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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Annette Borchers

  • Education

    1996 - 2000 Dr. biol. hum., Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Ulm, Germany
    1996 Diploma in Biology, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
    1995 - 1996 Diploma thesis, Dept. of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
    1992 - 1993 Studies in Biochemistry and Biology, Royal Holloway College, London, UK
    1989 - 1996 Studies in Biology, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Academic and professional career

    2012 - present Professor of Zoology, Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2007 - 2012 Independent Junior Group Leader at the Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Germany
    2001 - 2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genetics, Stanford University, USA

  • Institutional responsibilities

    2017 - present Member of the Advisory Board UMR 2027 – Enhancing Interaction in Research and Training, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2017 - present Member of the Faculty Board, Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2011 - 2012 Elected Member of the Program Committee “Genes and Development” of the Göttingen Graduate School of Neurosciences and Molecular Biosciences (GGNB), University of Göttingen, Germany
    2009 - 2012 Elected Member of the Board of the Medical Center of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, University of Göttingen, Germany

  • Commissions of trust

    2016 - present Speaker of the DFG Graduate School GRK2213, Membrane plasticity in tissue development and remodelling
    2016 - present Principal Investigator in the DFG Research Group FOR1756, Functional dynamics of cell contacts in cellular assemblies and migratory cells
    2012 Founding Member of the Ladies’ Science Club
    2007 - 2015 Principal Investigator in the DFG Research Group FOR942, Wnt signalling in development and disease
    2007 - 2012

    Member of the Excellence Cluster CMBP (Center of Molecular Physiology of the Brain), Göttingen

  • Fellowships, awards and third party funding

    2007 -2012 Research Grant for a temporary position for a principal investigator (DFG)
    2004 Research Grant of the German research Foundation (DFG)
    2004 McCormick Grant, Stanford University, USA
    2001 Deans Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, USA

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