Kristina Djinovic Carugo#
| Membership Number: | 5353 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.maxperutzlabs.ac.at/research/research-groups/djinovic |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0252-2972 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 1.9.2004 Full Professor of Structural Biology, Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Austria
- Since 1.10.2009 Head of Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Austria
- 2016 Head (together with Prof. R. Konrat) of CD-Laboratory for High-Content Structural Biology and Biotechnology
- 2010 - 2016 Director of Laura Bassi Center for Optimized Structural Studies
- 1999 - 2004 Head of Structural Biology and Crystallography Unit, Sincrotrone Trieste, Italy
- 1997 - 1999 Staff Scientist, Structural Biology Programme, EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany
- 1995 - 1997 EMBO Post-Doctoral Fellow, Structural Biology Programme, EMBL-Heidelberg
- 1992 - 1995 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. Microbiol. and Genetics, University of Pavia, Italy
Fields of Scholarship
- Structure-function analysis metallo-enzymes involved in protection from chemical and oxidative damage
- Structural biology of actin based cytoskeleton with focus on muscle Z-disk
- X-ray induced radiation damage
Honours and Awards
- 1995 EMBO long-term postdoctoral fellowship
- 1995 Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship (declined)
- 2010 Awarded Laura Bassi Center of Expertise
- 2016 Elected EMBO member
