We investigate how cells build and operate an efficient secretory protein factory. Key molecules like antibodies, mucins & collagen are made there, as well as most ligands and receptors with which our cells talk to each other. How are complex proteins produced and secreted in large quantities without loss of quality? I’ll describe the molecular mechanisms that allow cells to adapt their proteosynthetic output to environmental and developmental changes.
A talk of broad interest in cell biology, addressed to our research community, and also particularly relevant to students in Medicine, Biochemistry and Biotechnology. We aim to engage the wider UAlg academic community.
About the Speaker
Roberto Sitia
Roberto Sitia MD trained in the US (SKI, NY) and UK (LMB, Cambridge). A leader in protein secretion, he discovered how cells make and maintain efficient antibody factories. EMBO member since 1992, he teaches at the UniSR Medical School in Milan.
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