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Carla Baquet

Research Associate Biophysics, Structural Biology, National Synchrotron Light Source II

Carla Baquet

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 745, Room C08M
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

I am interested in utilizing synchrotron x-ray imaging to visualize cells and organisms in novel ways. 

I am also elucidating the mechanisms by which a biocontrol bacteria controls fungal pathogens. 

Education | Publications


Education

PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology,  Stony Brook University

MSc in Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology, Penn State University

BA in Biology, BSc in Fashion and Textile Technology, Buffalo State University

Selected Publications

  • Lanze CE, Haley JD, Konopka JB (2025) Proximity labeling identification of plasma membrane eisosome proteins in Candida albicans. GENETICS 230:. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyaf077
  • Lanze CE, Konopka JB (2024) Sur7 mediates a novel pathway for PI4,5P2 regulation in C. albicans that promotes stress resistance and cell wall morphogenesis. Molecular Biology of the Cell 35:. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.e23-08-0324
  • Lanze CE, Zhou S, Konopka JB (2021) The Sur7 cytoplasmic C terminus regulates morphogenesis and stress responses in Candida albicans. Molecular Microbiology 116:1201–1215. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14806
  • Lanze CE, Gandra RM, Foderaro JE, et al (2020) Plasma Membrane MCC/Eisosome Domains Promote Stress Resistance in Fungi. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 84:. https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00063-19
  • Choudhary CE, Burgos-Garay ML, Moorman GW, Hong C (2016) Pythium and Phytopythium Species in Two Pennsylvania Greenhouse Irrigation Water Tanks. Plant Disease 100:926–932. https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-07-15-0836-re
Carla Baquet

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 745, Room C08M
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000