| Name |
Leon Lucya |
| Education/Training |
Paramedic; Medical Student, University Freiburg |
| Start of MD Thesis and Group |
10/2023, P6, Prof. Claudine Kraft |
| Subject of Thesis |
Molecular regulation of mitophagy in mammals |
| Research Interests |
Autophagy, neurodegenerative diseases, ULK1 complex proteins, mitochondrial morphology, mitochondrial fission and fusion proteins |
| Methods and Techniques |
Western Blotting, Crispr/Cas9, PCR, cell culture, Flow Cytometry, protein purification |
| Publications |
Eickhorst C*, Babic R*, Rush-Kittle J, Lucya L, Lami Imam F, Sánchez-Martín P, Hollenstein DM, Michaelis J, Münch C, Meisinger C, Slade D, Gámez-Díaz L, Kraft C. FIP200 phosphorylation regulates late steps in mitophagy. J Mol Biol. 2024 May 29:168631. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168631. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38821350. *equal contribution |
