| Positions |
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| 1984-1985: |
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Research Associate at the Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA |
| 1985-1987: |
Research Assistent at the Department of General Botany, Bochum |
| 1987-1990: |
University Assistent at Faculty of Biology, Ruhr-University, Bochum |
| 1990-1994: |
Head of the Group Molecular Biology of Aging Processes at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Since 1994: |
University Professor for Molecular Developmental Biology at the Institute for Molecular Biosciences, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
· 1998-1999: Administrative Director of the Botanisches Institut
· 2003-2005: Dean of the faculty Biologie und Informatik (Biowissenschaften) |
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| Research Topics |
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| Mitotic recombination (parasexual cycle) in Aspergillus niger (1979-1980) and Curvularia lunata (1985-1990). Development of transformation systems in filamentous fungi. Genome analysis in filamentous fungi (1985-now). Molecular biology of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria (1984-1990). Molecular biology of degenerative processes (aging, spore killing) in fungal model systems (1980-now). Molecular regulation of cellular copper homeostasis (1994-now). Differential gene expression in filamentous fungi (1995-now). |
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| Memberships |
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| American Society for Microbiology (ASM), Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Alternsforschung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (VAAM), Center of Membrane Proteomics (CMP) |
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| Member of the Editorial Board |
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| Aging, Aging Research Reviews, Biogerontology, Current Genetics, Experimental Gerontology |
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| Grants and Fellowships |
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| 1980-1984: |
Fellowship of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Bonn, Germany |
| 1984-1985: |
Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn, Germany |
| Seit 1990: |
Continuous support by the DFG ("Normalverfahren", Os75/1 bis Os75/2) |
| 2005- 2009 |
Coordinator of the Integrated EU project"Role of Mitochondria in Conserved Mechanisms of Ageing" (MiMage) |
| 2005- 2011 |
Partner in the Coordination Action Link-Age (Coordination and Consolidation of European Biogerontology: En Route Towards Formation of a European College of Biogerontology), EU funded project |
| 2005- 2011 |
Partner in the Integrated EU project "Functional Analysis of Evolutionary Conserved Mechanisms of Ageing based on Advanced Proteome Analysis" (Proteomage) |
| Seit 2006: |
Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes Frankfurt |
| Seit 2010: |
Coordinator of the BMBF project "Mitochondrial network of pathways in aging and lifespan control - a systems biology approach" (GerontoMitoSys) |
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| Awards |
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| 1985: |
Sandoz Prize of Gerontology (together with K. Esser, U. Kück, U. Stahl and P. Tudzynski) |
| 2001: |
René Schubert Prize |
