Journal of Cell Science | 2019
Cell scientist to watch – Julien Berro
Abstract
ABSTRACT Julien Berro completed a master in engineering in applied mathematics and computer sciences at Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble, France. He then received his PhD in mathematical modelling in biology from Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, working on modelling of actin cytoskeleton dynamics under the supervision of Jean-Louis Martiel. He continued for a short period in Grenoble, working with Laurent Blanchoin and Rajaa Boujemaa-Paterski, before joining the laboratory of Tom Pollard at Yale University, USA. There, he started to look at actin dynamics in the context of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. In 2013, he became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell Biology in 2017. His laboratory is interested in force generation during endocytosis, and the underlying molecular mechanisms controlling membrane deformation and tension sensing.