Romanian Academy
Ioana Popa, PhD
Group: Molecular Cell Biology
Department: Molecular Cell BiologyCSIII
Research interests: Molecular mechanisms in tumor progression;
Role of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and its ligands in cancer
Biography
1998 BSc degree in Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology- University of Bucharest,
2000 MSc degree in Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology- University of Bucharest
2000-2001 Research assistant- Institute of Biochemistry
PhD 2007, Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands, “Rab4 and its interacting proteins in endosome function”
2007-present Researcher- Institute of Biochemistry
Grants received:
1. Intracellular trafficking and signaling properties of the receptor for advanced glycation end produscts (RAGE) under pathological conditions, 2007-2009, Reintegration grant RP-11, contract nr 14/1.10.2007
2. Development of a fluorescence-based technology to screen for RAGE-ligand binding inhibitors, 2017-2018, PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-2000
Papers
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. "Cross-talk between Dopachrome Tautomerase and Caveolin-1 Is Melanoma Cell Phenotype-specific and Potentially Involved in Tumor Progression", The Journal of biological chemistry 291(24): 12481-500, (2016)
IF: 4.12 -
. "Expression and subcellular localization of RAGE in melanoma cells", Biochemistry and Cell Biology 2(92): 127-136, (2014)
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. "RAGE over AGEs and DAMPs", Romanian Journal of Biochemistry, 2(49): 195-210, (2012)
Grants
Development of a fluorescence-based technology to screen for RAGE-ligand binding inhibitors
2016-2018
Acronym: FLUORORAGE
Project director: Ioana Popa