Ulf Klein

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Hannover

Highest Degree

Vordiplom

Major Subjects

Biology (Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Genetics, Microbiology)

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Country

Germany

Lab Experience

Proteinexpression, -purification, proteinunfolding, -degradation assays, cloning, site-directed- mutagenesis, studies on biological membranes, tissue culture (HeLa, LNCaP, MCF7), transfection, FACS, immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescense

Projects / Research

  • 10/2001 – 04/2002: Characterization of the AAA+ ATPase PAN (M. janaschii) and the ATP-dependent membrane protease LON (T. acidophilum), Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Supervisor Dr. Peter Zwickl
  • 04/2002 – 08/2002: Prostate Cancer and the Cell Cycle (Investigations on the androgen receptor), The Institute of Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Centre for Cancer Therapeutics, Cell Cycle control team Dr. Michelle Garrett

Scholarships / Awards

2002 – 2003: Stipend International Max Planck Research School
2002 – 2003: Degussa AG Stipend (Hermann Schlosser Stiftung)
2002: Leonardo da Vinci Stipend (EU Placement Programme DAAD)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I´m fascinated to see how proteins work and how their levels are regulated throughout the cell cycle. The functional variety of proteins arouses my interest and I would like to study their mutual interplay within the crowded cellular environment.