Summary
After graduating in Biology, André did his PhD in Molecular Biomedicine in Prof. Michael Hoch's lab at the University of Bonn, Germany. He joined Prof. Andreas Prokop's group at the University of Manchester as postdoctoral researcher and was awarded a fellowship of the German Research Foundation in 2015. In 2021, André joined Prof. Alan Dickson's lab at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology on a collaboration project with Pharmaron Biologics Ltd, UK. In 2023, André joined the Faculty of Science and Engineering/Biological Sciences at the University of Hull where he is a Lecturer in Cell Biology. His research group explores host cell – virus interactions in the context of the manufacture of cell and gene therapies.
André is also Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and member of cohort 5a of the BioIndustry Association’s Manufacturing Advisory Committee Leadership Programme (BIA MAC LeaP).
Book Chapter
Journal Article
Tau, XMAP215/Msps and Eb1 co-operate interdependently to regulate microtubule polymerisation and bundle formation in axons
Hahn, I., Voelzmann, A., Parkin, J., Fülle, J. B., Slater, P. G., Lowery, L. A., Sanchez-Soriano, N., & Prokop, A. (2021). Tau, XMAP215/Msps and Eb1 co-operate interdependently to regulate microtubule polymerisation and bundle formation in axons. PLoS Genetics, 17(7), Article e1009647. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009647
Co-expression of C9orf72 related dipeptide-repeats over 1000 repeat units reveals age-A nd combination-specific phenotypic profiles in Drosophila
West, R. J., Sharpe, J. L., Voelzmann, A., Munro, A. L., Hahn, I., Baines, R. A., & Pickering-Brown, S. (2020). Co-expression of C9orf72 related dipeptide-repeats over 1000 repeat units reveals age-A nd combination-specific phenotypic profiles in Drosophila. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 8(1), Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-020-01028-y
Efa6 protects axons and regulates their growth and branching by inhibiting microtubule polymerisation at the cortex
Qu, Y., Hahn, I., Lees, M., Parkin, J., Voelzmann, A., Dorey, K., Rathbone, A., Friel, C. T., Allan, V. J., Okenve-Ramos, P., Sanchez-Soriano, N., & Prokop, A. (2019). Efa6 protects axons and regulates their growth and branching by inhibiting microtubule polymerisation at the cortex. eLife, 8, Article e50319. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50319
The model of local axon homeostasis - Explaining the role and regulation of microtubule bundles in axon maintenance and pathology
Hahn, I., Voelzmann, A., Liew, Y. T., Costa-Gomes, B., & Prokop, A. (2019). The model of local axon homeostasis - Explaining the role and regulation of microtubule bundles in axon maintenance and pathology. Neural Development, 14(1), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13064-019-0134-0