Prof. Dr. Luis S. Mayorga

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-2 und Äquivalente
FachgebietZellbiologie,Biochemie
Keywordsmembrane fusion, phagosome maturation, reconstitution assays, network modelling

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandArgentinien
OrtMendoza
Universität/InstitutionUniversidad Nacional de Cuyo
Institut/AbteilungInstituto de Histologia y Embriologia (IHEM-CONICET)

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Dr. Gareth GriffithsEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Heidelberg, Europäisches Laboratorium für Molekularbiologie (EMBL), Heidelberg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.11.2006

Programm(e)

2006Forschungspreis-Programm auf Gegenseitigkeit für Wissenschaftler*innen aus dem Ausland

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Mayorga has been an important protagonist in the development of the Cell Biology field of Intracellular Trafficking. He has been particularly successful in developing in vitro assays that reconstitute specific membrane fusion events. These model systems have been very useful to understand several aspects of the molecular machinery participating in endocytosis and pahgocytosis. In the last few years, his laboratory has worldwide leaded the characterization of the membrane fusion event occurring during the acrosomal exocytosis in sperm cells.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2008Mark Kühnel, Luis S. Mayorga, Thomas Dandekar, Juilee Thakar, Roland Schwarz, Elsa Anes, Gareth Griffiths, and Jens Reich: Modelling phagosomal lipid networks that regulate actin assembly. In: BMC Systems Biology, 2008,
2008Jordao, L., Bleck 1, C.K.E., Mayorga, L., Griffiths, G., and Anes, E. On the killing of mycobacteria by macrophages. In: Cellular Microbiology, 2008, 529-548
2007Gareth Griffiths and Luis S. Mayorga: Phagosome proteomes open the way to a better understanding of phagosome function. In: Genome Biology, 2007, 207