2025 Beth Levine PhD Award

During her PhD, Juliane explored the role of endoplasmic reticulum–endosome contact sites in the regulation of autophagy, under the supervision of Dr. Étienne Morel at the Institut Necker Enfants Malades (INEM) in Paris. Her work uncovered how these membranes contact sites dynamically organize to create subcellular environments favoring autophagosome formation, thereby providing new insights into the spatial regulation of early autophagy events and their implications in cancer cell adaptation. In addition to her outstanding scientific contributions, Juliane has shown a strong commitment to the autophagy community. From taking part to the 2022 CFATG meeting in Besançon (winning a best oral presentation prize!) to contributing to outreach initiatives, such as creation of a video for our “Boîte à outils” in the CFATG website, she has actively participated in sharing science beyond the bench.