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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Biophysics,Cell Biology |
| Keywords | Membranes, Structural Biology, Lysosomes, Cryo-electron microscopy, Autophagy |
Current contact address
| Country | Germany |
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| City | Planegg |
| Institution | Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer | Abteilung Theoretische Biophysik, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main |
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| Prof. Dr. Brenda Schulman | Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Planegg |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/06/2024 |
Programme(s)
| 2023 | Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Hurley is an international leader in the mechanistic biochemistry and structural and cell biology of autophagy, endosomes and lysosomes. These processes are responsible for the degradation, recycling, and renewal of the contents of cells, and are especially important in protecting neurons from degeneration. In Germany, he will continue a series of collaborations on the structural mechanism of autophagy as reconstituted on synthetic lipid membranes and visualized in cells. |