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Werner E. G. Müller
Current Appointment: Professor, Head of Department for Applied Molecular Biology, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Main
Expertise: Molecular Biology and Evolution, Biosilica formation
Main research areas:
W.E.G. Müller has a long-term interest in sponge molecular biology as well as in molecular evolution. His studies on this topic have been published in numerous scientific journals focusing on molecular biology. He has contributed much to the analysis of (marine) invertebrate genomes. Further topics of the work of W.E.G. Müller include: Virology, cell biology, and molecular biology. |
Major emphasis of his research group is to study the characteristics of sponge spicules and bionic applications. Also to mention he owns the patents which are granted on cell culture techniques of sponges and corals. With these tools in hand his group is able to use the sponges in a sustainable manor for biotechnological purposes. In addition, he studies the symbiotic relationship between sponges and bacteria on molecular level. He is head of a sponge genome (EST) project (species: Suberites domuncula).
W.E.G. Müller is coordinator of the German Center of Excellence on Marine Molecular Biotechnology (BIOTECmarin).
Professional career:
1971-1975 Associate Professor, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University of Mainz
1975-1976 Sabbatical, Yamagiwa-Yoshida Memorial International Cancer Study Grant, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. (Prof. F.J. Bollum) USA
1974 Vis. professor, Institute Ruder Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia
1977 Head of the Department "Applied Molecular Biology", Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University of Mainz (Germany)
1977, 1982: Research visitor at the Institute of Microbial Chemistry (Prof. Dr. H. Umezawa), Tokyo (Japan)
1986 - 1991: Visiting professor at the National Cancer Research Institute (Prof. Sugimura; Dr. Nishimura; Dr. Kuchino), Tokyo (Japan)
1993 - 1999: Visiting professor (Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science), Dept of Developmental Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine (Prof. Ushijima), University of Tokyo.
Since 1990 Member of the "Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt"
Professional posts and awards:
1972 Boehringer Award for Excellence in Pathophysiology Research
1977 Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award for Excellence in Cancer Research
1980 Max-Bürger Award for Gerontology
1986 Kani-Medal of the Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research, Tokyo
1986 Institut Ruder Boskovic-Medal in Gold; Zagreb
1996 Research Award from the "International Human Frontier Science Program"
1996 Croatian Award for Science and Research, Croatian Academy of Science and Arts
2002 Innovation prize of the state.
1998 Member of the “Belarus Medical Academy”
1996 Member of the “Croatian Academy of Science and Arts”
2002 Coordinator of the German Center of Excellence “Marine Molecular Biotechnology”
2005 “Spiridion Brusina” Award from the Croatian Genetic Society. Since 1970 Editor or member of the Editorial Boards of numerous Journals and Book Series (Nucleic Acids Research; Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology [Editor-in-Chief]; Mechanism of Ageing and Development [Editor-in-Chief]; Cellular and Molecular Biology [Co-Editor])
Publications: > 750 peer reviewed publications
314 published presentations from international conferences |
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INVITED SPEAKERS |
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Werner Arber (University of
Basel) |
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Giorgio Bernardi (Stazione
Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli) |
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John Buckeridge (RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia) |
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Luca Cavalli-Sforza (Stanford University) |
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Bryan Clarke (School of Biology
University Park, Nottingham) |
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Rita Colwell (University
of Maryland, College Park) |
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Eric Davidson |
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Christian De Duve (Christian
de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Bruxelles) |
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Marcus Feldman (Department of Biology, Stanford University) |
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Gary Felsenfeld |
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Walter Gehring (Growth & Development, Biozentrum, University of Basel) |
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Takashi Gojobori (National
Institute of Genetics, Mishima) |
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Daniel Hartl (Harvard University,
Cambridge) |
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Nicole Le Douarin (Collège de France, Académie des Sciences) |
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Gabriel Macaya (Centro de investigacion en biologia
cellular y molecular, Universidad de Costa Rica) |
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William Martin (Institut für Botanik III, Heinrich Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf) |
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Gerd Müller (Department of Theoretical Biology,
University of Vienna) |
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Werner E.G. Müller (Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Abteilung Angewandte
Molekularbiologie, Universität Mainz) |
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Tomoko Ohta (National Institute of Genetics) |
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Norihiro Okada (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama) |
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Nori Satoh (Department of Zoology, Division of Biological Science, Graduate
School of Science, Kyoto University) |
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Maxine Singer (Carnegie Institution of Washington) |
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Vittorio Sgaramella (Parco
Tecnologico Padano - CERSA, Lodi) |
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Marc Van Montagu (European Federation of Biotechnology) |
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Marvalee Wake (University of
California, Berkeley) |
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James Watson |
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Emile Zuckerkandl (Institute
of Molecular Medical Sciences, Palo Alto) |
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