Abstract:
Karin Reinisch, Ph.D., will discuss lessons learned about membrane lipid homeostasis via characterization of lipid transport proteins resident at membrane contact sites, including SMP- and chorein-N-domain containing proteins.

Speaker:
Karin Reinisch received her B.A. (summa cum laude) and subsequently her Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University, where she also completed post-doctoral studies. She trained as a structural biologist, first with William N. Lipscomb during her graduate studies, and then with Stephen C. Harrison as a postdoctoral fellow. She opened her own laboratory in Yale’s Department of Cell Biology in 2001, and has been working to dissect the molecular mechanisms underlying membrane trafficking and membrane biology.