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Anant Menon, PhD, is a Professor of Biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, since 2005. He holds a PhD from Cornell University (1986), MS from Cornell (1982), and MSc from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (1980). His research focuses on cellular membrane biogenesis, lipid biosynthesis, and phospholipid scrambling mechanisms. Key areas include translocation of lipids across bilayers, membrane transport proteins, and ER membrane dynamics.
His work employs biochemical, biophysical, and genetic approaches to study lipid scramblases, GPCRs, and membrane protein dysfunction in diseases like congenital disorders of glycosylation. Recent studies include cholesterol regulation of phospholipid scrambling, mitochondrial lipid import via VDAC, and molecular simulations of MTCH2 insertases.
Menon has secured grants from NIH (e.g., Scramblases for protein glycosylation, 2022-2026) and NSF (Biology and mechanism of ancestral opsin function, 2024-2027). He collaborates with the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics. His lab’s contributions span over 200 publications, including landmark studies on lipid topogenesis and membrane homeostasis.
