Name : Fatima Verissimo

Room : 420

Phone : (0)6221 387 8232

E-mail : verissim@embl.de

Webpage : n/a

Research Interests : Biogenesis and Regulation of ER-Exit Sites.

Techniques : Biochemistry, molecular and cell biology techniques, siRNA technology, microinjection, confocal and fluorescence microscopy, FRAP and 4D imaging.

Current Project(s) :

The main goal of the project is to contribute to the understanding of how endoplasmic reticulum exit sites (ERES) are generated, maintained and regulated at the molecular level and how are these processes interconnected. We are interested to understand how secretory cargo affects COPII function or if it might interfere with COPII membrane association. We also want to identify proteins that participate in ERES morphogenesis and function and further characterise these proteins.