Prof. Dr. David G. Robinson Department of Cell Biology ... - HBIGS

Prof. Dr. David G. Robinson
Department of Cell Biology
Heidelberg Institute for Plant Sciences
University of Heidelberg
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)6221 –54 6406
Fax: +49-(0)6221 – 54 6404
E-mail: david.robinson@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
15/05/1947 North Shields, UK
CURRICULUM VITAE
2005 – present Adjunct Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
2001 – 2003 Founding Director, Heidelberg Inst. Plant Sciences
2000 - present Full Professor for Plant Cell Biology
University of Heidelberg, Germany
1998 - 1999 Dean, Biology Faculty, Univ. Göttingen
1994 - 1996 Chairman, Plant Physiology Institute
1986 – 1988 Chairman, Plant Physiology Institute
1977 - 2000 Associate Professor, Plant Physiology Institute, University of
Göttingen
1974 - 1977 Senior Research Associate, Plant Physiology Institute, University of.
Göttingen, Germany
1976 Habilitation in Botany, University of Göttingen
1973 - 1974 Lecturer, Dept. Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford,
California, U.S.A.
1972 - 1973 Post Doc, Dept. Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford,
California, USA
1969 – 1972 Ph.D., University Leeds, UK
1965 – 1969 Biology Studies, University Leeds, UK
COORDINATING FUNCTIONS
2006 - present Co-coordinator European Research Agency – Network
Plant Genomics “Proteomics and analysis of endosomal
Compartments in Arabidopsis
2004 Coorganizer of the European Science Foundation Symposium
“Endocytosis in walled cells”
1996 - present Founder and executive committee member “European Plant
Secretory Group”
1994 – 2000 Co-founder and executive member SFB “Protein und Membrantransport
zwischen zellulären Kompartimenten”, Göttingen

FIELDS OF INTEREST
Plant Cell Biology: vesicle-mediated protein transport, ER-Golgi dynamics, the prevacuolar
compartment, endocytosis, vacuole biogenesis, storage protein sorting
CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS
DFG RO 440/11-3; DFG RO 440/13-2; DFG PI 769/1-1; EU - Pharma Planta, Ph.D.
programme; DAAD: PROCOPE; DAAD: PPP Hong Kong; ERA-PG NET PRECIAR
PUBLICATIONS (10 most important publications):
Dhonukshe P, Aniento F, Hwang I, Robinson D G, Mravec J, Stierhof Y D, Friml J (2007)
Clathrin-mediated constitutive endocytosis of PIN auxin efflux carriers in
Arabidopsis. Current Biol. (in press).
Van Droogenbroeck B, Cao J, Stadlmann J, Altmann F, Colanesi S, Hillmer S,. Robinson D
G, van Lerberge E, Terryn N, van Monatgu M, Liang M, Depicker A, de Jaeger G,
(2007) Aberrant localization and underglycosylation of highly accumulating single
chain Fv-Fc antibodies in transgenic Arabidopsis seeds. PNAS (USA) 104: 1430-
1435
Oliviusson P, Heinzerling O, Hillmer S, Hinz G, Tse Y C, Jiang L, Robinson D G (2006) Plant
retromer, localized to the prevacuolar compartment and microvesicles in
Arabidopsis, may interact with vacuolar sorting receptors. Plant Cell 18: 1239-1252
Yang Y, el Amawi R, Pepperkok R, Ritzenthaler C, Robinson D G, (2005) Visualization of
ER-exit sites in tobacco BY-2 cells. Plant Cell 17: 1513-1531
Tse Y C, Mo B, Hillmer S, Zhao M, Lo S W, Robinson D G, Jiang L (2004) Identification of
multivesicular compartments as prevacuolar compartments in Nicotiana tabacum
BY-2 cells. Plant Cell 16: 672-693
Ritzenthaler C, Nebenfuehr A, Movafeghi A, Stussi-Garaud C, Behnia L, Pimpl P, Staehelin,
A, Robinson D G (2002) Re-evaluation of the effects of Brefeldin A on plant cells
using tobacco bright yellow 2 cells expressing Golgi-targeted green fluorescent
protein and COPI antisera. Plant Cell 14, 237-261
Phillipson B A, Pimpl P, Pinto da Silva L L, Crofts A J, Taylor J P,
Movafeghi A, Robinson D G (2001) Secretory bulk flow of soluble proteins is
efficient and COPII dependent. Plant Cell 13, 2005-2020.
Hillmer S , Movafeghi A , Robinson D G, Hinz G (2001) Vacuolar storage
proteins are sorted in the cis-cisternae of the pea cotyledon Golgi-apparatus. J. Cell
Biol. 152, 41-50
Pimpl P , Movafeghi A, Coughlan S, Denecke J, Hillmer S, Robinson D G (2000) In situ
localization and in vitro induction of plant COPI-coated vesicles. Plant Cell 12, 2219-
2235
Movafeghi A, Happel N, Pimpl P, Tai G H, Robinson, D G (1999) Arabidopsis Sec21p and
Sec23p homologs. Probable coat proteins of plant COP-coated vesicles. Plant
Physiol. 119, 1437-1445

EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
Member of numerous thesis examination committees at the University of Göttingen (1976 –
2000) and University of Heidelberg (from 2000)
Supervised 20 doctorial theses.
SUPERVISED DISSERTATIONS (last 5 years)
Eric Hummel, Dr. rer.nat. (2006) Strukturelle Untersuchungen zur Inhibierung und Biogenese
des pflanzlichen Golgi-Aparates. Universität Heidelberg
Current occupation: Postdoctoral fellow, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Andrea Olbrich, Dr. rer.nat. (2004) Korrelative licht- und elektronenmikroskopische
Untersuchungen zu Tonoplast intrinsischen Proteinen als Merkmale verschiedener
Vakuolentypen. Universität Heidelberg
Current occupation: Research Scientist, Forstbotanisches Institut, Universität
Göttingen
Yao-Dong Yang, Dr. rer.nat (2004) From the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus: in
vito and in vivo approaches is understanding COP II vesicle function in plants cells,
University of Heidelberg.
Current occupation: Postdoctoral fellow. Donald Danforth Research Center, St. Louis,
U.S.A.