Elisa Izaurralde#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 4282 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/departments/2-biochemistry |
Elisa Izaurralde passed away April 30, 2018.
Positions Held
- October 2005 - present Scientific Director at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
- 2010–2013 Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
- May 2005 – March 2006 Acting Program Coordinator, Gene Expression Program, Heidelberg, Germany
- September 2004 – May 2005 Senior Scientist at the EMBL, Gene Expression Program, Heidelberg, Germany
- September 1999 – 2004 Group leader at the EMBL, Gene Expression Program, Heidelberg, Germany
- October 1996 – September 1999 Group leader. Department of Molecular Biology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Fields of Scholarship
- Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
- RNA metabolism
- mRNA processing (polyadenylation) / transport / localization / decay
- RNA silencing / RNA interference / microRNAs / noncoding RNAs
- Translational control
- RNA-binding proteins
- Nuclear transport
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Ernst Jung Prize for Medicine
- 2011 Appointed Honorary Professor, Faculty of Sciences, University of Tübingen
- 2009 Elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldine
- 2008 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2004 Elected to the Board of Directors of the RNA Society
- 2000 ELSO (European Life Science Organization) Young Scientist Award 2000
- 2000 Elected member of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization)
- 1999 Friedrich Miescher-Award, Swiss Society for Biochemistry
