Brigitte Ritter, PhD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Her research interests and expertise is in intracellular receptor sorting controls basic cellular functions such as nutrient uptake and signaling as well as complex behaviors such as migration, differentiation and tissue morphogenesis. Accordingly, the proteins and mechanisms involved in the various sorting pathways are key to normal cell physiology and their misregulation directly contributes to human disease.

Her laboratory focused on clathrin-mediated sorting events and the regulation of these events by the NECAP protein family.

Publications

  • Published 3/17/2022

    Husein D, Alamoudi A, Ohyama Y, Mochida H, Ritter B, Mochida Y. Identification of the C-terminal region in Amelogenesis Imperfecta causative protein WDR72 required for Golgi localization. Sci Rep. 2022 03 17; 12(1):4640. PMID: 35301423.

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  • Published 12/5/2017

    Ritter B, Ferguson SM, De Camilli P, McPherson PS. A lentiviral system for efficient knockdown of proteins in neuronal cultures [version 1; referees: 2 approved]. MNI Open Res. 2017; 1(2). PMID: 29355247.

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  • Published 10/23/2017

    Chamberland JP, Ritter B. Retromer revisited: Evolving roles for retromer in endosomal sorting. J Cell Biol. 2017 11 06; 216(11):3433-3436. PMID: 29061649.

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  • Published 5/20/2016

    Chamberland JP, Antonow LT, Dias Santos M, Ritter B. NECAP2 controls clathrin coat recruitment to early endosomes for fast endocytic recycling. J Cell Sci. 2016 Jul 01; 129(13):2625-37. PMID: 27206861.

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  • Published 8/20/2015

    Rouka E, Simister PC, Janning M, Kumbrink J, Konstantinou T, Muniz JR, Joshi D, O'Reilly N, Volkmer R, Ritter B, Knapp S, von Delft F, Kirsch KH, Feller SM. Differential Recognition Preferences of the Three Src Homology 3 (SH3) Domains from the Adaptor CD2-associated Protein (CD2AP) and Direct Association with Ras and Rab Interactor 3 (RIN3). J Biol Chem. 2015 Oct 16; 290(42):25275-92. PMID: 26296892.

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Other Positions

  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • University of Cologne, PhD