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Contact
Lab: | Prof. Dr. Thorsten Friedrich |
Department: | Institute of Biochemistry |
Phone: | 203 6060 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.bioenergetics.uni-freiburg.de/ |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Protein Structure and Function |
Research Interests: | Mitochondria and bacteria respiratory complex I, the first complex of cell respiration |
CV
Education & Training: | Education/Training 1981-1988: Study of Chemistry, University of Düsseldorf, Germany 1992: Dr. rer. nat., University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
Employment & Experience: | 1992 Visiting Research Fellow in Biophysics, Johnson Foundation, Philadelphia, USA 1993-94 Research Fellow in Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany 1994 Research Fellow in Biophysics, Johnson Foundation, Philadelphia, USA 1994-2000 Research Fellow in Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2000-2001 Assistant Professor in Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany 2001-present Professor in Biochemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany |
Scientific Activities: | 1993-present Referee for the ‚US-Isreali Binational Science Foundation’ and the ‘German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development’ 1993-present Member, German Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 1993-present Reviewer for scientific journals (e.g. Science, EMBO J., J.Biol.Chem.) 2006-present Speaker of the Bioenergetics Section of the German Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) 2007-present Associate Editor ‘Biological Chemistry’ |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 2020, 2021, 2022: ‘Master Lab’, University of Freiburg, competitive grant for excellence in higher education |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Van den Bergh B, Schramke H, Michiels JE, Kimkes TEP, Radzikowski JL, Schimpf J, Vedelaar SR, Burschel S, Dewachter L, Lončar N, Schmidt A, Meijer T, Fauvart M, Friedrich T, Michiels J, Heinemann M. Mutations in respiratory complex I promote antibiotic persistence through alterations in intracellular acidity and protein synthesis. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 27;13(1):546. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Alumni Doris Kreuzer-Dekovic (04/2012 - 11/2016) Marta Vranas (04/2009 - 10/2013) |