My research interests are in the study of vesicular transport processes in the lysosomal system of eukaryotic cells, with a special focus on autophagy. The molecular players involved in many aspects of the autophagy pathway are already known, but the regulation and physiological role of the transport and intracellular positioning of the vesicles involved in this process (autophagosomes, lysosomes) are less understood. My aim is to better understand these processes, to characterise the molecular factors involved in them, and to explore their relationship with autophagic fusions and degradation. The autophagy process is essential for the maintenance of cellular and organismal homeodynamics and its dysfunction leads to the development of severe pathologies, and its research is therefore of major biomedical importance. My experiments are carried out on Drosophila melanogaster, a popular model organism for genetic and cell biology research.