Chris Meisinger#
| Membership Number: | 6529 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.meisingerlab.org |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8326-3548 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 Professor, Institute of Biochemistry & Molec. Biol., Centre of Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2010 - 2012 Visiting research Professor (18 months), University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2009 - 2015 Associate Professor, Institute of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg
- 2000 - 2009 Group leader, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg
- 1998 - 2000 Postdoc, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg
- 1997 - 1998 Postdoc, Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Freiburg
- 1993 - 1997 Dissertation (PhD), Faculty of Chemistry and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Mitochondrial signalling
- Protein biogenesis
- Membrane proteins
- Intracellular protein sorting
- Stress reactions and metabolic control
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Elected member of Senate Committee on Research Training Groups of German Science Foundation (DFG)
- 2019 Founder and Speaker of Collaborative Research Centre on Dynamic organization of cellular protein machineries (DFG)
- 2012 Award for Best Lecturer in Molecular Medicine (evaluation by the B.Sc. students of Molecular Medicine)
- 2009 Ranked position12 of best-cited scientists (Cell biology) in German-speaking countries (Laborjournal 12/2009)
- 2007 NaT-Working Award of the Robert-Bosch-Stiftung for collaboration between universities and schools
- 2005 Eugen-Graetz Research Award for discovery of mitochondrial sorting and assembly machinery
- 2003 Constant top ten position of Best Lecturers (annual evaluation by approx. 400 students of human medicine)
