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CLAUDIA PETRITSCH, PHD

Associate Research Biochemist, Department of Neurological Surgery, UCSF

CONTACT

claudia.petritsch
(415) 476-0370 (voice)
(415) 502-0388 (fax)

Box 0520, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-0520

EDUCATION

University of Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, MS, BA, 1985 - 1991, Cell and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
University of Vienna BioCenter, Vienna, PhD, 1991 - 1996, Cell & Molecular Biology
Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Postdoc, 3/96 - 6/97
University of California, San Francisco, Dept of Physiology, Postdoc 7/97 - 10/02

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11/02 - 9/03

Postgraduate Researcher, Department of Physiology, University of California, San Francisco

10/03 - 11/05

Investigator, GeneCenter and Institute of Biochemistry at the University of Munich

12/05 - present

Associate Research Biochemist, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco

HONORS & AWARDS

1990

Diploma Fellowship, Institute of Molecular Pathology

1991-96

PhD Fellowship, Institute for Molecular Pathology

1993

European Molecular Biology Organisation short-term fellowship

1994

Federation of European Biochemical Societies short-term fellowship

1996

European Molecular Biology Organisation long-term fellowship

1999

Human Frontiers Science Program Organization long-term fellowship

2003

PO 1 Research Grant; German Research Council (DFG) # SFB 413

2004

PO 1 Research Grant; German Research Council (DFG) # SFB 413

2004-06

Award for Outstanding Women in Life Sciences (University of Munich)

2005-06

Bavarian California Technology Award

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Petritsch, C., Woscholski, R., Edelmann, H. L. M., and Ballou, L. M. : "Activation of p70 S6 kinase end erk-encoded MAP kinases is resistant to high cyclic nucleotide levels in Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts". J. Biol. Chem. 270, 26619-26625 (1995)

Petritsch, C., Woscholski, R., Edelmann, H. L. M., Parker, P. J., and Ballou, L. M. : "Selective Inhibition of p70 S6 Kinase Activation by Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Inhibitors." Eur. J. Biochem 230, 431-438 (1995)

Edelmann, H., KŸhne, C., Petritsch C. and Ballou, L. M. : "Cell Cycle Regulation of p70 S6 Kinase and p42/p44 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinases in Swiss Mouse 3T3 Fibroblasts." J. Biol. Chem. 271, 963-971 (1996).

Petritsch C., Beug H., Balmain A. and Oft M. : ÒTGFbeta inhibits p70 S6 Kinase via Protein Phosphatase 2A to induce G1 arrest.Ó Genes & Dev. 14, 3093-3101 (2000).

Petritsch C., Tavosanis, G., Turck, CW., Jan, LY. and Jan YN. : "The Drosophila myosin VI Jaguar controls spindle orientation and basal determinant targeting in mitotic neuroblasts." Developmental Cell, 4, 273-281 (2003)

Ye B, Petritsch C., Clark, I. E., Gavis, E. R., Jan LY. and Jan YN. : "nanos and pumilio, two genes known for translational regulation of embryonic body patterning, are essential for proper dendrite morphogenesis in Drosophila peripheral neurons." Current Biology, 14, 314-21 (2004)

Waldhuber, M., Emoto, K. and Petritsch, C. : ÒThe Drosophila caspase DRONC is required for metamorphosis and cell death in response to irradiation and developmental signals. Mech. Dev. 122 (7-8), 914-27 (2005)

Erben, V, Waldhuber, M, Langer, D., Fetka, I., Petritsch, C.: ÒAsymmetric localization of adaptor proteins in neural stem cells is achieved by distinct modes of protein movement.Ó Submitted to Journal of Cell Biology, 02/2007

2/28/07

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