Dr. Jörg Großhans 01/06/1966, Heidenheim/Brenz

Dr. Jörg Großhans
ZMBH
Universität Heidelberg
D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: 06221-546884
Fax: 06221-545892
E-mail: [email protected]
01/06/1966, Heidenheim/Brenz
SCIENTIFIC VITA
1985
1985 –1987
1987 –1992
Abitur
civil service
study of physiological chemistry and biochemistry (Diplom) at the University of
Tübingen and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1990/91)
1992 –1993 diplom project (Zebra fish genetics, C. Nüsslein-Volhard, MPI Tübingen)
1993 – 1997 doctoral project (Dorsoventral pattern formation in Drosophila embryos, C.
Nüsslein-Volhard, MPI für Entwicklungsbiologie Tübingen)
1997 – 2001 HFSP and HHMI visiting research fellow (Ventral furrow formation in
Drosophila embryos, E. Wieschaus, Princeton University, USA)
2001 – now research group leader at the ZMBH
2001 – 2006 Emmy-Noether research group of the DFG
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Developmental cell biology, molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis
CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS
Emmy-Noether group (2001-2006)
DFG Forschungsstipendium (Annely Brandt)
DAAD doctoral fellowship (H.W. Sung)
Current members of the laboratory: 1 diploma student, 3 doctoral students, 3 post-docs
PUBLICATIONS:
Brandt, A., F. Papagiannouli, N. Wagner, M. Wilsch-Bräuninger, M. Braun, E. E. Furlong, S.
Loserth, C. Wenzl, F. Pilot, N. Vogt, T. Lecuit, G. Krohne, J. Großhans. 2006.
Developmental control of nuclear size and shape by kugelkern and kurzkern. Curr. Biol. 16:
1-10.
Großhans, J.*, C. Wenzl, H.-M. Herz, S. Bartoszewski, F. Schnorrer, N. Vogt, H. Schwarz,
A. Müller. 2005. RhoGEF2 and the formin Dia control the formation of the furrow canal by
directed actin assembly during Drosophila cellularisation. Development 132: 1009-1020.
Großhans, J.*, A. Müller, and E. Wieschaus. 2003. Control of cleavage cycles in Drosophila
embryos by frühstart. Dev. Cell 5: 285-294.
Großhans, J.* and E. Wieschaus. 2000. A genetic link between morphogenesis and cell
division during formation of the ventral furrow in Dorsophila. Cell 101: 523-531.
Großhans, J.*, F. Schnorrer, and C. Nüsslein-Volhard. 1999. Oligomerisation of Tube and
Pelle leads to nuclear localisation of Dorsal. Mech. Devel. 81: 139-150.
Großhans, J.*, A. Bergmann, P. Haffter, and C. Nüsslein-Volhard. 1994. Activtion of the
kinase Pelle by Tube in the dorsoventral signal transduction pathway of Drosophila embryo.
Nature 372: 563-566.
* corresponding author