Michael Hothorn, PhD
Scientific curriculum
- 2012- Group leader at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society in Tuebingen, Germany
- 2007-2011 Postdoc with Joanne Chory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
- 2006-2007 Postdoctoral work at the EMBL
- 2002-2006 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- 1998-2002 M.Sc. (Diplom) at Heidelberg University, Germany
Funding
- European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant, 2013-2018
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Career Development Award, 2012-2015
- Independent Max Planck Research Group Leader, from 01/2012
- Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term fellowship, 2008-2011
- EMBO Long-Term Fellowship, 2007-2008
- Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation (post-graduate), 2007
- Fellow of the Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Foundation (graduate), 2004-2006
- Predoctoral Fellowship by the EMBL International PhD Programme (graduate), 2002-2004
- German National Merit Foundation (undergraduate), 1998-2002
Patents
- Hothorn M, Chory J (2013) Structure of the brassinosteroid receptor BRI1, and modulation of BRI1 signaling. US Patent 20,130,007,901, 2013
- Hothorn M, Dabi T, Chory J (2013) Structure of cytokinins and cytokinin receptors, and modulation of cytokinin signaling. US Patent 20,130,004,966, 2013