Frank Schnorrer#
| Membership Number: | 7489 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/team/muscle-dynamics/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-9518-7263 |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=YrQHc9cAAAAJ&hl=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2/2016 CNRS Research Director (since 2/2020 DR1) at IBDM, Marseille, The Turing Centre for Living Systems and A*Midex Chair of Excellence, Aix Marseille University
- 2008 - 2016 Max Planck Group leader, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- 2003 - 2007 Postdoc in Barry Dickson’s laboratory, IMP, Vienna, Austria
- 1998 - 2002 Ph.D. Thesis in Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard’s laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
- 1994 - 1998 Study of Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried
- 1992 - 1994 Study of Chemistry at the University of Würzburg, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell biology
- Muscle development and homeostasis
- Mechanobiology
- Drosophila
- Live imaging
- human iPSC-derived muscles
- Morphogenesis
- Genetics
- Sarcomere
- Developmental biology
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Elected EMBO member
- 2019 ERC Synergy grant
- 2018 HFSP Research Grant, coordinator
- 2016 Coups d’Elan Award, Bettencourt Schueller Foundation
- 2015 ANR Chercheur de Haut Niveau
- 2012 ERC starting grant (consolidator level)
- 2011 EMBO Young Investigator
