Victor Sourjik

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Victor Sourjik (born May 9, 1970 in Minsk , Belarusian SSR ) is a Belarusian - German physicist and molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg .

Life

Sourjik studied at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology , where he received his degree in physics and engineering and his master's degree in molecular biology in 1993. He continued his scientific training in Germany, where he received his doctorate in genetics from the University of Regensburg in 1997 . After a postdoctoral period at Harvard University , Sourjik became a junior research group leader at the Center for Molecular Biology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg in 2003 . In 2009 he was appointed Professor of Molecular Biology at the Center for Molecular Biology at Heidelberg University. In 2013 Victor Sourjik became director at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg. Sourjik has also been a professor of physics and biology at the Philipps University of Marburg since 2014 .

Create

Sourjik works in the fields of systems and synthetic biology. He is interested in the organization of cellular networks in microorganisms and their molecular and physiological functions. To do this, he uses quantitative and microscopic methods and combines theory and experiment. One of Sourjik's main research areas is microbial chemotaxis .

honors and awards

Academy memberships

  • 2018 Member of the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM)

Prizes and awards

  • 2006 EMBO Young Investigator Award
  • 2007 Chica and Heinz Schaller sponsorship award

Web links

Official profile on the website of the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Victor Sourjik's member entry at the Max Planck Society , accessed on January 24, 2019
  2. ↑ Member entry on the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) , accessed on January 24, 2019
  3. ↑ Communication on the homepage of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies from February 28, 2018, accessed on January 24, 2019
  4. ↑ Heidelberg University press release of November 24, 2011, accessed on January 24, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Sourjik, Victor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian-German physicist and molecular biologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk , Belarusian SSR