Introducing the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellows

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The European Commission awarded a total of six MSC Postdoctoral Fellowships to the UG/UMCG. In the meantime, one of the awarded fellows signed a contract, leaving five fellows to develop their research projects with their UG/UMCG supervisors. This article presents more information about the fellowships awarded and the accompanying research projects.

For further information, please contact Gema Ocana .

Introducing the 2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellows

01 May 2024

 

The European Commission awarded a total of six MSC Postdoctoral Fellowships to the UG/UMCG. In the meantime, one of the awarded fellows signed a contract, leaving five fellows to develop their research projects with their UG/UMCG supervisors. This article presents more information about the fellowships awarded and the accompanying research projects.

For further information, please contact Gema Ocana .

Dr. Maria Camilla Ciardulli

Dr. Daniel Fallu

Dr. Ana Hortelão

 

Dr. Ivan Maslov

Project: The dynamic structure of protein domains within the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli – MemProDx

Supervisor: Professor Bert Poolman

I am Ivan, a biophysicist with expertise in advanced light microscopy and experience in imaging biological systems across various scales, from individual molecules to cells and whole organs. During my PhD in Belgium, I investigated the human receptors involved in depression and sleep regulation using single-molecule fluorescence microscopy.

I recently joined the lab of Bert Poolman, part of the Membrane Enzymology group at the Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), as a postdoc. In my project funded by the MSCA, I will examine how proteins self-organize into functional microdomains within bacterial cell membranes. I aim to understand how the functions of membrane proteins are regulated within these microdomains. Using single-molecule and super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, I will investigate the forces driving the assembly of membrane microdomains and how they modulate protein composition as cells adapt to various conditions, such as starvation or antibiotic treatment.

I strongly believe that breakthroughs stem from collaboration, and I am happy to help you with the establishment of imaging or spectroscopy-based pipelines for your research or with the design of mathematical models to provide insights into your data. In my MSCA-funded project, I welcome input from biologists, chemists, physicists, and beyond to advance our understanding of the fundamental building blocks of life. Let's not overlook the joy of engaging in discussions over a cup of coffee – science is much more fun when it is done together!

Dr. Sabina Rosenberg