García-Sáez group - membrane biophysics

Group leader: Prof. Dr. Ana J. García-Sáez

Research Areas Cell Death & Biophysics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biochemistry & Advanced Microscopy
Fields of Interest Membrane organization, apoptosis regulation, Bcl-2 proteins, membrane dynamics, biophysics, single molecule techniques
CV Synopsis October 2019 Professor (W3) at the Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Germany 2013 - 2019 Professor (W3) at the Interfaculty Institute for Biochemistry (IFIB), Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany 2010 to date Max Planck Research Group Leader and Deutsches Krebsforschungzentrum (DKFZ) Junior Group Leader. Bioquant, Heidelberg, Germany. 2005 - 2009 Post-doc at the BioTec, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 2000 - 2005 PhD at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Spain.

Awards and honors

• 2020 Henriette Herz-Scout of the Alexander von Humboldt foundation
• 2018 European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant
• 2017 EMBO Young Investigator Award
• 2012 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
• 2009 Max Planck Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2007 Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
• 2005 FEBS Short-term Fellowship
• 2001 Doctoral fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture