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Dr. Phyllis I. Hanson is the Minor J. Coon Professor and Chair of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan Medical School. She also holds secondary appointments in Neurology and Cell and Developmental Biology, with affiliations to the Rogel Cancer Center and Precision Health Initiative.
Research Interests: Her lab investigates mechanisms of cellular membrane stress sensing and repair, focusing on lysosomes and the ESCRT pathway. Her work integrates biochemical, cell biological, and advanced imaging techniques to study organelle membrane dynamics in health and disease.
Recent Publications highlight her contributions to understanding ESCRT function in endolysosomal trafficking, membrane resilience under osmotic stress, and protein degradation pathways. These studies intersect with neurodegeneration, cancer biology, and infectious disease.
Scientific Awards:
- AAAS Fellow
- Keck Scholar
- Searle Scholar
- Sloan Scholar
- McKnight Scholar
Grants from NIH and disease-focused foundations since 2018 support her work on ESCRT pathway analysis, HSC70 AMPylation, and signal relay during cell migration.
Leadership: She co-chairs Michigan Medicine’s Endowment for the Basic Sciences and chaired the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Lysosomes & Endocytosis. She serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
