Cell News 01/2020
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DGZ ELECTION
Prof. Dr. Gislene Pereira
as Vice President
Date of birth: 23.05.1968
University of Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)
Education/career:
Study of Pharmaceutical Sciences (1989-1992) and Masters in Biochemistry (1992-
1994) at the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; 1995-1998 Ph.D. in Biochemistry at
the Ludwig-Maximilian’s University, Munich, and Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry,
Martinsried; 1998-2002 Research Scientist at the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research,
Glasgow, UK; 2002-2003 Research Scientist at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester,
UK: 2003-2005 Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester, UK; since 2006,
group leader at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg; since 2016, DFG Heisenberg Professor
at the Centre of Organismal Studies (COS) and associate member of the Centre of Molecular and Cell Biology
(ZMBH), University of Heidelberg.
Memberships:
DGZ, GBM
Research areas:
Cclia biogenesis, cell cycle control/cytokinesis, mitotic checkpoint, control of cell polarity/asymmetric cell
division.
Selected reading:
Viol, L., et al. 2020. Nek2 kinase displaces distal appendages from the mother centriole prior to mitosis.
J Cell Biol. 219. PMID: 32211891
Caydasi, A.K., et al. 2017. Temporal and compartment-specific signals coordinate mitotic exit with spindle
position. Nat Commun. 8. PMID: 28117323
Gryaznova, Y., et al. 2016. A FRET-based study reveals site-specific regulation of spindle position checkpoint
proteins at yeast centrosomes. Elife. 5. PMID: 27159239
Meitinger, F., et al. 2014. A memory system of negative polarity cues prevents replicative aging. Cell. 159.
PMID: 25416945
Meitinger, F., et al. 2011. Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of the F-BAR protein Hof1 during cytokinesis.
Genes & Dev., 25. PMID: 21498574
Schmidt, K.N., et al. 2012. Cep164 mediates vesicular docking to the mother centriole during early steps of
ciliogenesis. J Cell Biol. 199. PMID 23253480
Caydasi, A.K., and G. Pereira. 2009. Spindle alignment regulates the dynamic association of checkpoint proteins
with yeast spindle pole bodies. Dev Cell. 16. PMID: 19154725
Prof. Dr. Sandra Iden
as CEO
Date of birth: 14.05.1979
Div. of Cell & Developmental Biology, Center for Human & Molecular Biology (ZHMB), Faculty of Medicine,
Saarland University, Campus Homburg
CECAD, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne
Education/career:
1998 - 2003 Study of Biochemistry, Hannover University
2002 Research visit, Columbia University, New York, with Carol A. Mason
2003 - 2007 Graduate student with Prof. Klaus Ebnet, University of Münster, on cell-cell adhesion molecules in
epithelial and endothelial cells
2007 - 2010 Postdoc with Dr. John Collard, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL, on epithelial
polarity and oncogenic signaling, mouse models
2011 - 2020 Independent Research Group Leader, CECAD, University of Cologne, Cell polarity & cancer
since 2020 Full professor and Chair for Cell & Developmental Biology, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Faculty
of Medicine & ZHMB, Saarland University; Cell polarity in tissue-scale communication & disease
Memberships:
DGZ, GBM, ESDR, EACR
Research areas:
Cell polarity, intercellular adhesion, cell mechanics, cell fate control in stratified tissues, crosstalk of tissue-res-
ident cell types; mouse models & primary cell systems
