Anna Akhmanova

Anna Akhmanova

Anna Sergeevna Akhmanova (born 11 May 1967) is a Russian-born professor of Cell Biology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands.[1][2] She is best known for her research regarding microtubules and their plus-end stabilizing proteins, or TIPs.

Career

Akhmanova was born on 11 May 1967 in Moscow.[3] She grew up in a family of scientists.[4] She studied biochemistry and molecular biology at Moscow State University. Her thesis was completed in Alexander Mankin’s laboratory where she researched halophilic archaebacteria.[4]

She continued her studies in the Netherlands, obtaining a PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in 1997.[5] She then started working as postdoc at Nijmegen and the Erasmus MC. In 2011 she became professor of Cell Biology at Utrecht University.[5] Her research, amongst other subjects, focuses on the cytoskeleton.[1] She is best known for her research regarding microtubules and their plus-end stabilizing proteins, or TIPs.[5]

Awards and honors

Akhmanova received the ALW Vernieuwingsimpuls VIDI (2001) and VICI awards (2007).[5] In 2013, Akhmanova together with Marileen Dogterom received a European Research Council Synergy grant of 7.1 million euro.[6] The grant was given for research on cell division and cell movement.[2]

Akhmanova was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2015.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Academy selects sixteen new members". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Anna Akhmanova" (in Dutch). Kennisbits.nl. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prof.dr.ir. B.M. Weckhuysen (1968 - )". Catalogus Professorum Academiæ Rheno-Traiectinæ, Utrecht University. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 Sedwick, Caitlin (17 October 2011). "Anna Akhmanova: Great tips on microtubules". Journal of Cell Biology 195 (2): 168–9. doi:10.1083/jcb.1952pi. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Anna Akhmanova: Cellular Dynamics" (in Dutch). Department of Biology - Utrecht University. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "ERC Synergy grant for Marileen Dogterom and Anna Akhmanova". AMOLF. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "Anna Akhmanova". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2 August 2015.

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