Biography
Fani completed her undergraduate studies in Crop Science and Plant Genetics from the Agricultural University of Athens in 2015. After graduating with a MSc from AUA, she completed an MRes in in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at King’s College London. During that time, she participated in the development of a hypoxia sensitive sensor to track cancer cell metastasis in vivo. She started her PhD in October 2017 under the supervision of Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes to study how cells react to mechanical forces using a variety of single cell and single molecule techniques, such as single cell / single molecule AFM and magnetic tweezers.
Thesis title
Understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating the mechanosensitive focal adhesion protein zyxin
Research interests
- Translocation of mechanosensitive proteins
- How mechanical stimuli affect cellular processes
- Rules governing protein nuclear translocation
- Non-invasive ways to manipulate protein translocation in cellular environment
- Protein unfolding in cellular environment
PhD supervisor
Principal supervisor: Professor Sergi Garcia-Manyes