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Sascha Martens

Sascha Martens

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
48
Citations
32400
World Ranking
2650
National Ranking
15

Overview

Sascha Martens is affiliated with the University of Vienna in Austria and is active in research primarily within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans various subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Physiology, and Neurology.

The scientist's research topics focus on areas such as Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism, Cellular transport and secretion, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, Polyamine Metabolism and Applications, and Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling.

Recent publications by Sascha Martens include:

  • Reconstitution of autophagosome nucleation defines Atg9 vesicles as seeds for membrane formation (2020) published in Science
  • A cross-kingdom conserved ER-phagy receptor maintains endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during stress (2020) published in eLife
  • Reconstitution defines the roles of p62, NBR1 and TAX1BP1 in ubiquitin condensate formation and autophagy initiation (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • Activation and targeting of ATG8 protein lipidation (2020) published in Cell Discovery
  • Orchestration of selective autophagy by cargo receptors (2022) published in Current Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sascha Martens include Martina Schuschnig, Elias Adriaenssens, Justyna Sawa-Makarska, Luca Ferrari, and Dorotea Fracchiolla.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), The EMBO Journal, The Journal of Cell Biology, and Science Advances.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular definitions of autophagy and related processes

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Lorenzo Galluzzi;Eric H. Baehrecke;Andrea Ballabio;Patricia Boya

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Mechanisms of membrane fusion: disparate players and common principles

    Sascha Martens;Harvey T. McMahon

  • Phosphorylation of OPTN by TBK1 enhances its binding to Ub chains and promotes selective autophagy of damaged mitochondria

    Benjamin Richter;Danielle A. Sliter;Lina Herhaus;Alexandra Stolz

  • Mechanisms of Selective Autophagy

    Gabriele Zaffagnini;Sascha Martens

  • Mechanism and functions of membrane binding by the Atg5-Atg12/Atg16 complex during autophagosome formation.

    Julia Romanov;Marta Walczak;Iosune Ibiricu;Stefan Schüchner

  • Disruption of Toxoplasma gondii parasitophorous vacuoles by the mouse p47-resistance GTPases.

    Sascha Martens;Iana Parvanova;Jens Zerrahn;Gareth Griffiths

  • Architectural and mechanistic insights into an EHD ATPase involved in membrane remodelling

    Oliver Daumke;Oliver Daumke;Richard Lundmark;Richard Lundmark;Yvonne Vallis;Sascha Martens

  • p62 filaments capture and present ubiquitinated cargos for autophagy

    Gabriele Zaffagnini;Adriana Savova;Alberto Danieli;Julia Romanov

  • Dissecting the role of the Atg12–Atg5-Atg16 complex during autophagosome formation

    Marta Walczak;Sascha Martens

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • FIP200 Claw Domain Binding to p62 Promotes Autophagosome Formation at Ubiquitin Condensates

    Eleonora Turco;Marie Witt;Marie Witt;Christine Abert;Tobias Bock-Bierbaum

  • Membrane Curvature in Synaptic Vesicle Fusion and Beyond

    Harvey T. McMahon;Michael M. Kozlov;Sascha Martens;Sascha Martens

  • Oligomerization of p62 allows for selection of ubiquitinated cargo and isolation membrane during selective autophagy

    Bettina Wurzer;Gabriele Zaffagnini;Dorotea Fracchiolla;Eleonora Turco

  • Forming giant vesicles with controlled membrane composition, asymmetry, and contents

    David L. Richmond;Eva M. Schmid;Sascha Martens;Sascha Martens;Jeanne C. Stachowiak

  • The interferon-inducible GTPases.

    Sascha Martens;Jonathan Howard

  • Reconstitution of autophagosome nucleation defines Atg9 vesicles as seeds for membrane formation

    Justyna Sawa-Makarska;Verena Baumann;Nicolas Coudevylle;Sören von Bülow

  • A cross-kingdom conserved ER-phagy receptor maintains endoplasmic reticulum homeostasis during stress

    Madlen Stephani;Lorenzo Picchianti;Lorenzo Picchianti;Alexander Gajic;Rebecca Beveridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan C. Howard
Jonathan C. Howard Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
James H. Hurley
James H. Hurley University of California, Berkeley
Fulvio Reggiori
Fulvio Reggiori University of Groningen
Ivan Dikic
Ivan Dikic Goethe University Frankfurt
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Liwen Jiang
Liwen Jiang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Nektarios Tavernarakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Harvey T. McMahon
Harvey T. McMahon MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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