apl. Prof. Dr. Gerald Radziwill

Focus of research
- Molecular mechanisms of signal transduction
- Composition and dynamic of signal complexes
- Optogenetic approaches to control cell fate
CV
- Since 2019 Senior group leader, Faculty of Biology and CIBSS Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
- Since 2015 Senior group leader, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2009–2015 Deputy Professor for Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2012 Apl. Professor, University of Freiburg
- 2011 Venia legendi for Biochemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2008 Habilitation/venia legendi for Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1994–2008 Group leader, Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- 1989–1993 Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
- 1985–1989 PhD, Molecular Biology, ZMBH, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1980–1985 Study of Biology, Dipl. Biol., University of Heidelberg, Germany
Selected publications
- Althoff L.F.J., Kramer M.M., Bührer B., Gaspar D., Radziwill G. (2024) Optogenetic control of the mitochondrial protein import in mammalian cells. Cells 13,1671. doi: 10.3390/cells13191671.
- Lataster L., Huber H.M., Böttcher C., Föller S., Takors R., Radziwill G. (2023) Cell Cycle Control by Optogenetically Regulated Cell Cycle Inhibitor Protein p21. Biology (Basel) 12, 1194. doi: 10.3390/biology12091194.
- Kramer M.M., Lataster L., Weber W., Radziwill G. (2021) Optogenetic approaches for the spatiotemporal control of signal transduction pathways. Int J Mol Sci. 22; 5300. doi: 10.3390/ijms22105300.
- Mühlhäuser W.W.D., Weber W., Radziwill G. (2019) OpEn-Tag-A Customizable optogenetic toolbox to dissect subcellular signaling. ACS Synth Biol. 8, 1679-1684. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00059.
- Fischer A., Mühlhäuser W.D., Warscheid B., Radziwill G. (2017) Membrane localization of acetylated CNK1 mediates a positive feedback on RAF/ERK signaling. Science Advances 3, e1700475. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1700475