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Contact
Lab: | Dr. Giorgos Pyrowolakis |
Department: | Department of Biology I |
Phone: | 203 8459 |
E-mail: | This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
Lab homepage: | www.bioss.uni-freiburg.de/cell-communication-in-development/pyrowolakis-lab/ |
BIOSS Excellence Cluster: | Associated member |
PhD positions available: | YES |
Research Area: | Developmental Biology |
Research Interests: | - Signal Transduction - Analysis of Drosophila BMP-signaling - Formation and Interpretation of Morphogen Gradients |
CV
Education & Training: | 1989 Lyceum Diploma, 3rd Lyceum Iraklio, Crete, Greece 1990 - 1992 Studies of Biology, University of Mainz 1992 - 1995 Studies of Biology, University of Heidelberg 1995 - 1996 Diploma thesis in the lab of Prof. Dr. R. Herrmann, Center of Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg 1996 - 1998 Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Dr. S. Jentsch, Center of Molecular Biology Heidelberg (ZMBH), University of Heidelberg 1998 - 2000 Continuation of the Ph.D. thesis in the same group at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Munich August 2000 Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg |
Employment & Experience: | 2002 - 2006 Postdoctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Dr. M. Affolter, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland Since Sept. 2006 Junior Group leader at the Institute for Biology I, University of Freiburg |
Honors
Honors and Awards: | 2000 Ph.D. thesis awarded with "summa cum laude"
2002 Roche Research Foundation Fellow
2003 EMBO Long-term fellow Since
2006 Junior group leader SFB592 |
Publications
Selected Publications: | Norman M., Vuilleumier R. Springhorn A., Gawlik J. and Pyrowolakis G. (2016) Pentagone fine-tunes glypicans to regulate multiple signaling pathways. Elife, Jun 8;5. pii: e13301. Abstract |
SGBM PhD students
SGBM PhD students: | Track 2: CIBSS Track: Clara-Maria Ell (since November 2018)
Alumni |