Jochen Deckert

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan (FH)

Highest Degree

Dipl. Ing. (FH)

Major Subjects

Biotechnology

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Country

Germany

Projects / Research

  • Purification and characterisation of proteasomes and tripeptidyl peptidase II (Max-Planck-Institute of Immunbiology)
  • Function of an N-terminal basic region of the coat protein of Flock-House-Virus in specific recognition of the viral RNAs during assembly (The Scripps Research Institute)
  • mRNA stability in early embryos of Drosophila melanogaster (University of Massachussetts Medical School)

Scholarships / Awards

1999: Stipend from the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan and State of Bavaria
1999: DAAD travel award

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am very interested in RNA-RNA and RNA-protein interactions as well as in regulation of gene expression. I want to get a Ph.D. degree, become a competitive scientist and do a postdoc in the States.