Curriculum vitae

• Beate Averhoff (born June 20, 1959)
• Diplom (Biology), University of Göttingen, 1985
• Ph.D. Thesis in Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, University of Göttingen, 1988
• Assistant, Institute of Microbiology, University of Göttingen, 1988-89
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Microbiology, Yale University, 1989-90
• Postdoctoral Fellow, German Research Center for Biotechnology, 1990-92
• Group leader, Institute of Microbiology, University of Göttingen, 1992-2001
• Habilitation (Microbiology), University of Göttingen, 1998
• Assistant Professor (C3, temporary), Institute of Genetics, Maximilians University Munich, 2001-04
• Group leader, Institute of Molecular Biosciences (formerly Institute of Microbiology), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, since 2004
• Appointment as “Apl. Professor"at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Faculty of Biosciences, 2006

Research interests

• Structure and function of DNA transporters in mesophilic and extremely thermophilic bacteria
• Structure and function of bacterial pili
• DNA transfer in extreme environments
• Novel Carotinoids
• DNA repair systems
• Marine microbial communities

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