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Dr Christin Albus

Research Associate in Mitochondrial Biol

Background

2019 - present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Â鶹´«Ã½, UK

2018 - 2019 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University, UK

2013 - 2016 HFSP Long-Term Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

2012 - 2013 Dean of Faculty Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

2010 - 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, Max-Planck Institute for Molucular Plant Physiology, Germany


2010 PhD, Max-Planck Institute for Molucular Plant Physiology and Potsdam University, Germany

2006 Diploma, University of Münster, Germany


Publications

  • Zahavi EE, Koppel I, Kawaguchi R, Oses-Prieto JA, Briner A, Monavarfeshani A, Dalla Costa I, van Niekerk E, Lee J, Matoo S, Hegarty S, Donahue RJ, Sahoo PK, Ben-Dor S, Feldmesser E, Ryvkin J, Leshkowitz D, Perry RB, Cheng Y, Farber E, Abraham O, Samra N, Okladnikov N, Alber S, Albus CA, Rishal I, Ulitsky I, Tuszynski MH, Twiss JL, He Z, Burlingame AL, Fainzilber M. Cell. 2025 May 12:S0092-8674(25)00498-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.04.030. Online ahead of print. PMID: 40381624
  • Koutsogiannis Z, Mina JG, Albus CA, Kol MA, Holthuis JCM, Pohl E, Denny PW. FASEB J. 2023 Nov;37(11):e23229. doi: 10.1096/fj.202201603RRR. PMID: 37795915
  • Albus CA, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM, Lightowlers RN. Four-Color STED Super-Resolution RNA Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization and Immunocytochemistry to Visualize Mitochondrial mRNAs in Context with Mitochondrial Ribosomes. Methods Mol Biol. 2023;2661:303-316.
  • Song DA, Alber S, Doron-Mandel E, Schmid V, Albus CA, Leitner O, Hamawi H, Oses-Prieto JA, Dezorella N, Burlingame AL, Fainzilber M, Rishal I. A New Monoclonal Antibody Enables BAR Analysis of Subcellular Importin β1 Interactomes. Mol Cell Proteomics. 2022 Nov;21(11):100418.
  • Albus CA, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Hewison C, McFarlane F, Savu EA, Lightowlers RN, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM, Zorkau M. Mitochondrial Translation Occurs Preferentially in the Peri-Nuclear Mitochondrial Network of Cultured Human Cells. Biology (Basel). 2021 Oct 15;10(10):1050.
  • Zorkau M, Albus CA, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZMA, Lightowlers RN. High-resolution imaging reveals compartmentalization of mitochondrial protein synthesis in cultured human cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 9;118(6):e2008778118.
  • Albus CA, Rishal I, Fainzilber M. Cell length sensing for neuronal growth control. Trends Cell Biol. 2013 Jul;23(7):305-10
  • Albus CA, Salinas A, Czarnecki O, Kahlau S, Rothbart M, Thiele W, Lein W, Bock R, Grimm B, Schöttler MA. LCAA, a novel factor required for magnesium protoporphyrin monomethylester cyclase accumulation and feedback control of aminolevulinic acid biosynthesis in tobacco. Plant Physiol. 2012 Dec;160(4):1923-39.
  • Krech K, Ruf S, Masduki FF, Thiele W, Bednarczyk D, Albus CA, Tiller N, Hasse C, Schöttler MA, Bock R. The plastid genome-encoded Ycf4 protein functions as a nonessential assembly factor for photosystem I in higher plants. Plant Physiol. 2012 Jun;159(2):579-91
  • Schöttler MA, Albus CA, Bock R. J Plant Physiol. Photosystem I: its biogenesis and function in higher plants. J Plant Physiol. 2011 Aug 15;168(12):1452-61
  • Albus CA, Ruf S, Schöttler MA, Lein W, Kehr J, Bock R. Y3IP1, a nucleus-encoded thylakoid protein, cooperates with the plastid-encoded Ycf3 protein in photosystem I assembly of tobacco and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2010 Aug;22(8):2838-55


Teaching

MMB8034 - Mitochondrial Biology and Medicine

Publications

  • Articles

    • Zahavi EE, Koppel I, Kawaguchi R, Oses-Prieto JA, Briner A, Monavarfeshani A, Dalla Costa I, van Niekerk E, Lee J, Matoo S, Hegarty S, Donahue RJ, Sahoo PK, Ben-Dor S, Feldmesser E, Ryvkin J, Leshkowitz D, Perry RB-T, Cheng Y, Farber E, Abraham O, Samra N, Okladnikov N, Alber S, Albus CA, Rishal I, Ulitsky I, Tuszynski MH, Twiss JL, He Z, Burlingame AL, Fainzilber M. . Cell 2025, 188(16), p4350-4365.e22.
    • Koutsogiannis, Z, Mina, JG, Albus, CA, Kol, MA, Holthuis, JCM, Pohl, E, Denny, PW. . FASEB 2023, 37.
    • Song DA, Alber S, Doron-Mandel E, Schmid V, Albus CA, Leitner O, Hamawi H, Oses-Prieto JA, Dezorella N, Burlingame AL, Fainzilber M, Rishal I. . Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 2022, 21(11), 100418.
    • Albus C, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Hewison C, Fiona McFarlane F, Savu E-A, Lightowlers RN, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM, Zorkau M. . Biology 2021, 10(10), 1050.
    • Zorkau M, Albus CA, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZMA, RN Lightowlers. . PNAS 2021, 118(6), e2008778118.
    • Albus CA, Rishal I, Fainzilber M. Cell length sensing for neuronal growth control. Trends Cell Biol 2013, 23(7), 305-310.
    • Krech K, Ruf S, Masduki FF, Thiele W, Bednarczyk D, Albus CA, Tiller N, Hasse C, Schöttler MA, Bock R. The plastid genome-encoded Ycf4 protein functions as a nonessential assembly factor for photosystem I in higher plants. Plant Physiol 2012, 159(02), 579–591.
    • Albus CA, Salinas A, Czarnecki O, Kahlau S, Rothbart M, Thiele W, Lein W, Bock R, Grimm B, Schöttler MA. LCAA, a Novel Factor Required for Magnesium Protoporphyrin IX Monomethyl Ester Cyclase Activity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 2012, 160(4), 1923–1939.
    • Schöttler MA, Albus CA, Bock R. Photosystem I: its biogenesis and function in higher plants. Journal of Plant Physiology 2011, 168(12), 1452–1461.
    • Albus CA, Ruf S, Schöttler MA, Lein W, Kehr J, Bock R. Y3IP1, a nucleus-encoded thylakoid protein, cooperates with the plastid-encoded Ycf3 protein in photosystem I assembly of tobacco and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 2010, 22(8), 2838–2855.

  • Book Chapter

    • Albus CA, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZM, Lightowlers RN. . In: Antoni Barrientos, Flavia Fontanesi, ed. The Mitoribosome. Methods and Protocols. Humana New York, NY: Springer, 2023, pp.303-316.