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Michael Hanna is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. His work focuses on membrane trafficking, organelle dynamics, and protein transport mechanisms. He holds a BA in Chemistry from Baldwin Wallace University (2011) and a PhD in Pharmacology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017).
His research investigates molecular mechanisms governing early secretory pathway dynamics, including COPII vesicle biogenesis, Golgi complex organization, and lipid transfer protein functions. Key areas include the role of VPS13 proteins in organelle interfaces, Sar1 GTPase-independent trafficking, and mutations linked to neurodegenerative disorders such as hereditary spastic paraplegia.
Publications highlight contributions to understanding membrane traffic regulation at endosome-Golgi interfaces, ER-mitochondria contacts, and novel lipid transfer proteins like SHIP164 and BLTP3A. Methodological innovations include supported tubulated bilayer systems to study membrane remodeling processes.
