Sebastian Leidel#
| Membership Number: | 4922 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2019 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://leidel.dcb.unibe.ch |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0523-6325 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Full Professor for RNA Biochemistry; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2010 - 2019 Max Planck Research Group Leader; Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine Münster, Germany
- 2008 - 2010 Lecturer; Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2005 - 2008 Postdoctoral Researcher; Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Fields of Scholarship
- RNA modification
- Ribosome profiling
- tRNA modification
- RNA mass spectrometry
- Next generation sequencing
- Centrosome biology
- Translation
- RNA biology
- tRNA
- Big Data
Honours and Awards
- 2016 James Heineman Research Award for Outstanding Research Achievements
- 2013 The Young Academy of Europe (Elected Board Member since 2015; Treasurer 2016 - 2018)
- 2012 ERC Starting Grant
- 2009 UBS Promedica Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
