Jürgen A. Knoblich
Adjunct Professor
Department of Molecular Biotechnology
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Australia
Biography
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 06/2016-current Adjunct Professor Medical University of Vienna 01/2005–current Deputy Director Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna 01/2004-current Senior Scientist Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA), Vienna 09/1997-01/2004 Group Leader Institute of Molecular Pathology (I.M.P.), Vienna 07/1994-09/1997 Post-Doctoral Position University of California, San Francisco Laboratory of Drs. Lily and Yuh Nung Jan EDUCATION 10/90-06/94 Ph.D. Thesis: Friedrich Miescher Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Tübingen Laboratory of Dr. Christian Lehner Genetic Analysis of Cyclin Proteins During Drosophila Embryonic Development 7/89-9/90 Diploma Thesis: Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen Dept. of Prof. Dr. Alfred Gierer Identification of a Novel Member of the Immunoglobulin Protein Superfamily Expressed in the CNS of Drosophila melanogaster Juergen A. Knoblich 2 10/83-7/89 Program in Biochemistry University of Tübingen 10/86-10/87 University College London Laboratory Courses in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry RESEARCH AWARDS 2016 Advanced Research Grant European Research Council (ERC) 2015 Ernst Klenk Lecture University of Cologne 2015 Sir Hans Krebs Medal Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) 2012 Erwin Schroedinger Prize Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) 2010 Advanced Research Grant European Research Council (ERC) 2010 Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Lecture Max Planck Institute for Bio-physical Chemistry, Goettingen 2009 Wittgenstein Prize Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 2003 Early Career Award European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) 2001 Young Investigator Award European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) 2001 Anniversary Award Federation of the European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) FELLOWSHIPS 1994 Postdoctoral Fellowship (07/94-07/96) European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) 1996 Postdoctoral Fellowship (07/96 – 09/97) Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Research Interest
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
Publications
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2017 Time-Specific Effects of Spindle Positioning on Embryonic Progenitor Pool Composition and Adult Neural Stem Cell Seeding. Neuron Falk, S., Bugeon, S., Ninkovic, J., Pilz, GA., Postiglione, MP., Cremer, H., Knoblich, JA., Götz, M."
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2017 Human tissues in a dish: The research and ethical implications of organoid technology. Science Bredenoord, AL., Clevers, H., Knoblich, JA.
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"2017 Fused cerebral organoids model interactions between brain regions. Nat Methods Bagley, JA., Reumann, D., Bian, S., Lévi-Strauss, J., Knoblich, JA.
