Markus A. Keller
Phone: + 43 512 9003 70550
Email: markus.keller@i-med.ac.at
Institute of Human Genetics,
Medical University of Innsbruck
Peter Mayr Str. 1, 6020 Innsbruck
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CURRICULUM VITAE
| 1.9.2016 - | Senior Post Doc at the Division of Human Genetics, Medical University of Innsbruck |
| 1.9.2015 - 31.8.2016 | Senior Post Doc at the Division of Biological Chemistry, Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck |
| 10/2012 - 08/2015 | University of Cambridge Systems Biology Centre, Molecular Biology of Metabolism Group (Markus Ralser) |
| 02.08.2012 | Dr. rer nat. in Chemistry, University of Innsbruck (first class honours) |
| 2009 - 2012 | PhD thesis "Ether lipid degradation in mammalia" (supervisour: Ernst R. Werner) at Innsbruck Medical University |
| 2007 - 2008 | Diploma thesis “Pyrenedecanal: a novel tool to study the fate of long chain fatty aldehydes” (supervisour: Ernst R. Werner) at Innsbruck Medical University |
| 2002 - 2008 | Studies of chemistry at the University of Innsbruck |
| 1993 - 2001 | Bundesrealgymnasium Imst |
| 1983 | born in Konstanz, Germany |
FUNDING
TWF-Project UNI0404/958 (2011-2012): Investigations in the reaction mechanism of fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase using deuterated substrates
Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship J3341 (2012 - 2016) of the Austrian Science funds (fwf) at the Department of Biochemistry (University of Cambridge, UK)
Cooperation-project 2015 from the “Jubiläumsfond” of the Innsbruck Universities (2016)
fwf Project P33333 Lipid peroxidation as driver of cardiolipin remodelling (2020-2023)
fwf Project P34574 Phospholipid remodelling in mitochondria (2021-2024)
FFG Project Tissue Model (2020-2023)
TEACHING
PhD-Course: Introduction to data analysis and visualisation with R
Human medicine module 2.05 body function in health and disease, Biochemistry 2
SCHOLARSHIPS
| 2015 | “Sanofi-Aventis Award 2015” for the publication “A gatekeeper helix determines substrate specificity of Sjögren Larsson Syndrome enzyme fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase. Nature Communication (2014)” | |
| 2013 | ”GÖCH Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis” of the Austrian Chemical Society | |
| 10/2012 - 09/2014 | Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship J3341 of the Austrian Science funds (fwf) at the Department of Biochemistry (University of Cambridge, UK) | |
| 01/2011 - 09/2012 | Doc Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences(ÖAW): Enzymology of long chain aliphatic aldehyde metabolism in mammalia. | |
| 07/2011 - 10/2011 | EMBO short term fellowship at the Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Norway "Identification of pharmacological chaperones as potential therapeutic targets to treat the Sjögren Larsson Syndrome" | |
| 2009 | ”GÖCH Award for the Best Diploma Thesis” of the Austrian Chemical Society | |
| 11/2009 - 04/2010 | Doctoral fellowship of the Leopold-Franzens-Universität | |
| since 2009 | Scholarship program ”Pro Scientia” | |
| 02 - 08/2009 | Scholarship ”i-med Forschungsstipendium” of the Medical University Innsbruck |