Short CV - Prof. Dr. Christoph Mayer
Study of Chemistry and Biology at the Albert Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg i. Br. and the University of Zürich.
Diploma in Chemistry (University of Freiburg; with Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kurz)
PhD in Microbiology (University of Zürich; with AG Prof. Dr. Dora M. Rast)
1997-2000, Postdoc (Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation) at the University of British Columbia in the groups of Prof. Dr. Stephen G. Withers, Dept. of Chemistry and Prof. J. Anthony G. Warren, Michael Smith Laboratory)
2001-2007, Group Leader/Assistent Professor (C1) at the University of Konstanz at the chair of Prof. Dr. Winfried Boos
2007 -2011, Heisenberg Fellow (W2) of the German Research Foundation (DFG) at the Universities of Konstanz and Tübingen
2009, Habilitation (Venia Legendi in Microbiology and Biochemistry; University of Konstanz)
Since 2011, Associate Professor at the University of Tübingen
Since 2014, Apl. Prof. at the University of Tübingen; Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicin Tübingen (IMIT)
Scientific Interest
Bacterial cell wall structure and metabolism, antibiotics acting at the cell wall, peptidoglycan recycling metabolism, carbohydrate-acting enzymes
Teaching
Master Block Module "Microbial Glycobiology" at the University of Tübingen
Bacterial cell wall metabolism
Protein isolation and characterization
Enzyme kinetics
Activities as editor & reviewer
Editorial board member of “Microbial Physiology” and guest editor for PNAS and Frontiers in Microbiology
Reviewer for various funding agencies: DFG, BBSRC, Cornell University, Oslo University, University of Newcastle, Trinity College Dublin, University of Groningen, University of British Columbia (UBC), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes.
Reviewer of scientific journals: PNAS, Nature Communications, JACS, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie, Cell Chem Biol, PLOS Genetics, MBio, Microbial Physiology, ACS Infectious Diseases, FEBS J., FEMS lett., Biochemistry, Microbial Drug Resistance, Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Carbohydrate Research, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry,
Website: uni-tuebingen.de/de/233051
Publication: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4731-4851;
Web of Science Researcher ID: S-8666-2017; www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/278952,25420285.