Catherine Vénien-Bryan

Many signals in the cell are conveyed by interacting protein molecules. How do protein-protein interactions lead to a response? The most likely explanation is through changes in structure. We study protein-protein interactions in the control of signalling processes using electron microscopy and combining the results with information from X-ray diffraction and biophysical studies.

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POSITION

PU UPMC

CONTACT

Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie

UPMC-Sorbonne Université, CNRS, IRD and MNHN

4, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France

Telephone: +33 1 44 27 45 85

E-mail: catherine.venien-bryan@upmc.fr

Research experience and positions held

2009-2012 Invited professor at the university of Oxford, Biochemistry Department

2009- : Professor UPMC, Paris

2001- 2009: Senior University Research Lecturer Biochemistry Department University of Oxford, Oxford,UK

1998-2001: Visiting Research Fellow Biochemistry Department University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

1993-1998: Lecturer in Biophysics University J. Fourier Grenoble, France

1991-1993: Post-doctoral research assistant Biochemistry Department University of

Oxford Oxford, UK, EC Bridge and Welcome Trust fellowships

1988-1990: Post-doctoral research assistant EMBL Heidelberg Germany (Structural Biology Program) DFG and EMBO fellowships

Academic Resume

-Habilitation à diriger des recherches (HDR) 1998

-PhD in Biophysics University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris6 1988

Publications

Liang, CC Li Z, Lopez-Martinez, Nicholson W, Vénien-Bryan C, Cohn.M The FANCD2-FANCI complex is recruited to DNA interstrand crosslinks before monoubiquitination of FANCD2. Nature Commun ( 2016) 7:12124 (2016) (See article)

De Zorzi R, Nicholson WV, Guigner JM, Erne-Brand F, Vénien-Bryan C. Growth of large and highly ordered 2D crystals of a K+ channel, structural role of lipidic environment Biophys. J. 2013 105 :398-408 (See article)

Bavro VN, De Zorzi R, Schmidt MR, Muniz JR, Zubcevic L, Sansom MSP, Vénien-Bryan C, Tucker SJ X-ray Crystal structure of a KirBac potassium channel highlights a mechanism of channel opening at the bundlecrossing gate . Nature Structural & Molecular Biology , (2012) 19(2) 158 -63 (See article)

Sinclair J, Davies KM, Vénien-Bryan C, Noble M: Generation of protein lattices by fusing proteins with matching rotational symmetry . Nature Nanotechnology 2011.6(9):558-62 (See article)

Crozat E, Meglio A, Allemand JF, Chivers CE, Howarth M, Venien-Bryan C, Grainge I, Sherratt DJ. Separating speed and ability to displace roadblocks during DNA translocation by FtsK. Embo Journal 2010, 29:1423-1433. (See article)

Luik P, Chew C, Aittoniemi J, Chang J, Wentworth P, Dwek RA, Biggin PC, Vénien-Bryan C, Zitzmann N: The 3-dimensional structure of a hepatitis C virus p7 ion channel by electron microscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 2009, 106 :12712-12716. (See article)

Vénien-Bryan C, Jonic S, Skamnaki V, Brown N, Bischler N, Oikonomakos NG, Boisset N, Johnson LN. The structure of phosphorylase kinase holoenzyme at 9.9 a resolution and location of the catalytic subunit and themsubstrate glycogen phosphorylase. Structure 2009, 17:117-127 (See article)

Jonic S, Vénien-Bryan C. Protein structure determination by electron cryo-microscopy Curr Opin Pharmacol. 2009;9(5):636-42 (See article)

Davies KM, Skamnaki V, Johnson LN, Venien-Bryan C: Structural and functional studies of the response regulator HupR. Journal of Molecular Biology 2006, 359:276-288. (See article)

Kuo AL, Domene C, Johnson LN, Doyle DA, Venien-Bryan Two different conformational states of the KirBac3.1 potassium channel revealed by electron crystallography. Structure 2005, 13:1463- 1472. (See article)

Passmore LA, Booth CR, Venien-Bryan C, Ludtke SJ, Fioretto C, Johnson LN, Chiu W, Barford D Structural analysis of the anaphase-promoting complex reveals multiple active sites and insights into polyubiquitylation. Molecular Cell 2005, 20:855-866. (See article)

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Learning Societes

Secretary General Life Science of the Societé Française des Microscopies (2016-2018)

Member of the Biophysical Society

Member of the Société Francaise de biophysique