Ana M. Melo
PI of LipReleaseTau: The role of the plasma membrane in the unconventional secretion of tau: insights into the progression of tauopathies (2022.01454.PTDC). Funded by FCT-Portugal
Maria de Sousa Award- 2nd edition: Tracking the unconventionally secreted tau species: insights into the progression of tauopathies (PMS 45/2022). Funded by Bial Foundation and Portuguese Medical Association
PI of SingleMolHTTex1: The aggregation-prone structures of Huntingtin exon 1 at the single-molecule level: Influence of membranes and implications in Huntington disease (PTDC/BIA-BFS/30959/2017). Funded by FCT-Portugal
Management Committee Member and co-Leader of Working Group 4 (WG4) of the COST-Action- ML4NGP: Non-globular proteins in the era of Machine Learning (CA21160). European Funding.
Scanavachi, G., Coutinho, A., Fedorov, A. A., Prieto, M., Melo, A. M., & Itri, R. (2021). Lipid Hydroperoxide Compromises the Membrane Structure Organization and Softens Bending Rigidity. Langmuir, 37(33), 9952-9963. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00830
Birol, M., & Melo, A. M. (2019). Untangling the Conformational Polymorphism of Disordered Proteins Associated With Neurodegeneration at the Single-Molecule Level. Front. Mol. Neurosci., 12, 309. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00309
Melo, A. M., Elbaum-Garfinkle, S., & Rhoades, E. (2017). Insights into tau function and dysfunction through single-molecule fluorescence. Methods in Cell Biology, 141, 27-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.mcb.2017.06.010
Melo, A. M., Coraor, J., Alpha-Cobb, G., Elbaum-Garfinkle, S., Nath, A., & Rhoades, E. (2016). A functional role for intrinsic disorder in the tau-tubulin complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 113(50), 14336-14341. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1610137113
Jülich, D., Cobb, G., Melo, A. M., McMillen, P., Lawton, A. K., Mochrie, S. G., Rhoades, E., & Holley, S. A. (2015). Cross-Scale Integrin Regulation Organizes ECM and Tissue Topology. Dev. Cell, 34(1), 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2015.05.005