Morgane Boone

Alumni Postdoctoral Fellow

Scientific Interest

The eukaryotic secretory system, protein folding stress, neurodegeneration, omics technologies

Current Research Interests

Modulation of translation by the Integrated Stress Response in the brain

Former Lab Affiliations

2009 – 2010	Prof. Nico Callewaert – Master student, VIB/Ghent University
2010 – 2017	Prof. Nico Callewaert – Ph.D. student, VIB/Ghent University

Education

2005 – 2008	B. S. in Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Ghent University, Belgium
2008 – 2010	M.S. in Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Ghent University, Belgium
2010 – 2017	Ph.D. in Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Ghent University, Belgium

Selected Publications

Boone M, Wang L, Lawrence R, Frost A, Walter P, Schoof M. A point mutation in the nucleotide exchange factor eIF2B constitutively activates the integrated stress response by allosteric modulation. eLife 11:e76171, 2022 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 35416150)
Schoof M, Wang L, Cogan JZ, Lawrence RE, Boone M, Wuerth JD, Frost A, Walter P. Viral evasion of the integrated stress response through antagonism of eIF2-P binding to eIF2B. Nat Comms (2021) 12:7103, 2021 Publication identifiers: (PMID: not available)
Schoof M, Wang L, Cogan JZ, Lawrence R, Boone M, Wuerth JD, Frost A, Walter P. Viral Evasion of the Integrated Stress Response Through Antagonistic eIF2-P Mimicry. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.06.07.447473, 2021 Publication identifiers: (PMID: not available)
Schoof M, Boone M, Wang L, Lawrence R, Frost A, Walter P. eIF2B conformation and assembly state regulate the integrated stress response. eLife 10:e65703, 2021 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 33688831)
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 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 33273113)
Krukowski K, Nolan A, Frias ES, Boone M, Ureta G, Grue K, Paladini M-S, Elizarraras E, Delgado L, Bernales S, Walter P, Rosi S. Small molecule cognitive enhancer reverses age-related memory decline in mice. eLife 9:e62048, 2020 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 33258451)
Schoof M, Faust B, Saunders RA, Sangwan S, Rezelj V, Hoppe N, Boone M, Billesbølle CB, Puchades C, Azumaya CM, Kratochvil HT, Zimanyi M, Deshpande I, Liang J, Dickinson S, Nguyen HC, Chio CM, Merz GE, Thompson MC, Diwanji D, Schaefer K, Anand AA, Dobzinski N, Zha BS, Simoneau CR, Leon K, White KM, Chio US, Gupta M, Jin M, Li F, Liu Y, Zhang K, Bulkley D, Sun M, Smith AM, Rizo AN, Moss F, Brilot AF, Pourmal S, Trenker R, Pospiech T, Gupta S, Barsi-Rhyne B, Belyy V, Barile-Hill AW, Nock S, Liu Y, Krogan NJ, Ralston CY, Swaney DL, García-Sastre A, Ott M, Vignuzzi M, QCRG Structural Biology Consortium, Walter P, Manglik A. An ultra-potent synthetic nanobody neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 by stabilizing inactive Spike. Science. 10.1126/science.abe3255, 2020 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 33154106)
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 Publication identifiers: (PMID: 31612858)