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| Name |
| Maia, Ana Rita |
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| Nationality |
| Portuguese |
| E-Mail |
| ritamaia@yahoo.com |
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| 1st Degree |
| Biochemistry |
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| University (1st Degree) |
| University of Porto |
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| Master Degree |
| Molecular and Medicine Oncology |
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| University (Master Degree) |
| University of Porto |
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| About the PhD |
| Field of Research |
| Mitosis |
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| Thesis Title |
| Molecular determinants of microtubule nucleation from the Golgi apparatus at the entry and exit of mitosis |
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| Supervisor(s) |
| Helder Maiato, PhD |
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| Co-Supervisor(s) |
| Irina Kaverina, PhD |
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| University |
| Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto |
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| Laboratory |
| Chromosome Instability and Dynamics Lab, Instituto Biologia Molecular e Celular |
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| City |
| Porto |
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| Country |
| Portugal |
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| Date of Thesis Defence |
| 2012-05-04 |
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| After the PhD (Current Situation) |
| Position |
| Senior Post-Doc |
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| Project |
| Exploiting chromosomal instability in cancer therapy. |
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| Institution |
| National Cancer Institute |
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| City |
| Amsterdam |
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| Country |
| The Netherlands |
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| Relevant Publications |
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| Pereira et al,. Mammalian CLASP1 and CLASP2 cooperate to ensure mitotic fidelity by regulating spindle and kinetochore function, Mol Biol Cell (2006). |
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| Miller et al,. Golgi-derived CLASP-dependent microtubules control Golgi organization and polarized trafficking in motile cells, Nat Cell Biol (2009). |
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Maffini et al., Motor-Independent Targeting of CLASPs to Kinetochores by CENP-E Promotes
Microtubule Turnover and Poleward Flux, Current Biology (2009). |
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| Maia et al., Cdk1 and Plk1 mediate a CLASP2 phospho-switch that stabilizes kinetochore-microtubule attachments, JCB (2012). |
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| Maia et al., Modulation of Golgi-associated microtubule nucleation throughout the cell cycle, Cytoskeleton (2013). |
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| Maia et al., A growing role for Aurora A in chromosome instability, Nature Cell Biology (2014). |
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| Maia et al., Inhibition of the spindle assembly checkpoint kinase TTK enhances the efficacy of docetaxel in a triple-negative breast cancer model, Annals of Oncology (2015). |
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| Publications |
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| Osorio et al., Influence of chronological aging on the survival and nucleotide content of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells grown in different conditions: occurrence of a high concentration of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in stationary cells grown in 2% glucose, FEMS Yeast Res (2005). |
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| Silles et al., Micromolar HgCl2 concentrations transitorily duplicate the ATP level in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells, FEBS Letters (2005). |
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| Maia & Maiato, Aurora Mitochondrialis drives fission during mitosis, Dev Cell (2011). |
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| Leveille et al., Genome-wide profiling of p53-regulated enhancer RNAs uncovers a subset of enhancers controlled by a lncRNA, Nature Communications (2015). |
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| Last Update |
| 2017-10-11 13:33:18 |
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Program financially supported by
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