Anna Zagorska, who until recently was a PhD student in Dario Alessi's lab, has been awarded the 2010 Tim Hunt prize for Cell Biology for her work on the LKB1 NUAK pathway in controlling myosin phosphatase complexes and cell adhesion. The Tim Hunt prize for Cell Biology is awarded for a significant advance in basic research in any area of cell biology carried out in the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. The award is accompanied by a £500 cash prize.
To read a copy of Anna's paper describing the work for which she was awarded the prize for please click here. For a previous news item describing the mechanisms by which LKB1 NUAK pathway regulates myosin phosphatase complexes please click here
Anna is currently undertaking postdoctoral research in the lab of Greg Lemke at the Salk Institute in San Diego, working on the resolution of the immune system. Anna is the first member of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit to be awarded this prize.
To read a copy of Anna's paper describing the work for which she was awarded the prize for please click here. For a previous news item describing the mechanisms by which LKB1 NUAK pathway regulates myosin phosphatase complexes please click here
Anna is currently undertaking postdoctoral research in the lab of Greg Lemke at the Salk Institute in San Diego, working on the resolution of the immune system. Anna is the first member of the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit to be awarded this prize.