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Groupleader: Wilhelm Just
Wilhelm Just
Peroxisomal Biogenesis
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Academic Training and Positions
1962 - 1970 Study of Chemistry
at the University of Graz, Austria
1970 - 1978 Group leader
at the Max-Planck-Institute of Brain Research,
Dept. of Neurochemistry, Frankfurt/Main
since 1978 Group leader
at the Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH)
1987 Habilitation in Biochemistry
since 1994 apl. Prof. at the University of Heidelberg,
Faculty of Medicine
Research
The correct assembly of the peroxisomal compartment and the functioning of peroxisomal processes are essential for human life. The mechanisms of peroxisomal biogenesis and the contribution of peroxisomal processes to the overall metabolic activities of the cell are only incompletely understood.
Currently the group focuses on the following topics:
- Functional characterization of Pex11pa and Pex11pb and Pex3p, peroxisomal membrane proteins involved in peroxisome proliferation and biogenesis.
- Role of plasmalogens, a distinct class of highly abundant ether phospholipids, the lack of which causes rhizomelic chondrodysplasia, a lethal peroxisomal disorder.
- Regulation of peroxisome-microtubule interactions and their physiological significance.
Contact
Heidelberg University
Biochemistry Center (BZH)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328
69120 Heidelberg
Biochemistry Center (BZH)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328
69120 Heidelberg
Office:
+49 6221 54-4286 Fax:
+49 6221 54-4260 E-Mail:
wilhelm.just@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de