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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Susana Andrade |
Department: | Institute of Biochemistry |
Address: | Albertstrasse 21 79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | (+49) 761 203 8719 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.biophysics.uni-freiburg.de |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Synthetic Biology and Signalling |
Research Interests: | Structure, function and regulation of membrane proteins involved in ion transport and sensing mechanisms |
CV
Education & Training: | 1991-1996: Diploma in Biochemistry at Classic University of Lisbon, Portugal 1998-2002: Dr. rer. nat. in Biochemistry/Biophysics at New University of Lisbon, Portugal |
Employment & Experience: | 1996-1997: Young Investigator fellow, New University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal 1997: Visiting Investigator, Lemonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 1999: Visiting Investigator, Technical University of Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal 2001-2002: Postdoc fellow, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA 2001: Visiting Investigator, University of California Davis, USA 2003-2005: Postdoc fellow, University of Göttingen, Germany 2006-2011: Emmy-Noether Group Leader, University of Freiburg, Germany 2012-2017: W2 Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany since 2018: W3 professor for Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany |
Scientific Activities: | Memberships: 1995-present: Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SBIC) 2003-present: International Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Society 2006-present: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2007-present: German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) 2007-present: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2010-present: Biophysical Society 2006-2008: Intern. Max Planck Res. School and Georg-August Univ. (Molecular Biology Master/Ph.D. Program) 2007-2008: Göttingen Graduate School (Neurosciences and Molecular Biology: Biomolecules, Structure, Function and Dynamics Program) 2007-2008: Invited Junior Group Member of the Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB) 2010-present: Invited Member of ‘AcademiaNet - Internet Portal for Excellent Researchers’ 2010-present: Associate Member of the DFG Research Unit ‘Diversity of Asymmetric Thiamine Catalysis’ (Chair: Prof. Michael Müller; DFG-FOR 1296) 2010-present: DFG-IRTG ‘Membrane Proteins and Biological Membranes’ (Chair: Prof. Thorsten Friedrich; DFG-GRK 1478) 2011-present: Associate Member of BIOSS Center for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany 2011-present: Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Germany 2012-2021: Member of the Executive Board of the Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Germany since 2019: Full member of BIOSS Center for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 2015 Eugen-Graetz-Preis |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Pflüger T, Hernández CF, Lewe P, Frank F, Mertens H, Svergun D, Baumstark MW, Lunin VY, Jetten MSM, Andrade SLA. Signaling ammonium across membranes through an ammonium sensor histidine kinase. Nat Commun. 2018 Jan 11;9(1):164. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Maria Agostina Di Renzo (since January 2017) |