Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer

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Education
1995-1998 Predoctoral fellow, EMBL Grenoble, France (C.W. Müller)
1994-1995 Research student, Cambridge University, UK (A.R. Fersht)
1989-1994 Diploma in chemistry, Universities of Stuttgart, Heidelberg, and Bristol, UK
Academic positions
2004-present Professor and Director, Gene Center, LMU Munich
2001-2003 Tenure-track Professor, Gene Center, LMU Munich
1999-2000 Postdoctoral fellow, Stanford University, USA (R.D. Kornberg)
Awards & honors
2012 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
2012 Vallee Foundation Visiting Professorship
2011 Feldberg Foundation Prize
2010 Member of the Max Planck Society
2010 European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Investigator
2010 Medal of Honor of the Robert Koch Institute
2009 Elected member of EMBO
2009 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
2009 Ernst-Jung-Preis für Medizin
2009 Familie-Hansen-Award, Bayer Science & Education Foundation
2008 Bijvoet Medal, University of Utrecht
2007 Steinhofer Lecture, University of Freiburg
2007 Philip-Morris Research Award
2006 Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz Award, Dt. Forschungsgemeinschaft
2004 10th Eppendorf Award for Young European Researchers
2002 GlaxoSmithKline Science Award
2000 EMBO Young Investigator
2000 MSC Future Investigator Award
Memberships & Professional services
2011-present Council of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL
2011-present Initiator and coordinator, Bavarian Research Center for Molecular Biosystems
2011-present Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Biochemistry Center Heidelberg
2010-present Professor and Director, LMU Department of Biochemistry
2010-present Member, editorial board of Transcription
2010-present Member, council (Zukunftsrat) of the Bavarian State Government
2010 Organizer, EMBO conference on gene transcription in yeast, St. Feliu, Spain
2009-present Member, Scientific Advisory Board of the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
2009-present Member, editorial board of The EMBO Journal
2009-present Representative of the LMU for construction of a new Research Center for Molecular
Biosystems (Baubeauftragter)
2008-present Member, selection committee for the Heinz-Maier-Leibniz-Prize
2008-2009 Member, scientific-technological council of the Bavarian State Government
2008-present Coordinator, Research grant network Sonderforschungsbereich SFB646
2007-2009 Dean, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the LMU
2007-present Member, research board (Forschungsrat) of the LMU
2006-present Executive board member, German National Cluster of Excellence “Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich” (CIPSM)
2006-present Member, Cluster of excellence “Nanosystems Initiative Munich” (NIM)
2005-2007 Vice coordinator, Sonderforschungsbereich SFB646
2005-2007 Board member, LMU Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
2004-present Director, Gene Center Munich
2004-2006 Member, Swiss Light Source Scientific Advisory Board
2003-present Member, board of the Research grant network Transregio 5 “Chromatin”
2002-present Board member, LMU Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
2002-present Member, Center for Nanoscience CeNS Munich
2001-present Chair and member of search committees at LMU, Technical University Munich and the Max-Planck Society
2001-present Member, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie GBM