Alexander Kanitz

Contact Information

• ETH Zurich
  

     Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
     Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Pharmacogenomics Unit
     Wolfgang Pauli-Strasse 10
     8093 Zurich
     Switzerland
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• Email: alexander.kanitz@pharma.ethz.ch

Education

• 12-2011: Molecular Life Sciences, Ph.D., ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 03-2007: Medical Biochemistry, M.Sc., University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 07-2004: Molecular Biotechnology, B.Sc., Technical University of Munich, Germany

Expertise

Profound knowledge of gene regulatory systems and networks with a particular focus on post-transcriptional gene regulation; strong background in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology; familiarity with bioinformatics and biotechnology concepts and methods

Current position

I am a grad student in the Gerber Lab at the ETH Zurich, working on post-transcriptional gene regulation, and was recruited through the Molecular Life Sciences program of the Life Science Zurich Graduate School.

Tentative title of the project: "Systematic Analysis of the Crosstalk between Regulatory RNA-Binding Proteins and the MicroRNA Machinery".

I am an initiator of the RNA Club Zurich and the (currently defunct) Zurich-based "Web Utilities and Software Seminar". Furthermore I maintain the web presence of the Gerber Lab (currently moving to the UK).

Previous labs

• 2006 - Tergaonkar Lab, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, Singapore: "Characterization of a Putative IKK2 in Danio rerio" / Supervisor: Prof. Vinay Tergaonkar

• 2004-2005 - Seppen Lab, AMC Liver Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands: "Lentiviral Gene Transfer of Chemically Inducible Hepatocyte Growth Factor Receptor and Liver Re-Targeting of Lentiviral Particles" / Supervisors: Dr. Jurgen Seppen, Prof. Ronald P.J. Oude-Elferink

• 2004 - Skerra Lab, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany: "Production and characterization of the enzymatically active domain of the endolysine Ply500 isolated from Listeria monocytogenes-bacteriophage A 500" / Supervisors: Dr. Ingo P. Korndörfer, Prof. Arne Skerra

Education

• since 2007: PhD student, Life Science Zurich Graduate School, ETH Zurich
• 2004-2007: MSc Medical Biochemistry, University of Amsterdam
• 2001-2004: BSc Molecular Biotechnology, Technical University of Munich

Publications

1. Kanitz A and Gerber AP. Circuitry of mRNA regulation. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine 2009 Sep 30. doi: 10.1002/wsbm.55 [Paper4]
2. Galgano A, Forrer M, Jaskiewicz L, Kanitz A, Zavolan M, and Gerber AP. . pmid:18776931. PubMed HubMed [Paper3]
3. Korndörfer IP, Kanitz A, Danzer J, Zimmer M, Loessner MJ, and Skerra A. . pmid:18560152. PubMed HubMed [Paper2]
4. Markusic DM, Kanitz A, Oude-Elferink RP, and Seppen J. . pmid:17630838. PubMed HubMed [Paper1]

Useful links

• Gerber Lab on OWW
• Gerber Lab @ Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Life Science Zurich Graduate School
• Tergaonkar Lab @ Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Biopolis, Singapore
• Skerra Lab @ Institute of Biological Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany (German only)