Jürgen Arthur Knoblich#
| Membership Number: | 3233 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.imba.oeaw.ac.at/research/juergen-knoblich/research |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2005 Deputy Director/Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna
- 2004-2004 Senior Scientist/Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna
- 1997-2004 Group Leader/Institute of Molecular Pathology (I.M.P.), Vienna
- 1994-1997 Post-Doctoral Position/ Laboratory of Drs. Lily and Yuh Nung Jan/University of California, San Francisco
- 1990-1994 Ph.D. student/Laboratory of Dr. Christian Lehner/Friedrich Miescher Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Tübingen
Fields of Scholarship
- Asymmetric cell division
- Stem Cell Biology
- Cancer Stem Cells
- Cell Polarity
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Nervous System Development
- Neurogenesis
- Mitosis
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Advanced Research Grant/European Research Council (ERC)
- 2009 Wittgenstein Prize/Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
- 2003 Early Career Award/European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO)
- 2001 Young Investigator Award/European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- 2001 Anniversary Award/Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
- since 2010 Chair EMBO fellowship committee
- since 2009 Member of Editorial Board /Current Opinion in Cell Biology
- since 2005 Member/EMBO fellowship committee
- since 2004 Member of Editorial Board/European Journal of Cell Biology
- since 2002 Member/International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
- since 2002 Member/European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
- since 2002 Member of Editorial Board /Current Biology
- Scientific Advisory Board/Cancer Stem Cell Network, Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V. (German Cancer Aid)
- 1996-1997 Postdoctoral Fellowship/Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- 1994-1996 2 Year Postdoctoral Fellowship/European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
