Matthias Wilmanns
Matthias Wilmanns (born March 16, 1959 in Munich ) is a German biochemist , molecular biologist and university professor.
Live and act
Wilmanns studied chemistry from 1980 to 1982 at the University of Karlsruhe and from 1982 to 1986 at the University of Freiburg , where he graduated. He then moved to the University of Basel . There he received his doctorate in 1990 with a biochemical thesis , and in 1997 he completed his habilitation in Basel.
In the same year Wilmanns became head of the Hamburg branch of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory on the DESY campus in Hamburg . Under his direction, three new synchrotron measuring stations were built on the DESY site. In 2014 he was appointed founding and research director of the Center for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg. Wilmanns has been Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf since 2015 .
Wilmanns conducts research in the field of structural biology. He is particularly concerned with X-ray structure analysis using synchrotron radiation, with which the structures of biological macromolecules are researched at atomic resolution.
Main research areas
- Mechanisms of action of calcium / calmodulin-dependent protein kinases
- Regulation of transcription, complexes of large muscle proteins
- Protein translocation in peroxisomes
- Molecular mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Memberships and honors
- 2013 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Oulu , Finland
- 2013 member of the Leopoldina
Fonts
- Crystallographic studies on the enzyme N - (5′-phosphoribosyl) anthranilate isomerase indole-3-glycerolphosphate synthase from E. coli at atomic resolution. Dissertation University of Basel. 1990
- with Stefan HE Kaufmann: The Proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Three Dimensions. In: Handbook of tuberculosis. Weinheim 2008, Ed. Stefan HE Kaufmann, pp. 261–279.
Web links
- Matthias Wilmanns: Muscle sarcomere titin - a structural biological puzzle of gigantic proportions. Retrieved August 26, 2014 .
- Biography of Matthias Wilmann. European Molecular Biology Laboratory, accessed August 26, 2014 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Matthias Wilmanns at the Leopoldina
- ↑ Member entry of Ph.D. Matthias Wilmanns (with picture and CV) at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on June 6, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilmanns, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and molecular biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |