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molecular parasitology, protein trafficking, evolutionary cell biology, phylogenesis
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University of Bern: Bern, CH

Co-Lead of the Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence-Genomics for Health in Africa (MCID)
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Carmen Faso

Universität Bern: Bern, Bern, CH

2023-02 to present | Co-PI Medical Parasitology Group (Institute of Infectious Diseases)
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Carmen Faso

Universität Bern: Bern, Bern, CH

2022-08 to present | Co-chair (MCID-Bern)
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Carmen Faso

Universität Bern: Bern, Bern, CH

2022-01-08 to present | Interfaculty Lecturer (Multidisciplinary Center for Infectious Diseases (MCID))
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Carmen Faso

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2021-01 to present | SNSF PRIMA Professor (assistant, non tenure-track) (Institute of Cell Biology)
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Carmen Faso

University of Bern: Bern, CH

2019-09 to 2020-12 | SNSF Prima Group Leader (Institute of Cell Biology)
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Carmen Faso

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2014-10-01 to 2019-05 | Junior Group Leader (Institute of Parasitology)
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Carmen Faso

University of Zurich: Zurich, CH

2010-02-01 to 2014-09-30 | Postdoctoral fellow (Institute of Parasitology)
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Carmen Faso

Michigan State University: East Lansing, MI, US

2008-04-01 to 2009-12-31 | Postdoctoral fellow (Plant Researcl Laboratory)
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Carmen Faso

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich: Zurich, CH

2004-02-01 to 2008-03-31 | Research student (Department of Biology)
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Carmen Faso

Università degli Studi Roma Tre: Roma, Lazio, IT

2003-05-01 to 2003-12-31 | Research assistant (Department of Biology)
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Carmen Faso

Education and qualifications (1)

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich: Zurich, ZH, CH

2008 | PhD in Natural Sciences-Doctor of Sciences ETH (Biology)
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Carmen Faso

Professional activities (1)

Faculty Opinions: London, GB

2015-10-06 to 2022-11-30 | Associate Faculty Member
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Faculty Opinions

Works (30)

Nourseothricin as a novel drug for selection of transgenic Giardia lamblia

International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Corina D. Wirdnam; Dawid Warmus; Carmen Faso
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Expansion of metabolically labelled endocytic organelles and cytoskeletal cell structures in Giardia lamblia using optimised U- ExM protocols

Microbial Cell
2024-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Clirim Jetishi; Erina A Balmer; Bianca M Berger; Carmen Faso; Torsten Ochsenreiter
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A core UPS molecular complement implicates unique endocytic compartments at the parasite–host interface in Giardia lamblia

Virulence
2023-12-31 | Journal article
Contributors: Erina A. Balmer; Corina D. Wirdnam; Carmen Faso
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Combined nanometric and phylogenetic analysis of unique endocytic compartments in Giardia lamblia sheds light on the evolution of endocytosis in Metamonada

BMC Biology
2022-09-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Rui Santos; Ásgeir Ástvaldsson; Shweta V. Pipaliya; Jon Paulin Zumthor; Joel B. Dacks; Staffan Svärd; Adrian B. Hehl; Carmen Faso
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A core UPS molecular complement implicates unique endocytic compartments at the parasite-host interface in Giardia lamblia

2022-07-13 | Preprint
Contributors: Erina A. Balmer; Corina D. Wirdnam; Carmen Faso
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Editorial: The Cell Biology of Protist Parasite-Host Interfaces

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2022-02-22 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-634X
Contributors: Carmen Faso
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Carmen Faso

Unexpected organellar locations of ESCRT machinery in Giardia intestinalis and complex evolutionary dynamics spanning the transition to parasitism in the lineage Fornicata

BMC Biology
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Shweta V. Pipaliya; Rui Santos; Dayana Salas-Leiva; Erina A. Balmer; Corina D. Wirdnam; Andrew J. Roger; Adrian B. Hehl; Carmen Faso; Joel B. Dacks
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The Road Less Traveled? Unconventional Protein Secretion at Parasite–Host Interfaces

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
2021-05-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2296-634X
Contributors: Carmen Faso
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Carmen Faso

Unexpected organellar locations of ESCRT machinery in Giardia intestinalis and complex evolutionary dynamics spanning the transition to parasitism in the lineage Fornicata

2021-02-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Shweta V. Pipaliya; Rui Santos; Dayana Salas-Leiva; Erina A. Balmer; Corina D. Wirdnam; Andrew J. Roger; Adrian B. Hehl; Carmen Faso; Joel B. Dacks
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Phosphoinositide-binding proteins mark, shape and functionally modulate highly-diverged endocytic compartments in the parasitic protist Giardia lamblia

PLOS Pathogens
2020-02-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Lenka Cernikova; William A. Petri; Carmen Faso; Adrian B. Hehl
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The interactomes of GlFYVE PIP-binding protein in Giardia lamblia

2019 | Dataset
OTHER-ID:

PXD013897

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EMBL-EBI

The interactomes of GlNECAP PIP-binding proteins in Giardia lamblia

2019 | Dataset
OTHER-ID:

PXD013896

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EMBL-EBI

The interactomes of GlPXD1, 3 and 6 PIP-binding proteins in Giardia lamblia

2019 | Dataset
OTHER-ID:

PXD013890

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EMBL-EBI

The interactomes of GlPXD2 and 4 PIP-binding proteins in Giardia lamblia

2019 | Dataset
OTHER-ID:

PXD013899

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EMBL-EBI

Phosphoinositide-binding proteins mark, shape and functionally modulate highly-diverged endocytic compartments in the parasitic protist Giardia lamblia

2019-08-21 | Other
Contributors: Lenka Cernikova; Carmen Faso; Adrian B. Hehl
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Five facts about Giardia lamblia

PLOS Pathogens
2018-09-27 | Journal article
Contributors: Lenka Cernikova; Audrey Ragan Odom; Carmen Faso; Adrian B. Hehl
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Co-immunoprecipitation of HA-tagged proteins in Giardia lamblia

2016 | Dataset
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PXD003718

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EMBL-EBI

Serial co-immunoprecipitation to expand the protein interactome of the outer mitosomal membrane in Giardia lamblia

2016 | Dataset
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PXD004583

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EMBL-EBI

Cyst-Wall-Protein-1 is fundamental for Golgi-like organelle neogenesis and cyst-wall biosynthesis in Giardia lamblia

Nature Communications
2016-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Jacqueline A. Ebneter; Sally D. Heusser; Elisabeth M. Schraner; Adrian B. Hehl; Carmen Faso
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The Cre/loxP system in Giardia lamblia: Genetic manipulations in a binucleate tetraploid protozoan

International Journal for Parasitology
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84902840121

Contributors: Wampfler, P.B.; Faso, C.; Hehl, A.B.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Export of cyst wall material and Golgi organelle neogenesis in Giardia lamblia depend on endoplasmic reticulum exit sites

Cellular Microbiology
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84874997950

Contributors: Faso, C.; Konrad, C.; Schraner, E.M.; Hehl, A.B.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

The proteome landscape of Giardia lamblia encystation

PLoS ONE
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84896702142

Contributors: Faso, C.; Bischof, S.; Hehl, A.B.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Evidence for the involvement of the Arabidopsis SEC24A in male transmission.

Journal of experimental botany
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84879792698

Contributors: Conger, R.; Chen, Y.; Fornaciari, S.; Faso, C.; Held, M.A.; Renna, L.; Brandizzi, F.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis in Giardia lamblia: Use it or lose it

International Journal for Parasitology
2011 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-79952709066

Contributors: Faso, C.; Hehl, A.B.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

A cross-sectional study of biotechnology awareness and teaching in European high schools

New Biotechnology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-78649688225

Contributors: Vanderschuren, H.; Heinzmann, D.; Faso, C.; Stupak, M.; Arga, K.Y.; Hoerzer, H.; Laizet, Y.; Leduchowska, P.; Silva, N.; Šimková, K.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

A missense mutation in the arabidopsis copii coat protein sec24a induces the formation of clusters of the endoplasmic reticulum and golgi apparatus

Plant Cell
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-73249134381

Contributors: Faso, C.; Chen, Y.; Tamura, K.; Held, M.; Zemelis, S.; Marti, L.; Saravanan, R.; Hummel, E.; Kung, L.; Miller, E. et al.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

The plant Golgi apparatus: Last 10 years of answered and open questions

FEBS Letters
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-70450223698

Contributors: Faso, C.; Boulaflous, A.; Brandizzi, F.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Deciphering the Golgi apparatus: From imaging to genes

Traffic
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-51849142293

Contributors: Boulaflous, A.; Faso, C.; Brandizzi, F.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Inducible expression of maize polyamine oxidase in the nucleus of MCF-7 human breast cancer cells confers sensitivity to etoposide

Amino Acids
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-42449118863

Contributors: Marcocci, L.; Casadei, M.; Faso, C.; Antoccia, A.; Stano, P.; Leone, S.; Mondovì, B.; Federico, R.; Tavladoraki, P.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Lys300 plays a major role in the catalytic mechanism of maize polyamine oxidase

Biochemistry
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-28944433027

Contributors: Polticelli, F.; Basran, J.; Faso, C.; Cona, A.; Minervini, G.; Angelini, R.; Federico, R.; Scrutton, N.S.; Tavladoraki, P.
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Carmen Faso via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (19 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC biology. (1)
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Review activity for Nature communications (1)
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