Hanna Damke

Hanna Damke serves as an Assistant Professor and Student Advisor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Nevada, Reno, based in the Health Sciences Building (HMS), room 146c (mail stop 330), with contact details including phone (775) 784-1830 and email damke@unr.edu.

Her educational background includes:

• Ph.D., Marburg, Germany, 1992

Dr. Damke's research centers on the signaling GTPase dynamin's role in cellular homeostasis, specifically investigating how dynamin coordinates endocytosis with actin rearrangements, apoptosis, and signal transduction pathways. Her work demonstrates that dynamin-2 overexpression induces p53-dependent apoptosis and characterizes dynamin mutations linked to neuromuscular diseases, with significant implications for cancer biology through biochemical, cell biological, and profiling approaches.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

As a Student Advisor, Dr. Damke provides academic guidance within the department, though no specific grants, funded projects, or advisee details were provided.

No laboratory facilities or research team structures were described in the available information.