Zweckstetter, Markus, Prof. Dr.

1990-1996: Studies at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Degree: Diploma in Physics (passed with distinction)
1993-1994: Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Physics and Russian
1996-1998: PhD project with Dr. Tad Holak, Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried
1998: Degree Dr. rer. nat., Technical University of Munich
1998-1999: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biochemistry (Dr. Tad Holak)
1999-2001: Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA (group of Dr. A. Bax)
since 2001: Head of the senior research group "Structure determination of proteins using NMR" at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
2001-2006: Head of Emmy Noether group at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
2007-2012: Head of Heisenberg group at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
since 2008: Honorary Professor, University of Göttingen
Since 2012: Head of the senior research group "Structural Biology in Dementia" at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen
since 2012: Professor at the University Medical School, University of Göttingen, Göttingen

Major Research Interests
The goal of our research is to push NMR spectroscopy into new research areas and to provide insights at the molecular level into the factors that are responsible for the neurotoxicity of the proteins alpha-synuclein, Tau and Amyloid-beta peptide during the course of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, we strive to obtain structure-function relationships for integral membrane proteins, such as the human voltage dependent anion channel.

Homepage Department/Research Group
https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/zweckstetter
http://www.dzne.de/zweckstetter

ORCID: 0000-0002-2536-6581