Curriculum vitae
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Guenther Daum
Born on 27th Nov. 1951 in Graz, Austria
Austrian citizen
Married, 3 children |
Education and Career History
| 1957-1961 |
Elementary School (Volksschule) in
Koeflach, Austria |
| 1961-1969 |
High School (Gymnasium) in Graz and
Koeflach, Austria |
| 1969-1970 |
Military Service in the Austrian Army |
| 1970-1975 |
Studies of Technical Chemistry at the University of
Technology,
Graz, Austria |
| 1975 |
Diploma Thesis at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of
Technology, Graz, Austria, under the guidance of Prof. F. Paltauf
Subject of the Diploma Thesis: "Influence of myo-inositol on growth of
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis ATCC 9080. Metabolism of inositol-containing
compounds"
Assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of Technology,
Graz, Austria |
| 1975-1978 |
Doctoral Thesis at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University
of Technology, Graz, Austria, under the guidance of Prof. F. Paltauf
Subject of the Doctoral Thesis: "Lipid metabolism in inositol deficient
yeast" |
| 1978-1980 |
Assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of
Technology, Graz, Austria |
| 1980-1981 |
Post-doctoral studies at the Biocenter Basel, Switzerland, in the
group of Prof. G. Schatz
EMBO Long-term Fellowship
Studies on the import of proteins into mitochondria of the yeast |
| 1982-1986 |
Assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of
Technology, Graz, Austria |
| 1985 |
"Habilitation" in Biochemistry ("Biogenesis of cellular
membranes") and appointment as Docent |
| 1986-1987 |
Sabbatical visitor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA,
in the group of Prof. R. Schekman
Max-Kade Fellowship
Studies on the secretory pathway in yeast |
| 1987 |
Assistant Professor and tenure at the Institute of Biochemistry at the
University of Technology, Graz, Austria |
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1995-dato |
Associate Professor at the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of
Technology, Graz, Austria |
| 2001-2003 |
Head of the Institute of Biochemistry at the University of
Technology, Graz, Austria |
Career-related Activities
| 1988-1990 |
Secretary of the Austrian Biochemical Society |
| 1991-1995 |
Local representative of the Austrian Biochemical Society in Graz |
| 1995-1997 |
Sub-coordinator in the EU project EUROFAN
(Function analysis of
yeast genes) |
| 1995-dato |
Chairman of the Yeast Lipid
Conference |
| 2000-2003 |
Coordinator AUSTROFAN-Cell Structures
(Function analysis of yeast genes) |
| 2000-dato |
Project Reviewer for the Academy of
Sciences, Finland;
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK; National Science
Foundation, USA; Earth & Life Sciences Council, The Netherlands; Swiss
National Science Foundation, Switzerland; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft;
Germany |
| 1990-dato |
Reviewer for various international scientific journals,
e.g., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Biochem. J., EMBO J., FEBS Lett., Eur. J.
Biochem., J. Bacteriol., J. Biol. Chem., Mol. Biol. Cell, Yeast; Associate Editor of FEMS
Yeast Research |
| 2003–dato |
Coordinator of the Key Research
Area Life Science Technology at the TU Graz, Austria |
| 2005-dato |
Board member of the Austrian Science
Foundation (FWF) |
| 2005-dato |
Member of the Editoral Board of The
Journal of Biological Chemistry |
| 2005-dato |
Associate Editor of FEMS Yeast Research |
| 2005-2009 |
Vice President of the International
Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL) |
| 2007-2009 |
Vice President of the Austrian Society
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
| 2007-dato |
Director of the Doctoral School of
Molecular Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, TU Graz |
Awards
| 1975 |
Unilever Award |
| 1980 |
EMBO Fellowship |
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1986
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Max Kade Fellowship |
Memberships
| Austrian Society of Molecular
Biosciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) |
| Austrian Chemical Society |
| American Society for Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology (ASBMB) |
| American Society for Cell Biology
(ASCB) |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Fettforschung
(German Society of Lipid Research) |
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