Prof.Dr. Carmen Faso

Mechanisms of unconventional protein secretion

In our group, we study mechanisms of unconventional protein secretion and develop translational approaches in the context of parasite-host interactions. Our model organisms are two intestinal parasitic protists called Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica.

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Team

Group Faso

Name / Titel: Prof. Dr. Carmen Faso
Funktion: MCID Interfaculty Lecturer / Group Leader
Mail: carmen.faso@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 40 72

Staff Scientists

Name / Titel: Dr. Lenka Cernik
Funktion: Guest Researcher
Mail: lenka.cernik@unibe.ch

Technicians

Name / Titel: Dr. Corina Wirdnam
Funktion: Technician
Mail: corina.wirdnam@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 46 77

PhD students

Name / Titel: Dawid Warmus
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: dawid.warmus@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 61 89

Name / Titel: Jonas Luginbühl
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: jonas.luginbuehl@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 61 78

Name / Titel: Mathi Funk
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: mathi.funk@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 46 45

Name / Titel: Anastasia Stavridi
Funktion: PhD student
Mail: anastasia.stavridi@unibe.ch

Phone: +41 31 684 61 88

Master students

Name / Titel: Alina Bähler
Funktion: Master student
Mail: alina.baehler@students.unibe.ch

Publications

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Former lab members

Dr. Shweta V. Pipaliya

Dr. Zahra Rezaei

Tim Schärer

Methods

Research

UPS in parasitic protists

Unconventional protein secretion (UPS), proteins crossing the plasma membrane outside the canonical secretion pathway, is a topic that has been of growing interest of cell biologists in various study systems. UPS was shown to be at the core of health and disease related processes and a better understanding of the involved molecular mechanisms holds great promises for translational applications. We are studying UPS in the protist parasite Giardia lamblia, with a streamlined endomembrane system, to advance the understanding of UPS mechanisms in eukaryotes.

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Funding sources: SNSF

Institute of Cell Biology