
Gisou van der Goot
EPFL SV GHI VDG
AI 3148 (Bâtiment AI)
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1015 Lausanne
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From 2021 to 2024, She was Vice President for Responsible Transformation.
From 2014 to 2020, she was Dean of the School of Life Sciences.
Before joining EPFL, she was Group Leader at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and subsequently Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the same university.
She studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Paris, then did a PhD in Molecular Biophysics at the Nuclear Energy Research Center, Saclay, France, followed by a postdoc at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg.
She obtained an EMBO Young Investigator award in 2001, a Howard Hughes International Scholar award in 2005, the Swiss Prix Marcel Benoist in 2009, the same year she was elected EMBO member (European Molecular Biology Organisation), in 2020 she received the Suffrage Science award in Life Sciences .
She is a leader in the fields of molecular and cellular understanding of bacterial toxins, the organization of mammalian membranes and in organelles biology.
Professor van der Goot is, and has been, member of diverse scientific boards such as the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), the Conseil suisse de la science et de la technologie (CSST) , the European Research Council (ERC) and the Max Planck Society. She is member of the Scientific board of the Fondation Louis Jeantet de Médecine, and the Foundation Bettencourt.
Curriculum vitae
“High Performance Board Program”
Education
Molecular Biophysics
|1987 – 1990 Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Spectroscopy Methods
|1986 – 1987 Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Engineering
|1984 – 1987 Ecole Centrale Paris
Preparatory School
|1982 – 1984 Lycée Sainte Geneviève
Awards
Suffrage Science award in Life Sciences
Suffrage Science award
2020
PolySphère Life Sciences
EPFL student body
2019
Lelio Orci Award
Life Sciences Switzerland
2016
Golden PolySphère
EPFL student body
2015
Gisou van der Goot publications
2025
Journal Articles
Injury-induced intestinal stem cell renewal requires capillary morphogenesis gene 2
EMBO Molecular Medicine. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s44321-025-00295-3.Theses
Role of S-acylating enzymes in ciliated cells
Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10402.Working Papers
Identification of the Lipid Oxygen Radical Defense pathway and its epigenetic control
20252024
Conference Papers
INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: A CASE STUDY FROM EPFL
2024. 52 Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 - 2024-09-05. p. 2076 - 2084. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.14256873.Reviews
Mechanisms and functions of protein S-acylation
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2024. DOI : 10.1038/s41580-024-00700-8.Theses
S-acylation and lipid exchange at the ER-Golgi membrane contact sites regulate pathogen entry in human cells
Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10352.Patents
Pou5f1b inhibitors
WO2024160683 . 2024.2023
Journal Articles
SARS-CoV-2 hijacks a cell damage response, which induces transcription of a more efficient Spike S-acyltransferase
Nature Communications. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-43027-2.Dynamics of CLIMP-63 S-acylation control ER morphology
Nature Communications. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-35921-6.S-acylation: an orchestrator of the life cycle and function of membrane proteins
Febs Journal. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/febs.16972.Conference Papers
ER-Golgi membrane contact sites control the formation of plasma membrane lipid nanodomains
2023. Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Cell-Biology/ European-Molecular-Biology-Organisation (ASCB/EMBO), Washington, DC, DEC 03-07, 2022. p. 274 - 274.Reviews
Refining S-acylation: Structure, regulation, dynamics, and therapeutic implications
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB). 2023. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.202307103.Patents
Inhibitors of acyl protein thioesterases against microbial infections
WO2023139248 . 2023.2022
Journal Articles
Local and substrate-specific S-palmitoylation determines subcellular localization of G alpha o
Nature Communications. 2022. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-022-29685-8.ER-Golgi-localized proteins TMED2 and TMED10 control the formation of plasma membrane lipid nanodomains
Developmental Cell. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.09.004.2021
Journal Articles
Akt Is S-Palmitoylated: A New Layer of Regulation for Akt
Frontiers In Cell And Developmental Biology. 2021. DOI : 10.3389/fcell.2021.626404.Palmitoylated acyl protein thioesterase APT2 deforms membranes to extract substrate acyl chains
Nature Chemical Biology. 2021. DOI : 10.1038/s41589-021-00753-2.S-acylation controls SARS-CoV-2 membrane lipid organization and enhances infectivity
Developmental Cell. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.09.016.S-acylation by ZDHHC20 targets ORAI1 channels to lipid rafts for efficient Ca2+ signaling by Jurkat T cell receptors at the immune synapse
Elife. 2021. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.72051.Conference Papers
ANTXR2 as a novel player in skeletal muscle stem cells
2021.Reviews
Harnessing the Membrane Translocation Properties of AB Toxins for Therapeutic Applications
Toxins. 2021. DOI : 10.3390/toxins13010036.2020
Journal Articles
Hemagglutinin of Influenza A, but not of Influenza B and C viruses is acylated by ZDHHC2, 8, 15 and 20
Biochemical Journal. 2020. DOI : 10.1042/BCJ20190752.Ligand Binding to the Collagen VI Receptor Triggers a Talin-to-RhoA Switch that Regulates Receptor Endocytosis
Developmental Cell. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.04.015.Wnt-controlled sphingolipids modulate Anthrax Toxin Receptor palmitoylation to regulate oriented mitosis in zebrafish
Nature Communications. 2020. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-020-17196-3.A toxic palmitoylation of Cdc42 enhances NF-kappa B signaling and drives a severe autoinflammatory syndrome
Journal Of Allergy And Clinical Immunology. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.jaci.2020.03.020.Reviews
Mammalian membrane trafficking as seen through the lens of bacterial toxins
Cellular Microbiology. 2020. DOI : 10.1111/cmi.13167.Patents
Use of deoxysphingolipids as anti-toxins and anti-virals
WO2020074465 ; EP3636255 . 2020.2019
Journal Articles
Anthrax toxin requires ZDHHC5-mediated palmitoylation of its surface-processing host enzymes
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2019. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1812588116.Image-based analysis of living mammalian cells using label-free 3D refractive index maps reveals new organelle dynamics and dry mass flux
PLoS Biology. 2019. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000553.Reviews
Aerolysin, a Powerful Protein Sensor for Fundamental Studies and Development of Upcoming Applications
Acs Sensors. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acssensors.8b01636.2018
Journal Articles
Targeting STING with covalent small-molecule inhibitors
Nature. 2018. DOI : 10.1038/s41586-018-0287-8.Palmitoylation mediates membrane association of hepatitis E virus ORF3 protein and is required for infectious particle secretion
Plos Pathogens. 2018. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007471.Conference Papers
Palmitoylation determines the subcellular localization of the hepatitis E virus ORF3 protein
2018. International Liver Congress (ILC), Paris, FRANCE, Apr 11-15, 2018. p. S766 - S766. DOI : 10.1016/S0168-8278(18)31796-3.Theses
Likelihood-free Inference of Population Genetic Parameters from Time-Sampled Genetic Data
Lausanne, EPFL, 2018. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7605.Posters
Modeling CLiMP-63 spatio-temporal distribution and its interplay with Post-translational modification
5th Conference on Constraint-Based Reconstruction and Analysis, Seattle, United States of America, October 14-16, 2018.2017
Journal Articles
CMG2/ANTXR2 regulates extracellular collagen VI which accumulates in hyaline fibromatosis syndrome
Nature Communications. 2017. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms15861.Damage of eukaryotic cells by the pore-forming toxin sticholysin II: Consequences of the potassium efflux
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Biomembranes. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.02.001.Theses
Novel systems biology approaches for design and analysis of palmitoylation networks reveal its regulatory effects on protein stability, activity and localization
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7383.Regulation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Architecture by Protein S-Palmitoylation
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7429.2016
Journal Articles
Cryo-EM structure of aerolysin variants reveals a novel protein fold and the pore-formation process
Nature Communications. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms12062.Cytoplasmic Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 19 (USP19) Modulates Aggregation of Polyglutamine-Expanded Ataxin-3 and Huntingtin through the HSP90 Chaperone
Plos One. 2016. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0147515.Intrinsic Disorder in Transmembrane Proteins: Roles in Signaling and Topology Prediction
Plos One. 2016. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0158594.Revealing Assembly of a Pore-Forming Complex Using Single-Cell Kinetic Analysis and Modeling
Biophysical Journal. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.02.035.Ubiquitin-dependent folding of the Wnt signaling coreceptor LRP6
Elife. 2016. DOI : 10.7554/eLife.19083.Model-Driven Understanding of Palmitoylation Dynamics: Regulated Acylation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone Calnexin
PLoS Computational Biology. 2016. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004774.Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
Autophagy. 2016. DOI : 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356.Reviews
The Ins and Outs of Anthrax Toxin
Toxins. 2016. DOI : 10.3390/toxins8030069.Theses
Folding and Endocytosis of Anthrax Toxin Receptors
Lausanne, EPFL, 2016. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6923.2015
Journal Articles
Differential dependence on N-glycosylation of anthrax toxin receptors CMG2 and TEM8
PloS One. 2015. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0119864.The SwissLipids knowledgebase for lipid biology
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England). 2015. DOI : 10.1093/bioinformatics/btv285.Reviews
Kicking Out Pathogens in Exosomes
Cell. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.040.How many lives does CLIMP-63 have?
Biochemical Society Transactions. 2015. DOI : 10.1042/Bst20140272.Theses
Unraveling the Physiological Role of Capillary Morphogenesis Gene 2 in Health and Disease
Lausanne, EPFL, 2015. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6793.Student Projects
Study of mTOR palmitoylation
20152014
Journal Articles
Live-cell multiplane three-dimensional super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging
Nature Communications. 2014. DOI : 10.1038/ncomms6830.Conference Papers
Novel mechanistic insights into anthrax toxin endocytosis
2014. ASCB/IFCB Meeting.Reviews
Close Encounter of the Third Kind: The ER Meets Endosomes at Fission Sites
Developmental Cell. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.12.008.Mechanistic effects of protein palmitoylation and the cellular consequences thereof
Chemistry And Physics Of Lipids. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2014.02.001.Theses
In-Depth Analysis of Mutations in Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome (HFS)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6287.Mechanism and Function of S-palmitoylation in Capillary Morphogenesis Gene 2
Lausanne, EPFL, 2014. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-6027.2013
Journal Articles
Molecular assembly of the aerolysin pore reveals a swirling membrane-insertion mechanism
Nature Chemical Biology. 2013. DOI : 10.1038/Nchembio.1312.Did Cholera Toxin Finally Get Caught?
Cell Host & Microbe. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.chom.2013.04.014.Calnexin Controls the STAT3-Mediated Transcriptional Response to EGF
Molecular Cell. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.07.009.Biochemical Membrane Lipidomics during Drosophila Development
Developmental Cell. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.11.012.In-depth analysis of hyaline fibromatosis syndrome frameshift mutations at the same site reveal the necessity of personalized therapy
Human mutation. 2013. DOI : 10.1002/humu.22324.Anthrax toxin receptor 2a controls mitotic spindle positioning
Nature Cell Biology. 2013. DOI : 10.1038/ncb2632.Hijacking Multivesicular Bodies Enables Long-Term and Exosome-Mediated Long-Distance Action of Anthrax Toxin
Cell Reports. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.10.019.Conference Papers
The Molecular Assembly of the Aerolysin Pore Reveals a Unique Swirling Membrane-Insertion Mechanism
2013. 57th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical-Society. p. 395A - 395A. DOI : 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.11.2205.Reviews
What does S-palmitoylation do to membrane proteins?
The FEBS journal. 2013. DOI : 10.1111/febs.12263.Palmitoylation, pathogens and their host
Biochemical Society Transactions. 2013. DOI : 10.1042/Bst20120337.2012
Journal Articles
Caspase-2 is an initiator caspase responsible for pore-forming toxin-mediated apoptosis
Embo Journal. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2012.93.Binding of Lassa virus perturbs extracellular matrix-induced signal transduction via dystroglycan
Cellular Microbiology. 2012. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01784.x.Reviews
The dark sides of capillary morphogenesis gene 2
The EMBO journal. 2012. DOI : 10.1038/emboj.2011.442.Pathogenic Pore-Forming Proteins: Function and Host Response
Cell Host & Microbe. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.chom.2012.08.005.2011
Journal Articles
Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome inducing mutations in the ectodomain of anthrax toxin receptor 2 can be rescued by proteasome inhibitors
Embo Molecular Medicine. 2011. DOI : 10.1002/emmm.201100124.Dynamics of Unfolded Protein Transport through an Aerolysin Pore
Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2011. DOI : 10.1021/ja1073245.Dual Chaperone Role of the C-Terminal Propeptide in Folding and Oligomerization of the Pore-Forming Toxin Aerolysin
PLoS Pathogens. 2011. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002135.Extending the aerolysin family: from bacteria to vertebrates
PloS One. 2011. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0020349.Monalysin, a novel ß-pore-forming toxin from the Drosophila pathogen Pseudomonas entomophila, contributes to host intestinal damage and lethality
PLoS pathogens. 2011. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002259.Pore-forming toxins induce multiple cellular responses promoting survival
Cellular Microbiology. 2011. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01600.x.Reviews
When cells and microbes meet in Krakow
EMBO Reports. 2011. DOI : 10.1038/embor.2011.27.Theses
Cellular Responses to Bacterial Pore-Forming Toxins
Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4965.Folding and Structure of the Pore Forming Toxin Aerolysin
Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4925.Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Hyaline Fibromatosis Syndrome
Lausanne, EPFL, 2011. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4909.2010
Journal Articles
The 2DX robot: a membrane protein 2D crystallization Swiss Army knife
Journal of Structural Biology (JSB). 2010. DOI : 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.12.001.Preliminary crystallographic analysis of two oligomerization-deficient mutants of the aerolysin toxin, H132D and H132N, in their proteolyzed forms
Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology And Crystallization Communications. 2010. DOI : 10.1107/S1744309110041035.Anthrax toxin triggers the activation of src-like kinases to mediate its own uptake
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2010. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0910782107.Endocytosis of the anthrax toxin is mediated by clathrin, actin and unconventional adaptors
PLoS pathogens. 2010. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000792.Conference Papers
A model for the assembly and activation process of the pore-forming toxin Aerolysin
2010. 35th Congress of the Federation-of-European-Biochemical-Societies, Gothenburg, SWEDEN, Jun 26-Jul 01, 2010. p. 194 - 194.Reviews
Structure and assembly of pore-forming proteins
Current opinion in structural biology. 2010. DOI : 10.1016/j.sbi.2010.01.013.2009
Journal Articles
Getting the Opportunity to Fly on your own
CHIMIA. 2009. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2009.862.Shigella phagocytic vacuolar membrane remnants participate in the cellular response to pathogen invasion and are regulated by autophagy
Cell host & microbe. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.chom.2009.07.005.Systemic hyalinosis mutations in the CMG2 ectodomain leading to loss of function through retention in the endoplasmic reticulum
Human mutation. 2009. DOI : 10.1002/humu.20872.Reviews
Membrane injury by pore-forming proteins
Current opinion in cell biology. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.04.003.Novel ubiquitin-dependent quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum
Trends in cell biology. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.tcb.2009.05.005.Receptors of anthrax toxin and cell entry
Molecular aspects of medicine. 2009. DOI : 10.1016/j.mam.2009.08.007.2008
Journal Articles
Maturation modulates caspase-1-independent responses of dendritic cells to Anthrax lethal toxin
Cell Microbiol. 2008. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01121.x.Activation of the unfolded protein response is required for defenses against bacterial pore-forming toxin in vivo
PLoS Pathog. 2008. DOI : 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000176.Regulation of the V-ATPase along the endocytic pathway occurs through reversible subunit association and membrane localization
PLoS ONE. 2008. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0002758.Elastic membrane heterogeneity of living cells revealed by stiff nanoscale membrane domains
Biophysical Journal. 2008. DOI : 10.1529/biophysj.107.112862.Hrs and SNX3 functions in sorting and membrane invagination within multivesicular bodies
PLoS Biol. 2008. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060214.Functional interactions between anthrax toxin receptors and the WNT signalling protein LRP6
Cell Microbiol. 2008. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01226.x.Palmitoylation and ubiquitination regulate exit of the Wnt signaling protein LRP6 from the endoplasmic reticulum
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2008. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0710389105.Reviews
Palmitoylation of membrane proteins (Review)
Molecular membrane biology. 2008. DOI : 10.1080/09687680802620369.Pore formation: an ancient yet complex form of attack
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.bbamem.2008.01.026.Bacterial pore-forming toxins: the (w)hole story?
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 2008. DOI : 10.1007/s00018-007-7434-y.Exotoxin secretion: getting out to find the way in
Cell host & microbe. 2008. DOI : 10.1016/j.chom.2007.12.003.2007
Journal Articles
Involvement of a Golgi-resident GPI-anchored protein in maintenance of the Golgi structure
Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2007. DOI : 10.1091/mbc.E06-03-0236.Late endosomal cholesterol accumulation leads to impaired intra-endosomal trafficking
PLoS ONE. 2007. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0000851.Diversity of raft-like domains in late endosomes
PLoS ONE. 2007. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0000391.Reviews
Pore-forming toxins and cellular non-immune defenses (CNIDs)
Current opinion in microbiology. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.mib.2006.12.008.The role of the inflammasome in cellular responses to toxins and bacterial effectors
Seminars in immunopathology. 2007. DOI : 10.1007/s00281-007-0085-0.Editorial Overview
Current Opinion in Microbiology. 2007. DOI : 10.1016/j.mib.2006.12.009.2006
Journal Articles
Dynamics of GPI-anchored proteins on the surface of living cells
Nanomedicine. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.nano.2005.10.013.Caspase-1 activation of lipid metabolic pathways in response to bacterial pore-forming toxins promotes cell survival
Cell. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2006.07.033.A rivet model for channel formation by aerolysin-like pore-forming toxins
EMBO Journal. 2006. DOI : 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600959.Receptor palmitoylation and ubiquitination regulate anthrax toxin endocytosis
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB). 2006. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.200507067.Reviews
Mechanisms of pathogen entry through the endosomal compartments
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2006. DOI : 10.1038/nrm1959.Intra-endosomal membrane traffic
Trends in Cell Biology. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.tcb.2006.08.003.About lipids and toxins
FEBS Letters. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.033.Toxoplasma: guess who's coming to dinner
Cell. 2006. DOI : 10.1016/j.cell.2006.03.029.Book Chapters
Aerolysin and related Aeromonas toxins
The Comprehensive Sourcebook of Bacterial Protein Toxins; London: Academic Press, 2006. p. 608 - 622.2005
Reviews
Bacterial invasion via lipid rafts
Cellular Microbiology. 2005. DOI : 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2005.00515.x.Anthrax toxin: the long and winding road that leads to the kill
Trends in microbiology. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.tim.2004.12.004.Oiling the key hole
Molecular microbiology. 2005. DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04570.x.2004
Journal Articles
Membrane insertion of anthrax protective antigen and cytoplasmic delivery of lethal factor occur at different stages of the endocytic pathway
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB). 2004. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.200312072.Rafts can trigger contact-mediated secretion of bacterial effectors via a lipid-based mechanism
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2004. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.M406824200.Mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways defend against bacterial pore-forming toxins
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2004. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.0404073101.Reviews
A bacterial big-MAC attack
Nature structural & molecular biology. 2004. DOI : 10.1038/nsmb1204-1163.Bacterial subversion of lipid rafts
Current opinion in microbiology. 2004. DOI : 10.1016/j.mib.2003.12.007.2003
Journal Articles
Anthrax toxin triggers endocytosis of its receptor via a lipid raft-mediated clathrin-dependent process
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB). 2003. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.200211018.Sensitivity of polarized epithelial cells to the pore-forming toxin aerolysin
Infect Immun. 2003. DOI : 10.1128/IAI.71.2.739-746.2003.Reviews
Sliding doors: clathrin-coated pits or caveolae?
Nature cell biology. 2003. DOI : 10.1038/ncb0503-382.Eukaryotic cells and microbial pathogens: a familiar couple take centre stage
Nature cell biology. 2003. DOI : 10.1038/ncb0103-16.2002
Journal Articles
Initial steps of Shigella infection depend on the cholesterol/sphingolipid raft-mediated CD44-IpaB interaction
EMBO Journal. 2002. DOI : 10.1093/emboj/cdf457.Conversion of a transmembrane to a water-soluble protein complex by a single point mutation
Nat Struct Biol. 2002. DOI : 10.1038/nsb839.Requirement of N-glycan on GPI-anchored proteins for efficient binding of aerolysin but not Clostridium septicum alpha-toxin
EMBO Journal. 2002. DOI : 10.1093/emboj/cdf508.The glycan core of GPI-anchored proteins modulates aerolysin binidng but is not sufficient: the polypeptide moiety is required for the toxin-receptor interaction
FEBS Letters. 2002. DOI : 10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02274-3.Differential sorting and fate of endocytosed GPI-anchored proteins
EMBO Journal. 2002. DOI : 10.1093/emboj/cdf398.Oiling the wheels of the endocytic pathway
Trends in Cell Biology. 2002. DOI : 10.1016/S0962-8924(02)02307-3.Association of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA) with lipid rafts
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2002. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.M203466200.Reviews
La vie sans cavéoles
Médecine et Sciences. 2002. DOI : 10.1051/medsci/200218128.Book Chapters
Membranolytic toxins
Molecular cellular microbiology; Elsevier, 2002. p. 189 - 206.2001
Journal Articles
Not as simple as just punching a hole
Toxicon. 2001. DOI : 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00151-9.Aerolysin from Aeromonas hydrophila and related toxins
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology. 2001. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-56508-3_3.Cross-talk between caveolae and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-rich domains
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2001. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.M102039200.Conference Papers
Biosystem for epithelial cell culture and electrical characterisation
2001. The 5th European Conference on Micro and Nanoscale Technologies for Biosciences (Nanotech 2001), Montreux, Switzerland, November 27-29.Reviews
The bacterial toxin toolkit
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2001. DOI : 10.1038/35080089.Raft membrane domains: from a liquid-ordered membrane phase to a site of pathogen attack
Seminars in immunology. 2001. DOI : 10.1006/smim.2000.0300.Books
Pore-forming toxins
Berlin: Springer.2000
Journal Articles
Analysis of glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis
Electrophoresis. 2000. DOI : 10.1002/1522-2683(20001001)21:16<3351::AID-ELPS3351>3.0.CO;2-K.Plasticity of the transmembrane beta-barrel
Trends Microbiol. 2000. DOI : 10.1016/S0966-842X(99)01692-3.Sensing proteins outside of the box
Nature Biotechnology. 2000. DOI : 10.1038/80217.Conference Papers
Cholesterol-rich plasma membrane microdomains promote oligomerization of the pore.forming toxin aerolysin.
2000. 9th European Workshop on Bacterial Protein Toxins, Ste. Maxime, France, June 27 - July 2, 1999.Reviews
Adventures of a pore-forming toxin at the target cell surface
Trends in Microbiology. 2000. DOI : 10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01722-4.Surface dynamics of aerolysin on the plasma membrane of living cells
International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2000. DOI : 10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80042-9.Book Chapters
Surface Dynamics of Aerolysin on the Plasma Membrane of Livinf Cells.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Virology, Parasitology and Infectious diseases; .,., 2000. p. 363 - 367.1999
Journal Articles
Landing on lipid rafts
Trends in Cell Biology. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0962-8924(99)01567-6.Plasma membrane microdomains act as concentration platforms to facilitate intoxication by aerolysin
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB). 1999. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.147.1.175.The lectin-like domain of tumor necrosis factor-alpha increases membrane conductance in microvascular endothelial cells and peritoneal macrophages
European Journal of Immunology. 1999. DOI : 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199910)29:10<3105::AID-IMMU3105>3.0.CO;2-A.The tip of a molecular syringe
Trends in microbiology. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0966-842X(99)01574-7.Purification and analysis of authentic CLIP-170 and recombinant fragments
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1999. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.274.36.25883.The staphylococcal alpha-toxin pore has a flexible conformation
Biochemistry. 1999. DOI : 10.1021/bi982472k.Dimer dissociation of the pore-forming toxin aerolysin precedes receptor binding
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1999. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.274.53.37705.Increased stability upon heptamerization of the pore-forming toxin aerolysin
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1999. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36722.Membrane interaction of TNF is not sufficient to trigger increase in membrane conductance in mammalian cells
FEBS Letters. 1999. DOI : 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01294-6.Pathogens, toxins and lipid rafts
Protoplasma. 1999. DOI : 10.1007/BF01279342.1998
Journal Articles
A pore-forming toxin interacts with a GPI-anchored protein and causes vacuolation of the endoplasmic reticulum
Journal of Cell Biology (JCB). 1998. DOI : 10.1083/jcb.140.3.525.The pore-forming toxin proaerolysin is activated by furin
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1998. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.273.49.32656.Brucella abortus transits through the autophagic pathway and replicates in the endoplasmic reticulum of nonprofessional phagocytes
Infection and Immunity. 1998. DOI : 10.1128/IAI.66.12.5711-5724.1998.Aerolysin induces G-protein activation and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores in human granulocytes
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1998. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.273.29.18122.Movement of a loop in domain 3 of aerolysin is required for channel formation
Biochemistry. 1998. DOI : 10.1021/bi9721039.Reviews
Aerolysin--a paradigm for membrane insertion of beta-sheet protein toxins?
Journal of Structural Biology (JSB). 1998. DOI : 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3947.Book Chapters
Conformational Changes upon Channel Formation by Staphylococcal alpha-Toxin
Bacterial protein Toxins; Hacker, Wurzburg, et al., 1998.The Pore-Forming Toxin Aerolysin Binds to Microdomains of the Plasma Membrane and Leads to Fragmentation of the Endoplasmic Reticulum.
Bacterial protein Toxins; Hacker, Wurzburg, et al., 1998.1997
Journal Articles
Separation of early steps in endocytic membrane transport
Electrophoresis. 1997. DOI : 10.1002/elps.1150181426.The disulfide bond in the Aeromonas hydrophila lipase/acyltransferase stabilizes the structure but is not required for secretion or activity
Journal of Bacteriology. 1997. DOI : 10.1128/jb.179.10.3116-3121.1997.Conformational changes due to membrane binding and channel formation by staphylococcal alpha-toxin
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1997. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.272.9.5709.Conformational changes in aerolysin during the transition from the water-soluble protoxin to the membrane channel
Biochemistry. 1997. DOI : 10.1021/bi971216p.Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry in the subunit stoichiometry study of high mass non-covalent complexes
International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes. 1997. DOI : 10.1016/S0168-1176(97)00213-9.Membrane insertion: the strategy of toxins
Molecular Membrane Biology. 1997. DOI : 10.3109/09687689709068435.Reviews
Membrane insertion : the strategy of toxins
Molecular Membrane Biology. 1997. DOI : 10.3109/09687689709068435.1996
Journal Articles
Partial C-terminal unfolding is required for channel formation by staphylococcal alpha-toxin
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1996. DOI : 10.1074/jbc.271.15.8655.Characterisation of the heptameric pore-forming complex of the Aeromonas toxin aerolysin using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry
FEBS Letters. 1996. DOI : 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00328-6.Reviews
Aerolysin--the ins and outs of a model channel-forming toxin
Molecular microbiology. 1996. DOI : 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.355887.x.Book Chapters
Membrane insertion of toxins
Membrane Protein Assembly; R.G. Landes, Co, 1996. p. 99 - 116.Structure and Assembly of the Channel-Forming Aeromonas Toxin Aerolysin
Protein toxin structure; New York: Springer, 1996. p. 79 - 95.1995
Journal Articles
Protonation of histidine-132 promotes oligomerization of the channel-forming toxin aerolysin
Biochemistry. 1995. DOI : 10.1021/bi00050a028.1994
Journal Articles
The C-terminal peptide produced upon proteolytic activation of the cytolytic toxin aerolysin is not involved in channel formation.
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1994.Conference Papers
The pore-forming toxin aerolysin: from the soluble form to the transmembrane channel
1994. Structure, Biogenesis, and Dynamics of Biological Membranes, Cargèse, June 14-26, 1993. p. 181 - 190. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-642-78846-8_17.Reviews
The cytolytic toxin aerolysin: from the soluble form to the transmembrane channel
Toxicology. 1994. DOI : 10.1016/0300-483X(94)90152-X.All in the family: the toxic activity of pore-forming colicins
Toxicology. 1994. DOI : 10.1016/0300-483X(94)90156-2.Book Chapters
The cytolytic aerolysin : how a Janus protein turns inside-out upon membrane insertion and pore formation ?
Bacterial protein Toxins; F.J. Fehrenbach et al., 1994. p. 294 - 301.1993
Journal Articles
Oligomerization of the channel-forming toxin aerolysin precedes insertion into lipid bilayers
Biochemistry. 1993. DOI : 10.1021/bi00061a023.Dimerization stabilizes the pore-forming toxin aerolysin in solution.
Journal of Biological Chemistry. 1993.Modèle d'étude de l'insertion des protéines membranaires
Médecine sciences. 1993.Role of acidic lipids in the translocation and channel activity of colicins A and N in Escherichia coli cells
European Journal of Biochemistry. 1993. DOI : 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17751.x.Physical and chemical characterization of the oligomerization state of the Aeromonas hydrophila lipase/acyltransferase
FEBS Letters. 1993. DOI : 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80674-J.Reviews
Modèles d'études de l'insertion des protéines membranaires
Médecines et Sciences. 1993.1992
Journal Articles
Spectroscopic study of the activation and oligomerization of the channel-forming toxin aerolysin: identification of the site of proteolytic activation
Biochemistry. 1992. DOI : 10.1021/bi00151a026.Flow cytometry and sorting of amphibian bladder endocytic vesicles containing ADH-sensitive water channels
Journal of Membrane Biology. 1992. DOI : 10.1007/BF00231886.Primary and secondary structure of the pore-forming peptide of pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica
EMBO Journal. 1992. DOI : 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05432.x.Reviews
The molten globule intermediate for protein insertion or translocation through membranes
Trends in cell biology. 1992. DOI : 10.1016/0962-8924(92)90184-O.The membrane insertion of colicins
FEBS Letters. 1992. DOI : 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80895-N.Book Chapters
Mechanism of water transport accross the renal proximal tubule.
Water transport accross cell membranes; Acad. Press, 1992.Puncturing cell membranes : comparison of colicin A and Aerolysin
Membrane proteins : Structures, Interactions, Models; Kluwer Acad. Publish, 1992. p. 393 - 401.1991
Journal Articles
Evidence for permanent water channels in the basolateral membrane of an ADH-sensitive epithelium
J Membr Biol. 1991. DOI : 10.1007/BF01868591.Axial heterogeneity of apical water permeability along rabbit kidney proximal tubule
The American journal of physiology. 1991. DOI : 10.1152/ajpregu.1991.260.1.R186.A 'molten-globule' membrane-insertion intermediate of the pore-forming domain of colicin A
Nature. 1991. DOI : 10.1038/354408a0.1989
Journal Articles
Water permeabilities and salt reflection coefficients of luminal, basolateral and intracellular membrane vesicles isolated from rabbit kidney proximal tubule
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1989. DOI : 10.1016/0005-2736(89)90485-9.Determination of solute reflection coefficients in kidney brush-border membrane vesicles by light scattering: influence of the refractive index
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1989. DOI : 10.1016/0005-2736(89)90444-6.PhD Students
Past EPFL PhD Students
Jérôme Bürgi, Sarah Elisabeth Sandoz, Sanja Blaskovic, Julie Deuquet Ariosa, Rodrigo Manuel Gonzalez, Tiziano Dallavilla, Shixu Yan, Daria Korotkova, Muhammad Umair Anwar, Mircea Ioan Iacovache, Hyunjin Shim, Mirko Bischofberger, Patrick Alain Sandoz
Courses
Practical - Van der Goot Lab
Membrane organization. Investigate the compartmentalisation of biological membranes: what are the determinants of the localization of transmembrane proteins in the 2 dimensional space of the membranes?