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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brüser
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brüser
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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Brüser
Executive Director
Institute of Microbiology
Chairperson
Admissions Board for MSc Molecular Microbiology
Deputy Head of Examining Board
Examination Board Molecular Microbiology (MSc)
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Examination Board Life Science (BSc) / (MSc)
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Examination Board Molecular Microbiology (MSc)
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Curriculum and Teaching Committee, Life Science (BSc / MSc)
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Admissions Board for MSc Life Science
Professors
Institute of Microbiology
Focus in research and teaching
- Transport of folded proteins by the bacterial Tat pathway
- Enzymology of periplasmic pyoverdine maturation
- Phage holins, their regulation and mechanism
- Membrane stress and the phage shock response
- Periplasmic pyoverdine maturation and modification
- Bacterial chaperone systems
- Membrane protein complexes
- Microbial cell biology
- Anaerobic respirations
- Bacterial photosynthesis pathways
Curriculum vitae
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Professional background
2002-2009: Research group leader at the University of Halle-Wittenberg
Since Oct. 2009: Full professor (W3) at the Leibniz University Hannover
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Education
Prof. Thomas Brüser studied Biology (Biochemistry, Genetics, Organic Chemistry) at the University of Cologne and the University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) from 1989 to 1994.
1995-1999: PhD studies at the University of Bonn
1999: PhD in Microbiology: “Enzymology of oxidative sulfur metabolism: Biochemistry and genetics of bacterial APS:phosphate adenylyl transferases”
2000-2001: Postdoc at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, USA): Cytochrome cbb3 biogenesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus and Tat-dependent protein translocation in Escherichia coli
2006: Habilitation in Microbiology: “Tat-dependent transport of proteins across biological membranes”
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Awards
2000: PhD award of the German Society of General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)
2007: Christian-Wolff-Award of the University of Halle-Wittenberg
