
Prof. Dr. Christian Spahn
Director and Group leaderCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin
Campus / internal address:
CharitéCrossOver, Virchowweg 6
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Expertise
- Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) in combination with digital image processing (single particle approach) to determine the structure of large macromolecular assemblies and machines
- Structure and function of macromolecular machines
- Mechanism of protein biosynthesis and translational control
Vita Prof. Dr. Christian Spahn
Academic education | |
1991 - 1996 | Doctoral studies (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin |
1986 - 1991 | Studies (Diploma) in Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin |
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Academic degrees | |
1996 | Dr. rer. nat., Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, advisor: Prof. Dr. K. H. Nierhaus (MPI für Molekulare Genetik) |
1991 | Diploma, Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Prof. Dr. K. H. Nierhaus (MPI für Molekulare Genetik) |
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Professional career | |
2009 - present | Head of the Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
2007 - present | Professor (W3) for Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
2007 | Offer of a research professorship (W3) for “Cryo-Elektronenmikroscopie” in the framework of the Cluster of Excellence “Cellular Network”, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, offer declined |
2007 | Offer of a professorship (W3) for “Electron Cryo-Microscopy of Large Macromolecular Complexes” in the framework of the Cluster of Excellence “Macromolecular Complexes”, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt (Main), offer declined |
2006 - 2007 | Professor (W2) for Biophysics, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
2002 - 2007 | Young independent research group leader (VolkswagenStiftung): “Signalstrukturen der mRNA und ihre Interaktionen mit dem Translationsapparat - Kryo-Elektronenmikroskopie makro-molekularer Maschinen“ |
2002 - 2006 | Junior professorship, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
2002 | Offer of a assistant professorship, Columbia University, New York, and the position of a head of cryo-electron microsopy, New Yok Structural Biology Center, offer declined |
1998 - 2002 | Research assistant, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / Health Research Inc., group of Prof. Joachim Frank |
1996 - 1998 | Research assistant, MPI für Molekulare Genetik, group of Prof. Dr. K. H. Nierhaus |
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Fellowships and awards | |
2016 | Elected Member of the Leopoldina |
2014 | Elected Member of EMBO |
2004 | EMBO Young Investigator Award (2005-2007) |
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Activities in the scientific community (since 2006) | |
2018
2014 | Co-Organizer international symposium "Membranes and Modules" (together with W. Nickel und S. Sigrist) Co-Organizer international symposium “Membranes and Modules” (together with S. Sigrist and Z. Ignatova) |
2012 - 2016 | Principal investigator of a Human Frontier Science Programme-funded research group “From the end to the beginning: termination and ribosome recycling in eukaryotic translation” |
2012 - present | Vice-speaker of the DFG-research unit FOR 1805 |
2012 | Chair of the Gordon Research Conference “Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy” |
2011 - present | Speaker of the CRC 740 “From Molecules to Modules” |
2011 | Vice-chair of the Gordon Research Conference “Three Dimensional Electron Microscopy” |
2009 | Co-Organizer international symposium "Membranes and Modules" (together with V. Haucke) |
2007 - 2010 | Co-founder and vice-speaker of the CRC 740 “From Molecules to Modules” |
2006 | Chairman CSHL Translational Control Meeting |
Links
Group leader of the workgroup Cryo-electron microscopy of macromolecular machines
Core Facility for Cryo-Electron Microscopy