Vorbrüggen, Gerd, PD Dr.

Group leader for Molecular Developmental Biology

since 2013: Privatdozent, Georg-August-University, Göttingen
2011: Habilitation, Technical University Braunschweig
since 2010: Leader of the Research Group Molecular Cell Dynamics, MPI-bpc, Göttingen
2000-2009: Project Group Leader, Dept. Molecular Developmental Biology, MPI-bpc, Göttingen
1994-1999: Postdoctoral fellow, Dept. Molecular Developmental Biology, MPI-bpc Göttingen
1994: Dr. rer. nat., Free University Berlin
1991: Diploma, Free University Berlin

Major Research Interests
We are interested in elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying directed cellular migration and adhesion using myogenesis and the migration of primordial germ cells as experimental models. We apply cellular and molecular techniques combined with high-performance imaging methods to investigate the dynamics of migration in vivo. Drosophila is used as a model system since it offers powerful genetic and transgenic approaches to identify and characterize novel gene activities involved in migration and adhesion.

Homepage Department/Research Group
https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/person/11899/3887

ORCID: 0000-0002-9449-224X