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Biology and Biochemistry
Netherlands
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
30529
World Ranking
2113
National Ranking
44

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2018 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
  • 2015 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Anna Akhmanova is a researcher affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis on Cell Biology and Molecular Biology. They have contributed to multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Biophysics, and Genetics.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Anna Akhmanova has published extensively, with a substantial number of papers appearing in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, eLife, Current Biology, and The Journal of Cell Biology.

Notable recent papers include:

  • Mechanisms of microtubule organization in differentiated animal cells, 2022, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
  • Uptake, Transport, and Toxicity of Pristine and Weathered Micro- and Nanoplastics in Human Placenta Cells, 2022, Environmental Health Perspectives
  • Concerted action of kinesins KIF5B and KIF13B promotes efficient secretory vesicle transport to microtubule plus ends, 2020, eLife
  • Photoswitchable paclitaxel-based microtubule stabilisers allow optical control over the microtubule cytoskeleton, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Publishing in the time of COVID-19, 2020, eLife

Frequent collaborators in the research include:

  • Joyce C. M. Meiring
  • Lukas C. Kapitein
  • Oliver Thorn-Seshold
  • Constanze Heise
  • Ilya Grigoriev

In recognition of their contributions to science, Anna Akhmanova has received several awards, including the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 2018 and election to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015. They are also a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Tracking the ends: a dynamic protein network controls the fate of microtubule tips

    Anna Akhmanova;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • Control of microtubule organization and dynamics: two ends in the limelight

    Anna Akhmanova;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • Visualization of Microtubule Growth in Cultured Neurons via the Use of EB3-GFP (End-Binding Protein 3-Green Fluorescent Protein)

    Tatiana Stepanova;Jenny Slemmer;Casper C. Hoogenraad;Gideon Lansbergen

  • Dynamic Microtubules Regulate Dendritic Spine Morphology and Synaptic Plasticity

    Jacek Jaworski;Lukas C. Kapitein;Susana Montenegro Gouveia;Bjorn R. Dortland

  • An EB1-Binding Motif Acts as a Microtubule Tip Localization Signal

    Srinivas Honnappa;Susana Montenegro Gouveia;Anke Weisbrich;Fred F. Damberger

  • Clasps are CLIP-115 and -170 associating proteins involved in the regional regulation of microtubule dynamics in motile fibroblasts.

    Anna Akhmanova;Casper C. Hoogenraad;Ksenija Drabek;Tatiana Stepanova

  • Asymmetric CLASP-Dependent Nucleation of Noncentrosomal Microtubules at the trans-Golgi Network

    Andrey Efimov;Alexey Kharitonov;Nadia Efimova;Jadranka Loncarek

  • TRAK/Milton motor-adaptor proteins steer mitochondrial trafficking to axons and dendrites.

    Myrrhe van Spronsen;Myrrhe van Spronsen;Marina Mikhaylova;Marina Mikhaylova;Joanna Lipka;Joanna Lipka;Max A. Schlager

  • Vinculin associates with endothelial VE-cadherin junctions to control force-dependent remodeling

    Stephan Huveneers;Joppe Oldenburg;Emma Spanjaard;Gerard van der Krogt

  • CLASP1 and CLASP2 bind to EB1 and regulate microtubule plus-end dynamics at the cell cortex

    Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue;Ilya Grigoriev;Gideon Lansbergen;Hiroyuki Sasaki

  • Bicaudal-D regulates COPI-independent Golgi-ER transport by recruiting the dynein-dynactin motor complex.

    Theodoros Matanis;Anna Akhmanova;Phebe Wulf;Elaine Del Nery

  • STIM1 Is a MT-Plus-End-Tracking Protein Involved in Remodeling of the ER

    Ilya Grigoriev;Susana Montenegro Gouveia;Babet van der Vaart;Jeroen Demmers

  • Mammalian end binding proteins control persistent microtubule growth

    Yulia A. Komarova;Christian O. De Groot;Ilya Grigoriev;Susana Montenegro Gouveia

  • Microtubule plus-end-tracking proteins: Mechanisms and functions

    Anna Akhmanova;Casper C Hoogenraad

  • Rab6 Regulates Transport and Targeting of Exocytotic Carriers

    Ilya Grigoriev;Daniël Splinter;Nanda Keijzer;Phebe S. Wulf

  • Mammalian Golgi‐associated Bicaudal‐D2 functions in the dynein–dynactin pathway by interacting with these complexes

    Casper C. Hoogenraad;Anna Akhmanova;Steven A. Howell;Bjorn R. Dortland

  • Cytoplasmic linker proteins promote microtubule rescue in vivo.

    Yulia A. Komarova;Anna S. Akhmanova;Shin Ichiro Kojima;Niels Galjart

  • Microtubule +TIPs at a glance.

    Anna Akhmanova;Michel O. Steinmetz

  • Microtubule Plus End: A Hub of Cellular Activities

    Gideon Lansbergen;Anna Akhmanova

  • CLASPs Attach Microtubule Plus Ends to the Cell Cortex through a Complex with LL5β

    Gideon Lansbergen;Ilya Grigoriev;Yuko Mimori-Kiyosue;Toshihisa Ohtsuka

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel O. Steinmetz
Michel O. Steinmetz Paul Scherrer Institute
Casper C. Hoogenraad
Casper C. Hoogenraad Utrecht University
Lukas C. Kapitein
Lukas C. Kapitein Utrecht University
Niels Galjart
Niels Galjart Erasmus University Rotterdam
Frank Grosveld
Frank Grosveld Erasmus University Rotterdam
Erik Meijering
Erik Meijering University of New South Wales
Marc Baldus
Marc Baldus Utrecht University
Chris I. De Zeeuw
Chris I. De Zeeuw Erasmus University Rotterdam
Dick Jaarsma
Dick Jaarsma Erasmus University Rotterdam

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