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Study

  • 1988-1996: studies in Biology/Genetics at the University of Vienna, Austria
  • 1995-1996: diploma thesis in the group of Andrea Barta, Institute of Biochemistry, Vienna 
    (Topic: Identification of divalent metal ion binding sites in rRNA of E. coli)
  • 1997-2000: Ph.D. thesis in the group of Andrea Barta, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, University of Vienna
    (Topic: Structural dynamics of bacterial rRNA during translation)

Career history

  • 2000-2003: Postdoc in the group of Alexander S. Mankin, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (research field: Ribosomal catalysis)
  • 2003-2005: University Assistant (Assistant Professor) and group leader at the Division of Genomics & RNomics, Innsbruck Medical University - Biocenter, Austria (research fields: Small ncRNAs as ribo-regulators in pro- and eukaryotes, catalytic functions of rRNA)
  • 2005: ‘Habilitation’ (venia docendi) in Molecular Biology at the Medical University Innsbruck
  • 2005-2011: Associate Professor at the Innsbruck Biocenter /Division of Genomics & RNomics, Innsbruck Medical University
  • since 2012: Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry / Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (since 2021), University of Bern
  • since 2014: NCCR RNA & Disease Delegate Training & Education
  • since 2014: head of the master program in "Molecular Life Sciences" at the University of Bern
  • 2018-2020: Deputy Director of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • 2021-2023: Director of the Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland

Prizes and Awards

  • 2006: START award from the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)
  • 2006: Novartis research prize for Biology
  • 2008: Research award of the Principality Liechtenstein

 

Research

In our group we focus on the functional characterization of non-protein-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) in large cellular RNA/protein complexes, such as the ribosome or the vault particle. We are particularly interested in the structural, catalytic and regulatory roles of ncRNAs during ribosome functioning, translation control, as well as during apoptosis. We approach these aims by applying biochemical, genomic, and bioinformatics tools in model organisms representing all three domains of life (archaea, bacteria and eukarya).

Publications

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(Bern Open Repository and Information System)

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