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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Ralf Reski |
Department: | Plant Biotechnology |
Address: | Schänzlestr. 1 79104 Freiburg |
Phone: | 203 6969 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.plant-biotech.net/ |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Molecular Plant Sciences |
Research Interests: | gene expression (transcripts, proteins, protein modifications, metabolites, sub-cellular integration) and bio-production in mosses. |
CV
Education & Training: | 1984: Study of Biology and Chemistry, 1. Staatsexamen, Universities Gießen and Hamburg, Germany 1990: Dr. rer. nat., Genetics, Hamburg University, Germany 1994: Habilitation, General Botany, Hamburg University, Germany |
Employment & Experience: | 1990-1996: Assistant Professor (C1) at University of Hamburg 1996-1998: Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG Since 1999: Distinguished Professor (C4, Ordinarius) at University of Freiburg 2002-2003: Rotating Director of the Institute of Biology II Since 2004: Professor at the Ecole Supérieur de Biotechnologie Strasbourg (ESBS) 2006-2008: Dean of the Faculty of Biology 2009-2011: Rotating Director of the Institute of Biology II 2010-2014: Elected Senator (most votes), Speaker of Professors in the Academic Senate 2011-2015: Senior Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) 2013-2015: Senior Fellow, University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS) 2014-2019: Elected Senator (most votes), Speaker of Professors in the Academic Senate |
Scientific Activities: | 1999: Co-founder of greenovation Biotechnology GmbH (now Eleva GmbH) 1999-2005: Co-ordinator of the DFG SPP1067 1999-2002: Scientific co-ordinator of the BioRegio Freiburg 2001-2002: Life Science co-ordinator of Freiburg University 2001-2011: Director Plant Biotechnology of the Centre for Applied Biosciences (ZAB) since 2004: Member of the International Moss Genome Sequencing Consortium 2008-2012: President of the German National Committee (DNK) of the IUBS and IUMS 2009-2012: Executive Committee of the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) 2010-2013: EU TEMPUS “Qualifications Framework for Ecology and Environmental Management (QualFEEM)”, Coordinator 2015-2019: EU Erasmus Plus “Trans-Regional Environmental Awareness for Sustainable Usage of Water Resources (TREASURE-WATER)”, Coordinator Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments since 2006: Founding Principal Investigator (PI) "Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine" (SGBM) 2007-2011: Founding Principal Investigator (PI) "Freiburg Initiative for Systems Biology" (FRISYS) since 2007: Founding Principal Investigator (PI) "Centre for Biological Signalling Studies" (BIOSS) since 2018: Founding Principal Investigator (PI) "Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies" (CIBSS) Since 2018: Founding Principal Investigator (PI) "Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems"(livMatS) Editorial Boards: 2004-2006: Plant Biology (Guest Editor) 2002-2012: Plant Cell Reports 2008-2013: BioMed Research International 2009-2012: Editor-in-Chief Plant Cell Reports 2010-2012: Biology International 2018-2020: Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Section Editor Plant Biotechnology Advisory Boards: 2000-2005: InnoPlanta e.V. 2002-2005: greenovation Biotech GmbH, Chairman of the Board 2002-2005: Member of the FESPB (Federation of European Societies for Plant Biology) Grants and Awards Committee 2003-2006: Habilitation Board, Faculty of Biology, Freiburg University 2003-2012: BioPro GmbH 2004-2010: BMBF program "Risk assessment in Plant Biotechnology" since 2005: Board of Governors, Ecole supérieure de Biotechnologie Strasbourg (ESBS) 2007-2010: Innovation Think-Tank of the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, Günther Oettinger 2008-2012: German Life Sciences Association (VBIO) 2010-2011: DFG, Member of the Expert Commission SSG-Evaluation "Scientific Library and Information Systems (LIS)" since 2011: greenovation Biotech GmbH (now: Eleva GmbH) 2016-2020: CeBiTec – Center for Biotechnology, University of Bielefeld since 2020: National Research Data Infrastructure NFDI DataPLANT, Senior Management Board |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 1996-1999: Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Top O, Milferstaedt SWL, van Gessel N, Hoernstein SNW, Özdemir B, Decker EL, Reski R. Expression of a human cDNA in moss results in spliced mRNAs and fragmentary protein isoforms. Commun Biol. 2021 Aug 12;4(1):964. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: |
Track 2: Christine Rempfer (since May 2017)
Alumni Track 1: Oguz Top (01/2015 - 04/2019) Track 2: |