biology, Phys Rev E,.
Reviewer for NSF (USA), HFSP, Agence National de la Recherche (France).
Member International Evaluation Committees: Institut Curie Physico-Chimie, Paris, 2006, Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 2009, the International Max Planck Research School in Chemical Biology, Dortmund, 2012.
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