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Arne Gennerich, Ph.D.

Dr. Arne Gennerich

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Structural Biology

 

Professional Interests

The research of our laboratory is focused on the development of advanced high-resoultion and single-molecule microscopy techniques and their application to study how biomolecular motors work and generate biological motion. In particular, the Gennerich Lab combines single-molecule biophysics with cell biology and biochemistry to study the molecular mechanisms underlying cell division, intracellular organelle and mRNA transport, as well as the molecular mechanism of protein degradation. Current research is focused on the molecular function of the microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein (a molecular machine that harnesses the chemical energy of ATP hydrolysis to perform mechanical work in eukaryotic cells) and its role in sister-chromatid separation and chromosome segregation, and the transport of mitochondria and mRNA. We use a multidisciplinary approach integrating ultrasensitive single-molecule assays (high-resolution optical trapping and single-molecule fluorescence microscopy), subwavelength resolution live cell imaging and genetic approaches such as homologous recombination and RNA interference to dissect the mechanisms of microtubule-based motor proteins and their associated biological processes. Our long-term goal is to understand the fundamental design principles of biomolecular motors and the molecular basis of human diseases with underlying defects in motor function.

 

Selected Publications

Gennerich, A., and S. L. Reck-Peterson. Probing the force generation and stepping behavior of cytoplasmic dynein. 2011. Methods Mol. Biol. 783:63-80.

Reck-Peterson, S. L., R. D. Vale, and A. Gennerich. “Motile Properties of Cytoplasmic Dynein”. In: “Handbook of Dynein” (Pan Stanford Publishing). 2011. Editors: Linda Amos and Keiko Hirose.

Huckaba, T., A. Gennerich, J. E. Wilhelm, A. Chishti, and R. D. Vale. Kinesin 73 is a processive motor that localizes to Rab5-containing organelles. 2011. J. Biol. Chem. 286:7457-7467.

Yildiz, A., M. Tomishige, A. Gennerich, and R. D. Vale. Intramolecular strain coordinates kinesin stepping behavior along microtubules. 2008. Cell, 134:1030-1041.

Gennerich, A., A. P. Carter, S. L. Reck-Peterson, and R. D. Vale. Force-induced bidirectional stepping of cytoplasmic dynein. 2007. Cell 131:952-965.

Imanishi, M., N. F. Endres, A. Gennerich, and R. D. Vale. Autoinhibition regulates the motility of the C. elegans intraflagellar transport motor OSM-3. 2006. J. Cell Biol. 174:931-937.

Reck-Peterson, S. L., A. Yildiz, A. P. Carter, A. Gennerich, N. Zhang, and R. D. Vale. Stepping behavior and structural requirements for cytoplasmic dynein processivity. 2006. Cell 126:335-348.

Gennerich, A. and D. Schild. Finite-particle tracking reveals sub-microscopic size changes of mitochondria during transport in mitral cell dendrites. 2006. Phys. Biol. 3:45-53.

Gennerich, A. and D. Schild. Sizing-up finite fluorescent particles with nanometer-scale precision by convolution and correlation image analysis. 2005. Eur. Biophys. J. 34:181-99.

Gennerich, A. and D. Schild. Anisotropic diffusion in mitral cell dendrites revealed by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. 2002. Biophys. J. 83:510-522.

Peters, F., A. Gennerich, D. Czesnik, and D. Schild. Low frequency voltage clamp: recording of voltage transients at constant average command voltage. 2000. J. Neurosci. Meth. 99:129-135.

Gennerich, A. and D. Schild. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy in small cytosolic compartments depends critically on the diffusion model used. 2000. Biophys. J. 79:3294-3306.

 

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Contact

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Forchheimer Building, Room 628C
Bronx, NY 10461

Tel: 718.430.4287
arne.gennerich@einstein.yu.edu

 
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