Katja Strässer
Education
| 2001 |
Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1998 |
MS Biotechnology (Diplom), University of Braunschweig, Germany |
Academic positions
| 2003-present |
Independent Group Leader, Gene Center and “Department of Biochemistry, LMU Munich, Germany |
2001 - 2002
|
Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Ed Hurt, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1998 - 2001 |
Predoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Ed Hurt, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
| 1997 |
Research Student in the lab of Prof. Tom Hope, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA, USA |
| 1996 |
“ERASMUS” Research Student in the lab of Prof. Didier Picard, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1995 |
Research Student in the lab of Prof. Michael Boshart, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany |
Awards & honors
| 2010 |
Member of the Young Center of Advanced Studies (CASY), LMU, Germany |
| 2009 |
Europe-Medal, Bavaria, Germany |
| 2009 |
„Therese von Bayern-Preis“, LMU |
| 2008 |
ERC Starting Grant |
| 2007 |
“Habilitation” Award of the Dr. Klaus Römer-Stiftung, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, LMU |
| 2004 |
EMBO Young Investigator Award |
| 2002 |
BYK-Gulden Promotionspreis of the GBM (Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie e.V.) for Ph.D. thesis |