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  • 1960 Born
  • 1985 Diploma Thesis, University of Bern
  • 1985-1988 PhD Thesis with Prof. T. Seebeck at the Institute of General Microbiology of the University of Bern
    (Subject: Cytoskeleton of T. brucei)
  • 1988-1991 Postdoc with Prof. G. Schatz at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel
    (Subject: Mitochondrial protein import in yeast)
  • 1991-1993 Independent Postdoc funded by the SNF with Prof. N. Agabian at UCSF
    (Subject: Mitochondrial tRNA import in T. brucei)
  • 1993-1996 Group leader (Biocenter Fellow) at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel
    (Subject: Mitochondrial tRNA import in T. brucei)
  • 1996 Habilitation in Biochemistry at the University of Basel
  • 1993-2004 Group leader (Max-Cloetta Fellow) at the Department of Biology of the University of Fribourg
    (Subject: Mitochondrial biogenesis in T. brucei)
  • 2004-2007 Associate Professor at the Department of Biology of the University of Fribourg
  • 2008- Full Professor of Biochemistry at the Deparmtent of Chemistry and Biochemistry / Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences (since 2021) of the University of Bern
  • 2018-2020 Director of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern

 Mitochondrial biogenesis using the parasitic protozoa Trypanosoma brucei as a model system

  • mitochondrial tRNA import and its consequences
  • mitochondrial protein import
  • mitochondrial gene expression

 

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