Staff Members of the Institute of Biochemistry, TU - Institut für ...

R. Yates, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada,
N. Faergeman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern
Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Research Projects:
BM.W_F Genomforschung in Österreich (GEN-AU): Exploring the lipolytic proteome.
Phospholipases (GOLD 3 project-Genomics of Lipid-associated Disorders, coordinated
by KFU Graz).
FWF Special Research Program (SFB) LIPOTOX (coordinated by KFU Graz): Toxicity of
oxidized phospholipids in macrophages.
FWF Doctoral Program Molecular Enzymology: Functional enzyme analysis.
FWF EUROCORES-EuroMEMBRANE-OXPHOS-Protein targets and apoptotic signaling of
oxidized phospholipids
TIG Research center Applied Biocatalysis (coordinated by TU Graz): Novel lipases with
specific substrate acceptance.
Invited lectures:
1. Signaling of oxidized phospholipids in vascular cells. Fluorescent inhibitors for
functional proteomic analysis of lipases. Biocrates, Innsbruck, January 21, 2009.
2. Toxicity of oxidized phospholipids in macrophages. COST meeting “Free radicals in
Chemical Biology”, Gniezno, Poland, September 11, 2009.
3. The lipolytic proteomes of mouse adipose tissue and liver. Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY, USA, September 22, 2009
4. Fluorescent inhibitors for functional proteomic analysis of lipolytic enzymes. Euro Fed
Lipid, Graz, Austria, October 20, 2009
Publications:
1. Rhode S, Grurl R, Brameshuber M, Hermetter A, Schütz GJ
Plasma membrane fluidity affects transient immobilization of oxidized phospholipids in
endocytotic sites for subsequent uptake.
J. Biol. Chem. 284, 2258-65, 2009
2. Watschinger K, Keller MA, Hermetter A, Golderer G, Werner-Felmayer G, Werner ER
Glyceryl ether monooxygenase resembles aromatic amino acid hydroxylases in metal
ion and tetrahydrobiopterin dependence.
Biol. Chem. 390, 3-10, 2009
3. Yates RM, Hermetter A, Russell DG
Recording phagosome maturation through the real-time spectrofluorometric
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