Maria Falkenberg

Maria Falkenberg is a professor of medical biochemistry at the Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 2017 Election to the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg (KVVS) 2015 Election to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) 2012 The Edlunska Prize 2009 Sven och Ebba-Christina Hagbergs Prize in Chemistry 2009 The Fernström Prize 2008 Research Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2008 Future Research Leader Award, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)

Selected publications

Copy-choice recombination during mitochondrial L-strand synthesis causes DNA deletions.

Persson Ö, Muthukumar Y, Basu S, Jenninger L, Uhler JP, Berglund AK, McFarland R, Taylor RW, Gustafsson CM, Larsson E, Falkenberg M.

Nat Commun. 2019 Feb 15;10(1):759. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08673-5.

Nucleotide pools dictate the identity and frequency of ribonucleotide incorporation in mitochondrial DNA.

Berglund AK, Navarrete C, Engqvist MK, Hoberg E, Szilagyi Z, Taylor RW, Gustafsson CM, Falkenberg M, Clausen AR.

PLoS Genet. 2017 Feb 16;13(2):e1006628. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006628.

Maintenance and Expression of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA.

Gustafsson CM, Falkenberg M, Larsson NG.

Annu Rev Biochem. 2016 Jun 2;85:133-60. doi: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060815-014402.

In vitro-reconstituted nucleoids can block mitochondrial DNA replication and transcription

Géraldine Farge, Majda Mehmedovic, Marian Baclayon, Siet MJL van den Wildenberg, Wouter H Roos, Claes M Gustafsson, Gijs JL Wuite, Maria Falkenberg

Cell Rep. 2014 Jul 10;8(1):66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.046.

In vivo occupancy of mitochondrial single-stranded DNA binding protein supports the strand displacement mode of DNA replication.

Miralles Fusté J, Shi Y, Wanrooij S, Zhu X, Jemt E, Persson Ö, Sabouri N, Gustafsson CM, Falkenberg M.

PLoS Genet. 2014 Dec 4;10(12):e1004832. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004832.