Dr Maria Makarova

Dr Maria Makarova

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Assistant Professor
Business Engagement Lead

Contact details

Email
m.makarova@bham.ac.uk
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Dr Maria Makarova is a Group leader at the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science (MSS) at College of Medicine and Health. Her research is focussed on the chemical biology of lipid metabolism, linking genetics and membrane biophysics with applications in evolution, cell physiology, and industrial microbiology.

Qualifications

  • PhD in experimental oncology (Russian Cancer Research Centre), 2010
  • Diploma in Biochemistry (Lomonosov Moscow State University), 2006

Teaching

  • 2022 – present. Undergraduate Lecturing: 1st year Biosciences, LC Fundamentals in Biochemistry (topics: TCA cycle, Glycolysis, Regulation of Metabolism).
  • 2022 – present. Undergraduate Lecturing: 1st year Biosciences, LC Chemistry for Biochemists (topics: Organic Chemistry).
  • 2021 – present. Undergraduate Lecturing: 1st year Biosciences, LC Metabolism ((topics: Metabolism across sciences, Methods in metabolism research, Central carbon metabolism, TCA cycle, Glycolysis).
  • 2021 – present. Undergraduate Lecturing: 2nd year Biosciences, LI Membranes Energy and Metabolism (topics: Amino acid metabolism, Lipid metabolism, Carbohydrate metabolism).

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Panconi, L, Euchner, J, Tashev, SA, Makarova, M, Herten, D-P, Owen, DM & Nieves, DJ 2024, '', Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 9641.

Panconi, L, Tansell, A, Collins, AJ, Makarova, M & Owen, DM 2024, '', Biological Imaging, vol. 4, e1.

Panconi, L, Lorenz, CD, May, RC, Owen, DM & Makarova, M 2023, '', The Journal of biological chemistry, vol. 299, no. 9, 105134.

Grimes, J, Koszegi, Z, Lanoiselee, Y, Miljus, T, O'Brien, SL, Stepniewski, TM, Medel-Lacruz, B, Baidya, M, Makarova, M, Mistry, R, Goulding, J, Drube, J, Hoffmann, C, Owen, DM, Shukla, AK, Selent, J, Hill, SJ & Calebiro, D 2023, '', Cell, vol. 186, no. 10, pp. 2238-2255.e20.

Saidykhan, L, Correia, J, Romanyuk, A, Desanti, GE, Taylor-Smith, L, Makarova, M, Ballou, ER & May, RC 2022, '', PLoS Pathogens, vol. 18, no. 8, e1010321.

Panconi, L, Makarova, M, Lambert, E, May, R & Owen, D 2022, '', Journal of Biophotonics.

Simoncelli, S, Makarova, M, Wardley, W & Owen, DM 2017, '', ACS Nano, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 11762-11767.

Chapter

Makarova, M & May, RC 2021, . in M Rodrigues & G Janbon (eds), Fungal Extracellular Vesicles: Biological Roles. 1 edn, Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol. 432, Springer, Cham, pp. 81-88.

Comment/debate

Saidykhan, L, Correia, J, Romanyuk, A, Peacock, AFA, Desanti, GE, Taylor-Smith, L, Makarova, M, Ballou, ER & May, RC 2022, '', PLoS Pathogens, vol. 18, no. 11, e1011001.

Preprint

Panconi, L, Lorenz, CD, May, R, Owen, D & Makarova, M 2022 '' bioRxiv.