Prof. Dr. Dierk Niessing

Professor, Group leader

Helmholtz Zentrum München
Institute of Structural Biology
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1
85764 Neuherberg
Germany

Prof. Dr. Dierk Niessing

Professor, Group leader

Helmholtz Zentrum München
Institute of Structural Biology
Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1
85764 Neuherberg
Germany

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Facts and Figures

since 2017

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

since 2016

Advisory committee member of patient registry for the PURA syndrome

since 2016

Speaker of DFG Research Unit FOR2333

since 2017

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

2015-2017

W2-Professor at the Medical Faculty of the LMU

2013

Habilitation in "Biochemistry" at the LMU

2010

Deputy Director of the Institute of Structural Biology

2009

Tenured Principal Investigator

2005-2009

Leader of Helmholtz-University-University Young Investigators Group

Fields of Work and Expertise

Structural BiologyX-ray CrystallographyRNA-transport

structure-based drug discoveryPURATRMT2A

Honors and Awards

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

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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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