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Monica Gotta

Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva

About Monica Gotta

Monica Gotta is a Full Professor at the Medical Faculty of UNIGE. Her main research interest focuses on cell division, as a fundamental process essential for the growth of an organism. Specifically, she focuses on asymmetric cell division, regulation of cell division timing and spindle assembly and orientation.

These processes are studied in the C. elegans embryo and in human cells using a combination of cell biology, biochemistry, genetic, genomic and proteomic approaches.

Monica Gotta is Head of the equal opportunity committee.

Read more about Monica Gotta’s research on her lab website.

Contact

University of Geneva Medical School
Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism
Room D09.1953.C – 9th floor
1, rue Michel-Servet
1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
Phone: +41 (0)22 379 54 95
Email: [email protected]

Projects

Publications

Project 1: Chemical systems biology

A. Figuerola-Conchas, J. Saarbach, J.-P. Daguer, A. Cieren, S. Barluenga, N. Winssinger, M. Gotta, “Small-molecule modulators of the ATPase VCP/p97 affect specific p97 cellular functions”, ACS Chem. Biol., 15, 243-253, 2020. Dataset info “Small-molecule modulators of the ATPase VCP/p97 affect specific p97 cellular functions” [More Information]

Project 5: ACCESS, a sustainable platform for academic chemical screens

Tavernier N., Noatynska A., Panbianco C., Martino L., Van Hove L., Schwager F., Leger T., Gotta M., and Pintard L. “Cdk1 phosphorylates SPAT-1/Bora to trigger PLK-1 activation and drive mitotic entry in C”. elegans embryos. The Journal of Cell Biology, 208, 661-669, (2015) (Co-first authors ; Co-corresponding authors). [More Information]