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Dr. Stefan Westermann
CURRICULUM VITAE
DR. STEFAN WESTERMANN
PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
University of California Berkeley
638 Barker Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3202
USA
Tel.: 001 510 643 2010
Fax: 001 510 643 0062
swesterm@uclink.berkeley.edu
PERSONAL DATA Date of Birth October 7, 1971
Place of Birth Hamm, Germany
Nationality German
EDUCATION
PhD: Biochemistry, University of Hannover, Germany, November 2001
Diplom: Biochemistry, University of Hannover, Germany, November 1997
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
From October 2006:
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna
Group leader
Molecular Mechanisms of Kinetochore Function
University of California at Berkeley, Laboratory of Dr. David Drubin and Dr.
Georjana Barnes, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Postdoctoral Fellow, 8/02- present
Genetic and biochemical analysis of the Budding Yeast Kinetochore
Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany,
Laboratory of Dr. Klaus Weber, Department of Biochemistry
PhD student 11/97 – 7/02
Purification and Characterization of Tubulin Polyglutamylase
Diploma student 4/97-10/97
Characterization of posttranslational Tubulin Modifications
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HONORS AND AWARDS
PhD awarded summa cum laude
Best Paper Award 2002 Journal of Cell Science
Postdoctoral Fellowship German Research Foundation (DFG)
PUBLICATIONS
Westermann, S., Drubin, D.G. and Barnes, G. (2006). Structure and Function of the
Kinetochore. Annu. Rev. Biochemistry, in preparation
Westermann, S., Avila-Sakar, A., Wang, H.-W., Drubin, D.G., Nogales, E. and Barnes,
G. (2006) The Dam1 Kinetochore Ring Complex moves processively on depolymerizing
Microtubule ends. Nature404, 565-569.
Westermann, S., Avila-Sakar, A., Wang, H.-W., Niederstrasser, H., Wong, J., Drubin,
D.G., Nogales, E. and Barnes, G. (2005) Formation of a dynamic kinetochoremicrotubule
Interface through assembly of the Dam1 ring complex. Mol. Cell 17, 277-
290.
Comment in Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2005 Mar;12(3):210-2
Curr Biol. 2005 Apr 26;15(8):R299-302
Westermann S, Cheeseman, I.M, Anderson, S., Yates III, J.R., Drubin, D.G. and Barnes,
G. (2003). Architecture of the Budding Yeast Kinetochore reveals a conserved molecular
core. J. Cell Biol. 163, 215-222.
Westermann, S. and Weber, K. (2003). Post-translational modifications regulate
microtubule function. Nature Rev. Mol. Cell. Biol. 4, 938-948.
Westermann, S. und Weber, K (2002). Identification of CfNek, a novel member of the
NIMA family of cell cycle regulators, as a polypeptide copurifying with tubulin
glutamylation activity in Crithidia. J.Cell.Sci. 115, 5003-5012
Best paper award 2002 J Cell Sci 2003 116: 1155
Westermann, S. und Weber, K. (2000). Cloning and recombinant expression of the La
RNA-binding protein from Trypanosoma brucei. Biochem.Biophys.Acta 1492, 483-487.
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Westermann, S., Schneider, A., Horn, E.K. und Weber, K. (1999). Isolation of Crithidia
tubulin polyglutamylase; binding to microtubules and tubulin, and glutamylation of
mammalian brain α- and β-tubulins. J.Cell Sci. 112, 2185-2193.
Westermann, S., Plessmann, U. und Weber, K. (1999). Synthetic peptides identify the
minimal sequence requirements of tubulin polyglutamylase in side chain elongation.
FEBS Lett. 459, 90-94.
Weber, K., Schneider, A., Westermann, S., Müller, N. and Plessmann, U. (1997). Posttranslational
modifications of α- and β-tubulin in Giardia lamblia, an ancient eukaryote.
FEBS Lett. 419, 87-91.
Dörk, T., Westermann, S., Dittrich, O., Twardowski, M., Karstens, J.H., Schmidtke, and
Stuhrmann, M.(1997). A frequent polymorphism of the gene mutated in ataxia
telangiectasia. Mol. Cell. Probes 11, 71-73
SELECTED TALKS
Cold Spring Harbor Meeting "Yeast Cell Biology", August 12-17, 2003.
Westermann S, Cheeseman, I.M, Anderson, S., Yates III, J.R., Drubin, D.G. and Barnes,
G. "Molecular Architecture of the budding yeast kinetochore"
43rd Annual Meeting American Society for Cell Biology, December 12-17, 2003
Westermann S, Cheeseman, I.M, Anderson, S., Yates III, J.R., Drubin, D.G. and Barnes,
G. "Architecture of the budding yeast kinetochore reveals a conserved molecular core"
Gordon Research Conference "Plant and Fungal Cytoskeleton", August 15-20, 2004
Westermann S, Drubin, D.G., Nogales, E. and Barnes G. " The Function of the Dam1
complex in spindle integrity and chromosome segregation"
Max Planck Institute for Molcular Cell Biology, Dresden, Germany, Invited Seminar,
February 9, 2005
Westermann S, Drubin, D.G., Nogales, E. and Barnes G. “Formation of a dynamic
Kinetochore-Microtubule Interface in Budding Yeast“.
Third Munich Symposium on Cell Dynamics, Muenchen, Germany October 5-7, 2005,
Westermann S, Drubin, D.G., Nogales, E. and Barnes G. " The Kinetochore Ring
Complex moves processively on depolymerizing Microtubule ends"
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
“Biochemistry for Medical Students”, University of Hannover, 1994, Teaching
Assistant
“Cell Biology of the Cytoskeleton”, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry,
2000, International Graduate Student Program, Seminar Series
REFERENCES
Professor David Drubin
University of California at Berkeley
Email drubin@socrates.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-3692
Professor Eva Nogales
University of California at Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Email: enogales@lbl.gov
Phone: (510) 642-0557
Professor Georjana Barnes
University of California at Berkeley
Email: gbarnes@socrates.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-5962
Professor Klaus Weber
Department of Biochemistry
Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, Germany
Email: office.weber@mpibpc.gwdg.de
Phone: +49 (0)551 201 1486
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