Contact
Prof. Dr. Axel J. Scheidig
Zoologisches Institut - Strukturbiologie
Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
Am Botanischen Garten 1-9
24118 Kiel
Germany
Tel: +49 431 880 4286 (office)
Tel: +49 431 880 4353 (secretary)
FAX: +49 431 880 4929
eMail: axel.scheidig@strubio.uni-kiel.de
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Axel J. Scheidig (born 1964)
| 2006 - present | Head of the Department for Structural Biology at the Zoological Institute (W3 full professor), Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (Germany); Head and Director of the Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie (BiMo); Director at the Zentrum für molekulare Biowissenschaften (ZMB) |
| 2002 – 2006 | Head of the Department for Structural Biology/Biophysics (C3 full professor), Saarland University, Homburg (Germany) |
| 2001 | Habilitation at the
University Witten/Herdecke (Germany) Venia Legendi for Biochemistry |
| 1995 – 2002 | Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund (Germany) |
| 1993 – 1995 | Postdoctoral fellow at
Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco (USA) Discipline: Protein chemistry of serine proteases and inhibitors. Advisor: Prof. Tony Kossiakoff |
| 1990 – 1992 | Ph. D. thesis in
Chemistry from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) at the Max-Planck-Institut for
Medical Research in the Dept. Biophysics. Discipline: Time-resolved crystallography and FT-IR spectroscopy on H-Ras p21. Grade ‘summa cum laude’ Advisor: Prof. Roger S. Goody |
| 1990 | Degree Chemistry –
‚Diplom-Chemiker‘ Graduate Studies and Diploma degree (equivalent to Master’s Degree) in Chemistry; University of Freiburg (Germany). Discipline: X-ray crystallography on membrane proteins. Advisor: Prof. Georg Schulz. |
Research Interests
Using X-ray single crystal diffraction and biophysical methods we characterize the structure-function-relationship of enzymes, proteins and protein complexes. The investigated systems are mostly related to signal transduction and biotransformation. A special topic of our research is related to protein chemistry and kinetic protein crystallography. We apply different methodologies (e.g. caged technology, fluorescence spectroscopy) to gain insight into the mode of action of enzymes.