Prof. Dr. A. Jeyaprakash Arulanandam (JP) serves as Professor at the Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where his ERC Advanced Grant-funded laboratory commenced operations on March 1, 2023. Concurrently, he holds a Personal Chair of Structural Cell Biology and serves as Co-Head of the Institute of Cell Biology at the University of Edinburgh's Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology since 2022. His research employs an integrative structure-function approach combining cryoEM, crystallography, and cross-linking mass spectrometry with proteomics and cell biology to investigate centromere assembly, RNA modification activities, and spindle assembly mechanisms. Key focus areas include structural basis of centromere maintenance, Mis18 complex function in centromere inheritance, and error-free chromosome segregation pathways. Recent publications (2020-2024) demonstrate consistent structural biology methodologies applied to chromosome segregation mechanisms, with increasing emphasis on RNA-modification activities and centromere epigenetic regulation. The work bridges high-resolution structural insights with cellular functional validation. Major scientific awards include: ERC Advanced Grant (2023-2028) Wellcome Senior Research Fellowship (2017-2022) Wellcome Career Development Fellowship (2012-2016) Max-Planck Institute Junior Research Award (2008) Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2004-2005) He supervises doctoral researcher Ana Alves do Vale Marques and postdoctoral researchers Paula Sotelo Parrilla and Guangpu Xue, supported by major grants including the ERC Advanced Grant and historical Wellcome Trust funding. His labs at LMU's Gene Center (Room A4.68) and Edinburgh's Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology form a collaborative structural cell biology research environment focused on chromosome dynamics.






