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Gonen Golani

Research Interests

• Theory of membrane elasticity.
• Virus physics.
• Membrane biophysics.
• Biological membrane fusion and fission.

Short CV

Since October 2020

Minerva stiftung postdoctoral fellow at Heidelberg University, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Bioquant under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schwarz, Heidelberg, Germany.

2016-2020

Ph.d in Physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Under the supervision of  Prof. Michael Kozlov.

2014 - 2016

M.Sc. in Physics, Tel Aviv University, Israel. Under the supervision of  Prof. Michael Kozlov.

2010 - 2013

Double B.Sc. in Physics and Biology, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Publications

• B. Zucker, G. Golani, M. M. Kozlov “Model for ring closure in ER tubular network dynamics.” Preprint on BioRxiv (2021).
• G. Golani, et. al. “Myomerger promotes formation of a fusion pore through coupling between the elastic stresses of the proximal and distal leaflets of myoblast membrane.” Nature Communications (2021).
• G. Golani, et. al. “Membrane curvature and tension control the formation and collapse of caveolar superstructures”. Developmental Cell. (2019).
• V. Choudhary, Gonen Golani, A. S. Joshi, S. Cottier, R. Schneiter, W. A. Prinz, M. M. Kozlov. “Architecture of lipid droplets in endoplasmic reticulum is determined by phospholipid intrinsic curvature.” Current Biology. (2018).
• U. Manor, S. Bartholomew, Gonen Golani, E. Christenson, M. M. Kozlov, H. Higgs, J. Spudich, and J. Lippincott-Schwartz. “A mitochondria-anchored isoform of the actin-nucleating spire protein regulates mitochondrial division.” eLife. (2015).

Talks & Posters

• Talk: "Fusion of virus and host membranes – the role of virus geometry" -  German physical society meeting. 2021.
• Poster: "Viral membrane fusion" -  TETHMEM conference. . 2021. Bad Honnef, Germany.
• Poster: "Modeling Mechanisms of Shaping Membrane Superstructure" - EMBO workshop, Membrane shaping and remodeling by proteins. 2019. Xiu Ning, China.
• Poster: "Model for Stability of Lipid Droplet Connection to the Membrane of Endoplasmic Reticulum" - Biophysical society annual meeting. 2019. Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
• Poster: "Modeling Formation of Caveolar Superstructures" - Biophysical society annual meeting. 2018. San Francisco, California, U.S.
• Poster: "Model for Lipid Droplets within Endoplasmic Reticulum" - Biophysical society annual meeting. 2017. New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.