Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences / Pharmacogenomics Unit
Wolfgang Pauli-Strasse 10
8093 Zurich
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December 2011 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Nov 2007 – Dec 2011 Graduate studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
Nov 2007 – Dec 2011 Graduate studies in Molecular Life Sciences, Life Science Zurich Graduate School, Zurich, Switzerland
March 2007 Master of Science (M.Sc.), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Oct 2004 – Mar 2007 Undergraduate studies in Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
July 2004 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Technical University of Munich, Germany
Sep 2001 – Jul 2004 Undergraduate studies in Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Research interests
I am interested in post-transcriptional regulatory networks, particularly the regulation of mRNA translation, localization and stability by RNA-binding proteins and non-coding RNAs. In our lab we are studying the dynamics of mRNPs in yeast and human cell lines, and we hope that our work will contribute to the deciphering of the "mRNP code".
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).
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