Cell scientist to watch – Barbara Tanos

ABSTRACT Barbara Tanos is a Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences in the Department of Life Sciences at Brunel University London (UK). Barbara received her undergraduate degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, followed by a PhD in Molecular Cancer Biology from Duke University in North Carolina, under the supervision of Ann Marie Pendergast, where she studied ABL tyrosine kinases and EGF receptor trafficking. For her postdoctoral studies, Barbara first joined Weill Cornell Medical School (USA), where she worked with Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan to investigate epithelial polarity. She then moved to Memorial Sloan Kettering (USA) to join the team of Bryan Tsou where she investigated centriole distal appendage proteins and cilia formation. Barbara started her own research group at Brunel University London, to explore the mechanisms of regulation of centrioles and cilia. We spoke with Barbara over Zoom to learn more about her career, being a global nomad and her love for writing poetry.