Dr. Gislene Pereira Molecular Biology of Centrosomes and ... - HBIGS
Dr. Gislene Pereira Molecular Biology of Centrosomes and ... - HBIGS
Dr. Gislene Pereira Molecular Biology of Centrosomes and ... - HBIGS
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<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Gislene</strong> <strong>Pereira</strong><br />
<strong>Molecular</strong> <strong>Biology</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Centrosomes</strong> <strong>and</strong> Cilia<br />
German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)<br />
69120 Heidelberg, Germany<br />
Phone: +49-(0)6221-42 3447<br />
Fax: +49-(0)6221-42 3404<br />
E-mail: gpereira@dkfz.de<br />
23/05/1968, Sao Paulo, Brazil<br />
CURRICULUM VITAE<br />
2005 - present Junior group leader, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ),<br />
Heidelberg, Germany<br />
2003 - 2005 Lecturer, School <strong>of</strong> Biological Sciences, University <strong>of</strong> Manchester,<br />
Manchester, UK<br />
2002 - 2003 Research Scientist, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester,<br />
UK<br />
1998 - 2001 Research Scientist, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK<br />
1995 - 1998 Ph.D., Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich – Germany<br />
1991 - 1993 M.Sc. Biochemistry, University <strong>of</strong> São Paulo (USP), Brazil.<br />
1986 – 1990 B.Sc. Biochemistry <strong>and</strong> Pharmaceutical Sciences, University <strong>of</strong> São Paulo<br />
(USP), Brazil.<br />
FIELDS OF INTEREST<br />
Cell cycle control, mitotic checkpoints, cytokinesis, ciliogenesis<br />
CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS<br />
Helmholtz funded project NG-111; EU funded Marie Curie Excellence Project “Cytokinesis<br />
Control”
PUBLICATIONS (10 most important publications):<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G. <strong>and</strong> Schiebel (2005). Kin4 kinase delays mitotic exit in response to spindle<br />
alignment defects. Mol Cell., 19:209-221.<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G. <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (2003). Separase regulates INCENP-Aurora B anaphase spindle<br />
function through Cdc14. Science, 302:2120-2124.<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G., C. Manson, J., Grindlay <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (2002). Regulation <strong>of</strong> the Bfa1p-Bub2p<br />
complex at spindle pole bodies by the cell cycle phosphatase Cdc14p. J. Cell Biol.,<br />
157:367-379.<br />
Tanaka T.U., N. Rachidi, C. Janke, G. <strong>Pereira</strong>, M. Galova, E. Schiebel, M. J. R. Stark <strong>and</strong> K.<br />
Nasmyth (2002). The Ipl1/Sli15 (Aurora B/INCENP) kinase complex promotes reorientation<br />
<strong>of</strong> kinetochore-spindle pole connection <strong>and</strong> ensures its bi-orientation <strong>of</strong> sister<br />
chromatids in yeast. Cell, 108:317-329.<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G., T. Tanaka, K. Nasmyth <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (2001). Defined modes <strong>of</strong> spindle pole<br />
bodies inheritance <strong>and</strong> segregation <strong>of</strong> the checkpoint protein Bfa1p in yeast. EMBO J.,<br />
20:6359-6370.<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G., T. Höfken, J. Grindlay, C. Manson <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (2000). The Bub2p spindle<br />
checkpoint links nuclear migration with mitotic exit. Mol. Cell, 6:1-10.<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G., U. Grueneberg, M. Knop <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel. (1999) Interaction <strong>of</strong> the yeast γ-tubulin<br />
complex binding protein Spc72p with Kar1p is essential for microtubule function during<br />
karyogamy. EMBO J., 18:4180-4196.<br />
<strong>Pereira</strong> G., M. Knop, <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (1998). Spc98p directs the yeast γ -tubulin complex into<br />
the nucleus <strong>and</strong> is subject to cell-cycle dependent phosphorylation on the nuclear side <strong>of</strong><br />
the spindle pole body. Mol. Biol. Cell, 9:775-793.<br />
Knop M., G. <strong>Pereira</strong>, S. Geissler, K. Grein, <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (1997). The spindle pole body<br />
component Spc97p interacts with the γ -tubulin <strong>of</strong> Saccharomyces cerevisiae <strong>and</strong><br />
functions in microtubule organization <strong>and</strong> spindle pole body duplication. EMBO J.,<br />
16:1550-1564.<br />
Geissler S., G. <strong>Pereira</strong>, A. Spang, M. Knop, S. Souès, J. Kilmartin, <strong>and</strong> E. Schiebel (1996).<br />
The spindle pole body component Spc98p interacts with the γ-tubulin-like Tub4p <strong>of</strong><br />
Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the sites <strong>of</strong> microtubule attachment. EMBO J., 15:3899-<br />
3911.
EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL CANDIDATES<br />
Member <strong>of</strong> numerous Thesis Advisory <strong>and</strong> Thesis Defense Committees<br />
SUPERVISED DISSERTATIONS (last 5 years):<br />
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