Margarete Heck
Margarete Heck has been an independent investigator at the University of Edinburgh since 1996. She currently leads a research group using Drosophila and vertebrate models (zebrafish, mouse, and cultured cell systems) to identify and study essential, conserved proteins that link the cell cycle with metabolism. Much of the lab’s research is focused on elucidating the mechanism of action of invadolysin, a novel metalloprotease that links mitosis with cell migration, and is provocatively localized to the surface of intracellular lipid droplets. Additional studies in the lab are focused on understanding Poly, another novel essential protein that plays a crucial conserved role in mediating insulin signaling. Prof. Heck is additionally Director of Postgraduate Studies for the Deanery of Clinical Sciences within the Edinburgh Medical School.
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