Prof. Dr. Michael H. Glickman

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBiochemistry
KeywordsProteasome, Ubiquitin, Mitochondria, Protein Damage Response, Cellular Oxidative Damage

Current contact address

CountryIsrael
CityHaifa
InstitutionTechnion-Israel Institute of Technology
InstituteDepartment of Biology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Walter RosenthalMax-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2013

Programme(s)

2012Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Dr. Michael Glickman from the Technicon-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel Professor Glickman is internationally renowned for his research on the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), an important mediator of cellular protein turnover involved in diseases such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's. In Berlin, he will continue his collaborative research at the MDC and participate in the new German-Israeli Helmholtz Research School "SignGene". Professor Glickman is hosted by Professors Rosenthal and Sommer at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin.