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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Ralf Baumeister |
Department: | Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology (Bio3, Faculty of Biology) Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Research (ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine) |
Address: | Schänzlestr. 1 D-79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | +49 (761) 203 8350 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | celegans.biologie.uni-freiburg.de |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Molecular Medicine |
Research Interests: | Molecular genetics and biochemistry of aging and age-related diseases, tumor, longevity, stress biology, signaling mechanisms. |
CV
Education & Training: | 1982-1987 Diploma in Biology, University of Erlangen/Nürnberg 1987-1992 PhD in Microbiology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg 2001 Habilitation in Biochemistry, LMU Munich, (Prof. Dr. E. Winnacker) |
Employment & Experience: | since 2006 W3 Professor (Ordinarius), Faculties of Biology and Medicine 2003-2006 C4 Professor (Ordinarius), Bioinformatics and Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg 2000-2003 C3 Professor (Metabolic Chemistry), Adolf-Butenandt-Inst., Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich 1995-2000 Group Leader Neurogenetics, Genzentrum LMU Munich 1992-1995 Postdoctorate, Harvard Med. School, Mass. General Hospital, Boston, USA |
Scientific Activities: | 2010-2012 Internal Senior Fellow FRIAS LIFENET 2007-2010 Director of LIFENET at FRIAS – Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies 2007-2008 Director of Institute of Biology 3, Faculty of Biology 2005-2010 Director of ZBSA (Zentrum für Biosystemanalyse) Freiburg 1998 Founder of the Biotech Company ELEGENE Inc. |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 1988-1990: Stipend, Begabtenförderung des Freistaats Bayern
1988: Eva-Schleip Stipend, Erlangen
1989: EMBO Fellowship, Research Visit at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 1993: PhD Prize, VAAM e.V (Vereinigung f. Allg. und Angew. Mikrobiologie) 1993-1995: EMBO and DFG (German Research Council) Research fellowships
1995: American Cancer Society Mass. Div., Research fellowship 2001: Philip-Morris Research Prize 2002: Familie-Hansen Research Prize of Bayer AG 2003: Recipient of Qualitätsoffensive Program by the State of Baden-W. 2009: Alzheimer Research Prize 2008 of the Hans and Ilse Breuer Foundation |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Baumeister R, Murphy CT, Heimbucher T. Metabolic adaptation to hypoxia: do worms and cancer cells share common metabolic responses to hypoxic stress? Cell Death Differ. 2021 Apr;28(4):1434-1436. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Fan Xu (since November 2019)
Alumni Eva Runkel (06/2008 - 07/2013) Tamara Prentzell (04/2012 - 05/2018) |