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Contact
Lab: | Dr. Peter Walentek |
Department: | Internal Medicine IV, University Medical Center and ZBSA, Center for Systems Biological Analysis |
Phone: | +49 761 203 97206 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/walentek-en.html |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Developmental Biology |
Research Interests: | We study the molecular mechanisms of mucociliary development, regeneration and disease. Mucociliary epithelia provide an important first line of defense against pathogens for the organism. We are particularly interested to elucidate the interactions between cell signaling, transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene regulatory networks, and the morphogenetic processes at the cellular and tissue-wide levels, which facilitate complex tissue formation and function. Our work aims to provide crucial insights into the logic of self-organization in biological systems as well as into the molecular mechanisms underlying ciliopathies and chronic lung diseases. |
CV
Education & Training: | 09/2012: Dr. rer. nat., Developmental & Molecular Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany 11/2007: Diplom Biologie, Zoology, Animal Ecology & Membrane Physiology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
Employment & Experience: | Since 2021: PI, NephGen Collaborative Research Center 1453 Since 2019: Associated PI, CIBSS Excellence Cluster Since 2017: Emmy-Noether Research Group 2016-2017: K99 Principal Investigator, Translational & Developmental Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, and Center for Integrative Genomics, UC Berkeley, CA, USA 2012-2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cell & Developmental Biology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, and Center for Integrative Genomics, UC Berkeley, CA, USA 2008-2012: PhD Student, Developmental and Molecular Biology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany 2006: Undergraduate Researcher, Regenerative and Developmental Biology, Forsyth Institute, Harvard University, Boston, and Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA |
Honors
Honors and Awards: |
2017: Emmy Noether Research Group - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Boecking CA, Walentek P, Zlock LT, Sun DI, Wolters PJ, Ishikawa H, Jin BJ, Haggie PM, Marshall WF, Verkman AS, Finkbeiner WE. A simple method to generate human airway epithelial organoids with externally-oriented apical membranes. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2022 Jan 26. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Maximilian Haas (since March 2018) Magdalena Brislinger (since October 2018) |