Scientific CV in PDF format - IMP

CURRICULUM VITAE : KRYSTYNA KELEMAN
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Place of Birth
Country of Citizenship
The Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 7; 1030 Wien; Austria
Phone: +43 1 79730-3550; Fax: + 43 1 798 71 53
Email: keleman@imp.ac.at
www.imp.ac.at/research/krystyna-keleman
Warsaw, Poland
USA
Education
2003 PhD: Developmental Neurobiology. University of Zurich, Switzerland.
1980 Masters: Molecular Biology, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Professional Experience
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria
Staff Scientist, 2007-
Founder and Head of the VDRC, 2007- March 2012
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Vienna, Austria
Laboratory of B. Dickson
Postdoctoral scientist 2003-2006
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna, Austria
Laboratory of B. Dickson
Laboratory Manager, 1998-2000; PhD student, 2000-2003
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Laboratory of Prof. E. Hafen, Zoology Institute
Laboratory Manager, 1997-1998
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Laboratory of Prof. C. Goodman, HHMI, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Senior Research Associate, 1992-1996
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Laboratory of Prof. R. Tjian, HHMI, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Senior Research Associate, 1989-1992
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Laboratory of Prof. L. Williams, HHMI, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Research Associate, 1986-1989
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Laboratory of Prof. Zach Hall, Department of Neurobiology
Research Associate, 1983-1986
Research Grants
2008-2011 FP7, “Cancer pathways” HEALTH_F2-2008-201666, coordinated by M. Boutros,
DKFZ, Heildeberg

2010-2013 FWF (P-21854-B09), “Dissecting the role of Drosophila Orb2 in long-term
memory”
2010-2013 WWTF (LS09-002), “Molecular mechanisms of memory formation: targets of
Drosophila Orb2”
2010-2015 FP7, GENCODYS “Genetic and Epigenetic Networks in Cognitive Dysfunction”
HEALTH_F2-2009-241995, coordinated by H. von Bokhoven
2012-2015 FWF (P24499), “Circuit mechanisms of courtship conditioning in Drosophila”,
Publications
1. Senti K., Keleman K., Eisenhaber F., Dickson BJ. (2000), Brakeless is required for lamina
targeting of R1-R6 axons in the Drosophila visual system. Development 127: 2291-301
2. Newsome TP, Schmidt S, Dietzl G, Keleman K, Asling B, Debant A, Dickson BJ.
(2000), Trio combines with dock to regulate Pak activity during photoreceptor axon pathfinding in
Drosophila. Cell 110. 2161-71
3. Dickson, BJ and Keleman, K. (2001), Netrins. Curr Biol. 12(5) 154-5
4. Wittwer, F., van der Straten A., Keleman, K., Dickson, BJ. and Hafen, E. (2001). Lilliputian: an
AF4/FMR2-related protein that controls cell identity and cell growth. Development 128: 791-800.
5. Keleman, K. and Dickson, BJ. (2001). Short and long range repulsion by the Drosophila Unc5
netrin receptor. Neuron 32: 605-617.
6. Keleman, K., Rajagopalan, S., Cleppien, D., Teis, D., Paiha, K., Huber, L.A., Technau, G.M., and
Dickson, BJ. (2002). Comm sorts Robo to control axon guidance at the Drosophila midline. Cell
110: 415-427.
7. Lundstrom, A., Gallio, M., Englund, C., Stenberg, P., Hemphala, J.,Asperson, P., Keleman, K.,
Falileeva, L., Dickson, BJ., Sumakovlis, C. (2004) Vilse, a conserved Rac/Cdc42 GAP mediating
Robo repulsion in tracheal cells and axons. Genes Dev. 18: 2161-71
8. Keleman, K., Ribeiro, C., and Dickson, BJ. (2005). Comm function in commissural axon guidance:
cell-autonomous sorting of Robo in vivo. Nature Neuroscience 8: 156-163.
9. Dietzl G., Chen D., Schnorrer F., Su KC., Barinova Y., Fellner M., Gasser B., Kinsey K., Oppel S.,
Scheiblauer S., Couto A., Marra V., Keleman K., Dickson BJ. (2007) A genome-wide transgenic
RNAi library for conditional gene inactivation in Drosophila. Nature 448: 151-6.
10. Keleman K*., Kruettner S., Alenius M., Dickson BJ. (2007) Function of the Drosophila CPEB
protein Orb2 in long-term courtship memory. Nature Neuroscience 10: 1587-93
11. Schnorrer F., Schönbauer C., Langer CC., Dietzl G., Novatchkova M., Schernhuber K., Fellner M.,
Azaryan A., Radolf M., Stark A., Keleman K., Dickson BJ. (2010) Systematic genetic analysis of
muscle morphogenesis and function in Drosophila. Nature 464:287-91.
12. Kramer JM., Kochinke K., Oortveld MA., Marks H., Kramer D., de Jong EK., Asztalos Z.,
Westwood JT., Stunnenberg HG., Sokolowski MB., Keleman K., Zhou H., van Bokhoven H.,
Schenck A. (2011) Epigenetic regulation of learning and memory by Drosophila EHMT/G9a. PLoS
Biol. 4 (1000569).
13. Krystyna Keleman*., Eleftetheria Vrontou., Sebastian Krüttner., Jai Y. Yu., Amina Kurtovic and
Barry J. Dickson. (2012) Dopaminergic neurons modulate pheromone responses in Drosophila
courtship learning. Nature (in press)
14. Sebastian Krüttner., Barbara Stepien., Jasprina N. Noordermeer., Mieke A. Mommaas., Karl
Mechtler., Barry J. Dickson and Krystyna Keleman*. (2012) Drosophila CPEB Orb2A mediates
memory independent of its RNA-binding domain. Neuron (in press)
* corresponding author
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