My PhD research aims to understand how cells employ regulatory cues embedded in microtubules to orchestrate motor-mediated long-range transport of lysosomes. Complex microtubule architecture and molecular crowding make the regulation of motor-based transport uniquely complex. 

Dissecting the mechanistic regulation of how, when and why lysosomes move is of great relevance due to a strong correlation between abnormal spatiotemporal positioning of lysosomes and myriads of disorders.