Prof. Dr. Markus Meissner

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsVeterinary Medical Science,Cell Biology
KeywordsApikomplexa, Host-Pathogen Interaction, Host cell invasion, Gliding motility
Honours and awards

2014: Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship-renewal

2012: ERC Starting Grant

2009: Scottish University Life Science Award

2009: Wellcome Trust Senior Fellowship

2004: BioFuture Prize

2003: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). Scientific Award

2001: Feodor-Lynen-Fellowship (Humboldt Society)

1997: DAAD predoctoral Fellowship

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityPlanegg-Martinsried
InstitutionLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
InstituteInstitut für Veterinärmedizin

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dominique Soldati-FavreDepartment of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London
Prof. Dr. Gillian BatesUnited Medical and Dental Schools, Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, University of London (UoL), London
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2002

Programme(s)

2002Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2005Markus Meißner,Efrosinia Krejany, Paul R. Gilson, Tania F. de Koning-Ward, Dominique Soldati, Brendan S. Crabb: Tetracycline analogue-regulated transgene expression in Plasmodium falciparum blood stages using Toxoplasma gondii transactivators. In: PNAS, 2005, 2980-2985
2004Markus Meißner, Dominique Soldati: Gliding motility in Apicomplexan parasites. In: Current opinion in cell biology, 2004, 32-40
2004Markus Meißner, Dominique Soldati: Toxoplasma gondii a Model Organism for the Apicomplexans. In: A.P. Waters and C.J. Janse ISBN: 0-9542464-6-2, Malaria Parasites: Genomes and Molecular Biology. Caister Academic Press, 2004. 135-165