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Date of birth: |
16. März 1968 |
Place of birth: |
Viernheim |
Education |
16.02.1998 |
Ph.D. exam, First degree with honours
(summa cum laude) |
1994 - 1997 |
Graduate work for Ph.D thesis at the ZMBH
(University of Heidelberg)
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| 1993 - 1994 |
Diplomarbeit (Diploma thesis) at the ZMBH
(University of Heidelberg)
First degree with honours
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1993 |
Diplomprüfung (Master's degree)
in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry,
University of Heidelberg
First degree
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1989-1993 |
Study of Biology at University of Heidelberg |
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since 2007 |
Full Professor (W3) at the University of Konstanz,
Germany |
2002 - 2007 |
Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for
Biochemistry, Martinsried |
1998 - 2001 |
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harvard Medical School,
Department of Cell Biology, Boston, USA
Adviser: Prof. T.J. Mitchison
Research: New approach to study mitosis:
Identification of
small molecules that target
proteins
involved in mitosis. |
1998 |
Practical work at EMBL
Advisor: Dr. Tony Hyman
Research: Microtubule dynamic studies in Xenopus
egg extract |
1994 – 1997 |
Graduate work for Ph.D thesis at the ZMBH
(University of Heidelberg)
Adviser: Prof. S. Jentsch
Thesis: Role of the ubiquitin/proteasome system
in ER-degradation
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1993 - 1994 |
Diplomarbeit (Diploma thesis) at the ZMBH
(University
of Heidelberg)
Adviser: Prof. S. Jentsch
Research: Screens for novel ubiquitin-conjugating
enzymes in
S. cerevisiae |
1993 |
Graduate student practical course, Yale University,
New Haven
Advisor: Prof. P. Lengyel
Research: Characterization of g-interferon inducible
genes by site-directed mutagenesis
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Honours / Fellowship / Grants |
| 2007 |
Walther-Flemming-Medaille
der Deutschen Gesellschaft
für Zellbiologie |
| 2005 - 2008 |
Partner of the Max-Planck CGC
(“Chemical Genetic Center”)-Initiative |
| 2004 |
EU grant: Marie Curie Actions,
Research Training Networks,
“Understanding the dynamics of cell division” |
| 2000 |
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Award |
| 1999 - 2005 |
Fellow of the 6 years postdoc/group leader
“Emmy Noether” program of the
Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| 1998 |
Fellow of the Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) |
| 1998 |
Ph.D.-exam, "summa cum laude" |
| 1994 - 1997 |
Fellow of the "Graduierten Programm"
(Ph.D. program)
of the ZMBH |
| 1993 |
Diplom (Master's degree) with First Class Honours |
| 1991 |
Honorary Fellowship by "Studienstiftung
des Deutschen Volkes" |
Patents |
2004 |
“2-Phenylquinoxalines as Inhibitors for the kinesin MPP1” |
| 1999 |
„Methods of High-Throughput screening of Molecules
and Compounds for their Effects on Biological and
Chemical Processes” (U.S.S.N. 60/094,305) |
| 1999 |
"Novel Cell Cycle
Inhibitors that Affect the
Cytoskeleton
and Mitosis" (U.S.S.N. 60/131,765). |
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since 2005 |
Deutscher Hochschulverband |
since 2004 |
Führungsgremium der ChemBioNet Organisation
Deutschland |
since 1999 |
American Society for Cell Biology |
Referee activities |
since 2002 |
Nature, EMBO Journal,
Current Biology,
Chemistry and Biology Philosophical Transactions
of the Royal Society
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Cooperation |
Prof. F. Bracher, Universität München,
Fakultät für
Chemie und Pharmazie
Identification of bioactive natural products
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Prof. A. Giannis, Universität Leipzig,
Institut für Organische Chemie
Identification of novel Eg5 inhibitors |
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Prof. J. Rademann, Forschungsinstitut
für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin
Analyses of structure-activity relationships |
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Prof. H. Waldmann, MPI für Molekulare
Physiologie, Dortmund
Phenotype-based analyses of bioactive compounds |
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„Emmy-Noether Programm der Deutschen
Forschungsgemeinschaft“
Start: January 2002
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Marie-Curie Research Training Network
“Spindle Dynamics”Start: March 2005,
Partners: Prof. A. Giannis, Prof. B. Novak,
Prof. J. Pines, Prof. E. Schiebel, Prof. A. Tavares,
Dr. A. Abrieu, Dr. T. Surrey, Dr. I. Vernos
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Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI)
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