Dierk Niessing

Professor, Group leader

+49 89 3187-2176 dierk.niessing@helmholtz-munich.de

Helmholtz Munich, Institute of Structural Biology, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany

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since 2017

since 2016

since 2017

2015-2017

2013

2010

2009

2005-2009

Structural Biology X-ray Crystallography RNA-transport

structure-based drug discoveryPURA TRMT2A

2018 Care-for-Rare Science Award (shared with Dr. Tobias Hirsch)
2016-2017 Elected Member of the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) LMU
Since 2016 Speaker of DFG Research Unit FOR2333
2000 Otto-Hahn Medaille
2000 Elisabeth-Gateff Award

Interview on SWR1

PURA syndrome: How Professor Dierk Niessing is helping affected families.

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Interview

Dierk Niessing was interviewed by Frank Riethdorf from Radio free FM, a non-profit radio station based in Ulm. They discussed the general concept of structural biology as well as his research projects at the Ulm University and his partner lab at the Helmholtz Zentrum München.

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Prof. Dr. Dierk Niessing

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Facts and Figures

Full Professor and Head of the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the Ulm University

Advisory committee member of patient registry for the PURA syndrome

Speaker of DFG Research Unit FOR2333

Elected Member of the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) LMU

W2-Professor at the Medical Faculty of the LMU

Habilitation in "Biochemistry" at the LMU

Deputy Director of the Institute of Structural Biology

Tenured Principal Investigator

Leader of Helmholtz-University-University Young Investigators Group

Fields of Work and Expertise

Honors and Awards

Media Coverage

Interview on SWR1

PURA syndrome: How Professor Dierk Niessing is helping affected families.

Interview