Laura Rodriguez de la Ballina
Researcher
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Autophagy
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Room
3163
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Visiting address
Sognsvannsveien 9 Domus Medica 0372 OSLO
Postal address
Postboks 1112 Blindern
0317 Oslo
Academic interests
Summary:
As part of the Autophagy group my work aims at unveiling the molecular mechanisms of autophagy. My specific research interest revolves around lipid-binding proteins and their role in human disease. The final goal of the project is to identify novel targets for the generation of future therapeutics of autophagy related diseases.
Main interests:
- Autophagy
- Protein homeostasis
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Mechanotransduction
Education
- 2004-2011: PhD degree in Biochemistry at the Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
- 2004-2006: DEA in Biomedicine at the Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).
- 2002-2004: DEA in Biomedical Science at the Université de Liège (Liege, Belgium).
- 1998-2002: Degree in Biochemistry at the Universidad de Oviedo (Oviedo, Spain).
Awards
- 2020: CanCell Junior Grant (02/20)
- 2019: CanCell Junior Grant (02/19)
- 2019: Christian Boulin Fellowship
- 2019: Internationalization support from UiO:Life Science
- 2016-2019: Scientia Fellows Fellowship, University of Oslo - Marie Curie Actions.
- 2005-2009: FPU (Formación profesorado universtario) fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
- 2008: Fellowship for short-term stay at a Foreign Institution, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
- 2004: BRD (Beca de formació en recerca i docència) grant, Universitat de Barcelona.
- 2003: Fondation Bonjean-Oleffe Award, Belgium.
- 2002-2004: Grant FNRS-Télévie, Belgium.
Positions held
- 2019-present: Researcher at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (Oslo, Norway) at the Autophagy group, Pr. Anne Simonsen.
- 2016-2019: Scientia Fellows postdoc at Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (Oslo, Norway) at the Autophagy group, Pr. Anne Simonsen.
- 2014-2016: Researcher at Institute of Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) at Laboratory of Amino acid transporters and disease Pr. M. Palacín.
- 2011-2014: Postdoctoral fellow at Institute of Research on Cancer and Ageing, Nice (IRCAN) (Nice, France). Laboratory of Dr. Chloé Féral.
- 2004-2011: PhD student at Institute of Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) Laboratory of Molecular pathology and therapy in heterogenic and multigenic diseases Pr. M. Palacín.
- 2008: Visiting student University of California San Diego UCSD (La Jolla, CA, USA) Short stay at Pr. Mark Ginsberg’s Lab.
- 2002-2004: Researcher at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège (Liege, Belgium) LBTD (Laboratory of Tumor and Development Biology) Pr. J-M. Foidart and Pr. A. Noël.
- 2002: Visiting student at Turun Yliopisto (Turku, Finland) Laboratory of ABE (Antibiotic Biosynthetic Enzymes) Pr. P. Mäntsälä and Dr. J. Niemi.
Publications
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Søreng, Kristiane; Pankiv, Serhiy; Bergsmark, Camilla; Haugsten, Ellen Margrethe; Dahl, Anette Kathinka & de la Ballina, Laura R [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2022). ALFY localizes to early endosomes and cellular protrusions to facilitate directional cell migration . Journal of Cell Science. ISSN 0021-9533. doi: 10.1242/jcs.259138.
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Munson, Michael Joseph; Mathai, Benan John; Ng, Matthew; Trachsel-Moncho, Laura; de la Ballina, Laura R & Simonsen, Anne Gjøen (2022). GAK and PRKCD kinases regulate basal mitophagy. Autophagy. ISSN 1554-8627. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2021.2015154.
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Maestro, Inés; de la Ballina, Laura R; Simonsen, Anne Gjøen; Boya, Patricia & Martinez, Ana (2021). Phenotypic Assay Leads to Discovery of Mitophagy Inducers with Therapeutic Potential for Parkinson's Disease. ACS Chemical Neuroscience. ISSN 1948-7193. 12(24), p. 4512–4523. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00529. Full text in Research Archive
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Munson, Michael Joseph; Mathai, Benan J.; Ng, Matthew; Trachsel Moncho, Laura Cristina; de la Ballina, Laura R & Schultz, Sebastian W. [Show all 13 contributors for this article] (2021). GAK and PRKCD are positive regulators of PRKN-independent mitophagy. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 12(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26331-7. Full text in Research Archive
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Cano-Crespo, Sara; Chillarón, Josep; Junza, Alexandra; Fernández-Miranda, Gonzalo; Garcia, Judith & Polte, Christine [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2019). CD98hc (SLC3A2) sustains amino acid and nucleotide availability for cell cycle progression. Scientific Reports. ISSN 2045-2322. 9(1). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50547-9. Full text in Research Archive
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Holdgaard, Søs Grønbæk; Cianfanelli, Valentina; Pupo, Emanuela; Lambrughi, Matteo; Lubas, Michal & Nielsen, Julie C. [Show all 28 contributors for this article] (2019). Selective autophagy maintains centrosome integrity and accurate mitosis by turnover of centriolar satellites. Nature Communications. ISSN 2041-1723. 10:4176, p. 1–19. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12094-9. Full text in Research Archive
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Rodriguez de la Ballina, Laura; Munson, Michael Joseph & Simonsen, Anne (2019). Lipids and Lipid-Binding Proteins in Selective Autophagy. Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB). ISSN 0022-2836. p. 1–25. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.05.051. Full text in Research Archive
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Lystad, Alf Håkon; Carlsson, Sven R; Rodriguez de la Ballina, Laura; Kauffman, Karlina J; Nag, Shanta & Yoshimori, Tamotsu [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2019). Distinct functions of ATG16L1 isoforms in membrane binding and LC3B lipidation in autophagy-related processes. Nature Cell Biology. ISSN 1465-7392. 21(3), p. 372–383. doi: 10.1038/s41556-019-0274-9. Full text in Research Archive
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