Prof. Dr. Laszlo Tora

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsCell Biology
Keywordsconfocal microscopy, function of transcription factors, in vivo, two-photon excitation fluorescence imaging, zebrafish

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityIllkirch-Graffenstaden
InstitutionUniversite de Strasbourg
InstituteInstitut Génétique Biologie Moléculaire Cellulaire (IGBMC) UMR 7104

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Herbert SteinbeißerInstitut für Humangenetik, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Ferenc MüllerInstitut für Toxikologie und Genetik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Karlsruhe
Prof. Dr. Uwe SträhleInstitut für Toxikologie und Genetik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Karlsruhe
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2006

Programme(s)

2005Helmholtz-Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Laszlo Tora has devoted his entire scientific carrier to the study of the mechanisms of activation of protein coding genes. He is a world class investigator of the protein complexes which initiate gene expression. As a Humboldt-Helmholtz Research Prize holder Professor Tora will carry out a six months research visit in the laboratory of Dr F. Müller in the Institute of Toxicology and Genetics of the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. In collaborative partnership with Professor H. Steinbesser at the University of Heidelberg Professor Tora embarks to develop novel imaging technologies to visualize protein-DNA interaction in gene activation in living cells.