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Current funding
SNF sinergia grant “Illuminating the functions, cellular locations and regulation of inositol pyrophosphate nutrient messengers” 07/2022 – 06/2026SNF grant “Structural and functional investigation of plant membrane receptor kinases and their cytoplasmic signaling cascades” 10/2021/ – 09/2025ERC consolidator grant “System-wide discovery and analysis of inositol pyrophosphate signaling networks in plants.” 2019-2023
HHMI International Research Scholar Award 09/2017 – 09/2023
Funding history
SNF grant “Plant membrane receptor kinase complexes and their connection to cytoplasmic signaling cascades” 10/2017/ – 09/2021SNF sinergia grant “Discovery and mechanistic dissection of novel signaling pathways controlling phosphate homeostasis in eukaryotes” 01/2017 – 07/2021ERA CAPS grant “Activation and regulation of plasma membrane receptor signaling complexes controlling plant development and immunity, and their connection to downstream signaling cascades” 01/2018 – 01/2021UNIGE – UZH seed funding with Martin Jinek , University of Zurich. 2019-2020
EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Martina Ried)HFSP postdoctoral fellowship (to Satohiro Okuda)ERC starting grant “Identity and functions of polyphosphate polymerases in eukaryotes” 01/2013 – 12/2017EMBO young investigator award 01/2015 – 12/2017SNF grant “Molecular mechanism for peptide hormone sensing by plant membrane receptor kinases” 09/2014 – 09/2017EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Kelvin Lau) 2015-2017EMBO postdoctoral fellowship (to Benjamin Brandt) 2015-2017HFSP Career Development Award “The roles of small co-receptor kinases in initiating plant membrane signaling” 08/2012 – 08/2016EMBO advanced postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2016EMBO longterm postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2014-2016DFG grant “Aktivierung von entwicklungssteuernden LRR-Rezeptorkinasen durch gemeinsame Korezeptorproteine” 04/2014-11/2014FEBS postdoctoral fellowship (to Julia Santiago) 2012-2014Max Planck Research Group Leader position and core funding (2012-2014)Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Long-Term fellowship, 2008-2011EMBO Long-Term Fellowship, 2007-2008Postdoctoral 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
