Blanche Schwappach-Pignataro

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Blanche Schwappach-Pignataro (* 1968 ) is a German molecular biologist , university professor and, since 2020, Dean of the Medical Faculty at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf .

Life

After graduating from the Wilhelm-Gymnasium in Harvestehude, Schwappach-Pignataro studied biology with a focus on biochemistry / biophysics at the University of Konstanz from 1987 to 1992 . She then did her doctorate in 1996 at the Center for Molecular Neurobiology at the University of Hamburg . After a postdoc phase at the University of California, San Francisco , with Lily Jan , she led a junior research group at the Center for Molecular Biology at Heidelberg University from 2000 to 2007 . There she completed her habilitation in 2004 with the license to teach molecular biology and cell biology. In 2007 she received a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Research and did research at the University of Manchester from 2007 to 2010 . From 2010 to 2020 she held a chair for biochemistry at the University Medical Center Göttingen and headed the institute for molecular biology there. From 2017 to 2020 she was also Dean of Research at the University Medical Center Göttingen. Since April 1, 2020, she has been the dean of the medical faculty at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf as the successor to Uwe Koch-Gromus .

Research priorities

In research, Schwappach-Pignataro deals with the biogenesis and sorting of membrane proteins. The focus is on the investigation of biogenesis, sorting and protein stability in a physiological context, especially in terminally differentiated tissues of the mammalian organism such as the heart, and on the relationship between disorders in these processes and the development of diseases.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Blanche Schwappach-Pignataro replaces previous dean Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Koch-Gromus exits. March 31, 2020, accessed on May 12, 2020 (German).
  3. ↑ Research focus. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Schwappach-Pignataro, Blanche
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German molecular biologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1968