Ewald Hettema
Reader in Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
Biography
2014 - present: Reader in Molecular Cell Biology, Dept. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield 2008 - 2014: Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Basic Biomedical Science at University of Sheffield 2004 - 2008: Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow at University of Sheffield 2000 - 2004: Post doc MRC LMB, Cambridge 1998 - 2000: Post doc University of Amsterdam 1998: PhD University of Amsterdam
Research Interest
Eukaryotic cell biology, yeast genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, peroxisomes, autophagy, peroxisome biogenesis disorders
Publications
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Motley AM, Galvin PC, Ekal L, Nuttall JM, Hettema EH. Reevaluation of the role of Pex1 and dynamin-related proteins in peroxisome membrane biogenesis. J Cell Biol. 2015 Dec 7;211(5):1041-56.
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Hettema EH, Gould SJ. Cell biology: Organelle formation from scratch. Nature. 2017 Feb 9;542(7640):174-5.
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Al Saryi NA, Hutchinson JD, Al-hejjaj MY, Sedelnikova S, Baker P, Hettema EH. Pnc1 piggy-back import into peroxisomes relies on Gpd1 homodimerisation. Scientific Reports. 2017;7.
