Alumni Postdoctoral Fellow
silvia@walterlab.ucsf.edu
Scientific Interest
Organelle biogenesis and gene expression, Protein homeostasis, Retrograde signaling.
Current Research Interests
Chloroplast unfolded protein response
Former Lab Affiliations
2005 |
Dr. Joseph Vilardell, Center for Genomic Regulation |
2006 |
Dr. Jim Umen, The Salk Institute |
2006-2013 |
Dr. Jean David Rochaix, University of Geneva |
Education
2000-2005 |
BA/MS Pharmaceutical Biotechnology – University of Bologna, Italy |
2006-2012 |
Ph.D. – University of Geneva, Switzerland |
Selected Publications
Vilarrasa-Blasi J, Fauser F, Onishi M, Ramundo S, Patena W, Millican M, Osaki J, Philp C, Nemeth M, Salomé PA, Li X, Wakao S, Kim RG, Kaye Y, Grossman AR, Niyogi KK, Merchant S, Cutler S, Walter P, Dinneny JR, Jonikas MC, Jinkerson RE. Systematic characterization of gene function in a photosynthetic organism. bioRxiv - preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.11.420950, 2020
(PMID: not available) (PDF)
Ramundo S, Asakura Y, Salomé PA, Strenkert D, Boone M, Mackinder LCM, Takafuji K, Dinc E, Rahire M, Crèvecoeur M, Magneschi L, Schaad O, Hippler M, Jonikas MC, Merchant S, Nakai M, Rochaix J-D, Walter P. Co-expressed subunits of dual genetic origin define a conserved supercomplex mediating essential protein import into chloroplasts. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 202014294, 2020
(PMID: 33273113) (PDF)
Perlaza K, Toutkoushian H, Boone M, Lam M, Iwai M, Jonikas MC, Walter P, Ramundo S. The Mars1 kinase confers photoprotection through signaling in the chloroplast unfolded protein response. eLife 8:e49577, 2019
(PMID: 31612858) (PDF)