Anna Milton

	Occupation	PhD Student
	Address	Department of Pharmacy Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Butenandtstr. 5-13, Haus C 81377 München Germany
	Phone	+49 89 2180 77272
	Room-Nr.	Lab: C2.037; Office: C2.072
	Email	anna.milton@cup.lmu.de

Biography

Anna is from the forests of Småland, located in southern Sweden. She grew up on the countryside with horses and dogs but moved to Uppsala to pursue her academic interests. She studied biomedicine and performed her Bachelor’s thesis at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology at Uppsala University in the group of Dr. Tanel Punga, where she investigated the biochemical characteristics of an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Her Bachelor’s degree sparked her interest in uncovering the molecular basis of cellular events and she continued her studies with a Master’s degree in molecular medicine at Uppsala University. During her Master's studies, she was accepted for an exchange program to study 7 months at the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She performed her Master’s thesis in the lab of Prof. Dr. Gunnar Schotta at Ludwig-Maximillian’s University investigating a specific pathway for silencing of endogenous retroviruses. Due to her strong interest in the use of proteomics techniques to uncover pathway disruptions in diseased cells, she joined the Konrad group to investigate the alterations in protein signaling events within non-small cell lung cancers and use this knowledge to develop new treatments.

Publications

“Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and H₂O₂ signaling - a driver of disease progression and a vulnerability in cancers”
Anna V. Milton and David B. Konrad*
Biol. Chem. 2022, 403, 377-390

“Morc3 silences endogenous retroviruses by enabling Daxx - mediated histone H3.3 incorporation”
Groh, S., Milton, A.V., Marinelli, L.K. et al.
Nat. Commun. 2021, 12, 5996

Awards and Honors