Affiliation: Babraham Institute, Cambridge UK

Nicholas Ktistakis obtained his PhD from the University of Texas at Dallas and worked for several years as a post-doctoral researcher and Instructor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Subsequently, he joined the Babraham Institute in Cambridge UK working on pathways of lipid signalling and on the mechanisms of autophagy initiation in mammalian cells. His lab has contributed to the understanding of the dynamics of the autophagic response in non-selective and selective autophagy with over 80 publications in the last few years. He is also Section Editor for the Journal Autophagy overseeing the area of Membrane Biogenesis and Trafficking.