Biography Lena Pernas
Affiliated Research Group Pernas
Scientific Career |
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2023 - present |
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
University of California, Los Angeles |
2019 - 2023 |
Max Planck Research Group Leader
Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany |
2014 - 2018 |
Life Science Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
with Dr. Luca Scorrano, Department of Biology, University of Padua, Italy |
2008 - 2013 |
NSF/GRFP Graduate Fellow
with Dr. John Boothroyd, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, USA |
2006 - 2008 |
MARC Undergraduate Fellow
with Dr. Kent Hill, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, UCLA, USA |
Education |
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2008 - 2013 |
Stanford University School of Medicine, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
2004 - 2008 |
University of California Los Angeles, B.S.
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, magna cum laude with Honor’s Thesis |
Selected Awards |
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2017 | Science News: Top 10 Scientists to Watch |
2015 - 2018 | Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship |
2014 - 2015 | EMBO LT Fellowship |
2014 | DTI-IMPORT Fellowship |
2008 - 2013 | Gabilan Fellow, Stanford Graduate Fellowship |
2008 - 2013 | National Science Foundation Fellowship |
2006 - 2008 | Maximizing Access to Research Careers Fellowship (NIH) |
Third-party
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2020 - 2025 |
European Research Council (ERC)
ERC Starting Grant (ERC-StG-2019 MITOvTOXO) |
2020 - 2024 |
German Research Foundation (DFG)
Research Training Grant RTG2550 "Dynamic Regulation of Cellular Protein Localization" Member |
2019 - 2022 |
Chinese Research Council (CRC)
Graduate Fellowship |
2016 - 2020 |
German Research Council
Collaborative Research Center 1218: Mitochondrial Regulation of Cellular Function |
2015 - 2018 |
Life Science Research Foundation (LSRF)
Simons Postdoctoral Fellow |
2014 |
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship |