Dr. Gislene Pereira Molecular Biology of Centrosomes and ... - HBIGS

Dr. Gislene Pereira
Molecular Biology of Centrosomes and Cilia
German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ)
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)6221-42 3447
Fax: +49-(0)6221-42 3404
E-mail: gpereira@dkfz.de
23/05/1968, Sao Paulo, Brazil
CURRICULUM VITAE
2005 - present Junior group leader, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ),
Heidelberg, Germany
2003 - 2005 Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester,
Manchester, UK
2002 - 2003 Research Scientist, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester,
UK
1998 - 2001 Research Scientist, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, UK
1995 - 1998 Ph.D., Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich – Germany
1991 - 1993 M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
1986 – 1990 B.Sc. Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo
(USP), Brazil.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Cell cycle control, mitotic checkpoints, cytokinesis, ciliogenesis
CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS
Helmholtz funded project NG-111; EU funded Marie Curie Excellence Project “Cytokinesis
Control”

PUBLICATIONS (10 most important publications):
Pereira G. and Schiebel (2005). Kin4 kinase delays mitotic exit in response to spindle
alignment defects. Mol Cell., 19:209-221.
Pereira G. and E. Schiebel (2003). Separase regulates INCENP-Aurora B anaphase spindle
function through Cdc14. Science, 302:2120-2124.
Pereira G., C. Manson, J., Grindlay and E. Schiebel (2002). Regulation of the Bfa1p-Bub2p
complex at spindle pole bodies by the cell cycle phosphatase Cdc14p. J. Cell Biol.,
157:367-379.
Tanaka T.U., N. Rachidi, C. Janke, G. Pereira, M. Galova, E. Schiebel, M. J. R. Stark and K.
Nasmyth (2002). The Ipl1/Sli15 (Aurora B/INCENP) kinase complex promotes reorientation
of kinetochore-spindle pole connection and ensures its bi-orientation of sister
chromatids in yeast. Cell, 108:317-329.
Pereira G., T. Tanaka, K. Nasmyth and E. Schiebel (2001). Defined modes of spindle pole
bodies inheritance and segregation of the checkpoint protein Bfa1p in yeast. EMBO J.,
20:6359-6370.
Pereira G., T. Höfken, J. Grindlay, C. Manson and E. Schiebel (2000). The Bub2p spindle
checkpoint links nuclear migration with mitotic exit. Mol. Cell, 6:1-10.
Pereira G., U. Grueneberg, M. Knop and E. Schiebel. (1999) Interaction of the yeast γ-tubulin
complex binding protein Spc72p with Kar1p is essential for microtubule function during
karyogamy. EMBO J., 18:4180-4196.
Pereira G., M. Knop, and E. Schiebel (1998). Spc98p directs the yeast γ -tubulin complex into
the nucleus and is subject to cell-cycle dependent phosphorylation on the nuclear side of
the spindle pole body. Mol. Biol. Cell, 9:775-793.
Knop M., G. Pereira, S. Geissler, K. Grein, and E. Schiebel (1997). The spindle pole body
component Spc97p interacts with the γ -tubulin of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and
functions in microtubule organization and spindle pole body duplication. EMBO J.,
16:1550-1564.
Geissler S., G. Pereira, A. Spang, M. Knop, S. Souès, J. Kilmartin, and E. Schiebel (1996).
The spindle pole body component Spc98p interacts with the γ-tubulin-like Tub4p of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the sites of microtubule attachment. EMBO J., 15:3899-
3911.

EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
Member of numerous Thesis Advisory and Thesis Defense Committees
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