Join us for MLS Seminar featuring Dr. Arne Gennerich, Professor of Biochemistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine!
Arne Gennerich is a molecular biophysicist at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he leads an NIH-funded research program focused on the molecular mechanisms of microtubule-associated motor proteins. Originally from Germany, he earned a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Wolfenbüttel and a Master’s degree in Physics from the University of Göttingen, followed by a PhD at the University of Göttingen Medical School. His doctoral work centered on the development of advanced microscopy technologies and image analysis methods to study transport processes in neurons.
Dr. Gennerich conducted his postdoctoral training as a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow in the laboratory of Ronald Vale at University of California, San Francisco, where he developed force-clamp optical tweezers to investigate the mechanics of cytoskeletal motor proteins. Since establishing his laboratory at Einstein in 2009, he has combined high-resolution single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, optical trapping, and biochemical approaches to dissect how kinesin and dynein motors generate force, coordinate movement, and fail in human disease. His work has provided mechanistic insight into motor regulation and the molecular basis of KIF1A-associated neurological disorders.f biomolecular motors and to elucidate the molecular basis of diseases caused by impaired motor function.