Responsibilities
Gene Center and LMU Department of Biochemistry
Associated Member since 2024
Contact
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Feodor-Lynen-Straße 25
81377 Munich
Germany
Email:
jparul@genzentrum.lmu.de
Website:
Gene Center LMU, Structural Biology of Cell Division
Website:
University of Edinburgh, Structural Biology of Cell Division
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Education
2005 PhD, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Inda
1998 MSc in Physics, The American College, Madurai, India
Current Positions
since Mar 2023 Professor & Group Leader, The Gene Centre, LMU Munich, Germany
since Aug 2022 Professor (Personal Chair) of Structural Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
since Aug 2022 Co-Head, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
Previous Positions
- 2017 - 2022 Wellcome Career Development Fellow, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2012 - 2016 Wellcome Career Development Fellow, Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
- 2007 - 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Structural Cell Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- 2007 - 2011 Marie Curie Incoming International Fellow, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany
- 2004 - 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany
Fellowships and Awards
- 2017 - 2022 Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship
- 2012 - 2016 Wellcome Carrier Development Fellowship
- 2008 Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Junior Research Award
- 2005 - 2007 Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship (European Commission)
- 2004 - 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship
- 2004 EMBO World Programme Fellowhip (declined)
- 2002 IUPAP Travel Fellow
- 1998 Einstein Award (for proficiency in Physics)
Major Grants
- 2022 - 2027 ERC Advanced Grant 2021
- 2022- 2025 Medical Research Council, UKRI
- 2017 - 2022 Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship
- 2015 - 2016 Wellcome Enhancement grant
- 2013 - 2017 Marie-Curie Career Integration Grant (EC)
- 2012 - 2016 Wellcome Carrier Development Fellowship
Selected Publications
Abad, M. A*., Gupta, T*., Hadders, M, A., Meppelink, A., Wopken, J. P., Blackburn, E., Zou, J., Gireesh, A., Buzuk, L., Kelly, D, A., McHugh, T., Rappsilber, J., Lens, S. M. A and Jeyaprakash, A. A§. Mechanistic Basis for Sgo1-Mediated Centromere Localisation and Function of the CPC. J. Cell Biol (2022) 221(8):e202108156 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202108156
Medina-Pritchard, B., Lazou, V., Zou, J., Byron O., Abad, M. A., Rappsilber, J., Heun, P and Jeyaprakash, A. A§. Structural Basis for Centromere Maintenance by Drosophila CENP-A Chaperone Cal1. EMBO J (2020) Doi: https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019103234
Abad, M. A., Ruppert, J. G., Buzuk, L., Wear, M. A., Zou, J., Webb, K. M., Kelly, D. A., Voigt, P., Rappsilber, J., Earnshaw, W. C and Jeyaprakash, A. A§. Direct Nucleosome Binding of Borealin Secures Chromosome Association and Function of the CPC. J Cell Biol (2019) 218(12):3912-3925.
Spiller, F*., Medina-Pritchard, M*., Abad, M. A*., Wear, M. A., Molina, O., Earnshaw, W. C and Jeyaprakash, A. A§. Molecular Basis for Cdk1 Regulated Timing of Mis18 Complex Assembly and CENP-A Deposition. EMBO Rep (2017) 18:894-905. Doi:10.15252/embr.201643564.
Abad, M. A., Medina, B., Santamaria, A., Zou, J., Plasberg-Hill, C., Madhumalar, A., Jayachandran, U., Redli, P. M., Rappsilber, J., Nigg, E. A. and Jeyaprakash. A. A§. Structural Basis for Microtubule Recognition by the Human Kinetochore Ska Complex. Nat Commun (2014) Jan13; 5:2964. Doi:10.1038/ncomms3964.