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Anant K Menon is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College since 2025. His research focuses on phospholipid scrambling, sterol transport, and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor biosynthesis using biochemical and biophysical approaches.
Education:
- Ph.D., Cornell University (1986)
- M.S., Cornell University (1982)
- M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology (1980)
Menon's work explores the molecular mechanisms of lipid translocation across membranes, particularly through GPCRs, TMEM16 proteins, and VDAC. His recent studies investigate cholesterol switches in GPCR function, reconstitution of scramblases into vesicles, and the role of CLPTM1L in GPI synthesis. Current projects include NSF-funded research on ancestral opsin functions and Human Frontier Science Program studies on protein multifunctionality.
Research Grants:
- National Science Foundation (2024-2027): Biology and mechanism of ancestral opsin function
- Human Frontier Science Program (2023-2026): Evolution of protein multifunctionality
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (2022-2026): Scramblases for protein glycosylation
- National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (2022-2025): Molecular basis of RFT1-CDG
Menon serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and has pioneered fluorescence-based assays for lipid scrambling and sterol transport. His laboratory combines experimental reconstitution with computational modeling to study membrane lipid dynamics.
