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University education: Biochemistry in Tübingen, München, Berlin
Diplom, Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin,1989
Dr. rer. nat., Freie Universität Berlin,1992
Diploma and dissertation with R. Jahn at the Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München-Martinsried and at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA (since 8-1991) about rab proteins in synaptic vesicles
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Oregon, Eugene (USA) with T.H. Stevens 1994 - 1998 about SNAREs in yeast vacuolar traffic
Junior group leader, Universität Göttingen, Biochemistry II, 1998 - 2004 Nachwuchsgruppe: 'Homöostase des endosomalen Apparats in Säugerzellen' supported by Volkswagen Stiftung
Habilitation in Biochemistry, Universität Göttingen, 2002 about role of Vti1 SNARE proteins in membrane transport in yeast and mammals
Professor for Cell Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (2004)
Professor for Biochemistry III, Universität Bielefeld (2005)
- Molecular mechansims of endosomal membrane transport in yeast with a focus on SNARE proteins
- Molecular mechansims of membrane transport in mammalian cell lines deficient for the SNARE proteins Vti1a and Vti1b
- Characterization and protein engineering of fungal L-amino acid oxidases