Lebenslauf/CV
Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Sahl
University of Bonn
Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP)
Pharmaceutical Microbiology Section
Meckenheimer Allee 168
D-53115 Bonn
Phone: 0049 (0)228-73-5272; Fax: 0049 (0)228-73-5267
Curriculum Vitae
University Education, Academic Degrees, Professional Background:
| 1970-1975 |
Studied Chemistry and Biology; earned Diploma in Biology (University of Bonn) |
| 1975-1978 |
specialized in Microbiology: PhD in Microbiology (University of Bonn, Prof. H.G. Trüper) on carbon metabolism in phototrophic bacteria |
| 1979-1983 |
Research Fellow, Medical Microbiology (Prof. Dr. H. Brandis, University of Bonn) |
| 1982 |
DFG-Postdoctoral Fellowship: Purdue University, Indiana, USA (Prof. Dr. W.A. Cramer) |
| 1983 |
Habilitation |
| 1983-1987 |
Privatdozent (Assistant Professor) Medical Microbiology, University of Bonn |
| 1987-1990 |
Professor (C2) for Medical Microbiology, University of Bonn |
| 1990-2004 |
Professor (C3) for Experimental Microbiology, University of Bonn |
| 2004- present | Professor (C3) for Pharmaceutical and Medical Microbiology, University of Bonn |
Major Awards and Distinctions:
| 1982 |
German Research Foundation (DFG)-Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research at Purdue University, Indiana, with Dr. W.A. Cramer |
| 1991 |
Research Award of the German Society for Medical Microbiology (DGHM) |
| 2000-2003 |
coordinator of the EU consortium “PANAD” (Peptides as Novel Antibiotic Drugs) |
| 2003 |
Co-Chair of the 4th Gordon Research Conference on "Antimicrobial Peptides" |
| 2008-2015 |
speaker and chair of the Collaborative Research Unit 854 “Post-genomic strategies for new antibiotic drugs and targets” funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| 2010 |
Co-Chair of 4th Gordon Research Conference on “New Antibacterial Discovery and Development” in 2012 |
| 2012–2016 |
Coordinator of the Translational Unit “Novel Anti-infectives” of the German Centre of Infection Research (DZIF) |
Membership in Scientific Societies:
- VAAM (Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie)
- DGHM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie)
- ASM (American Society for Microbiology)
- GBM (Gesellschaft für Biologische Chemie und Molekularbiologie)
- EPS (European Peptide Society)
- AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
- Robert-Koch-Stiftung
Forschungsinteressen/Research Interests:
- Antibiotic peptides from bacteria and animals, in particular lantibiotics (peptide chemistry, structures, modes of antibiotic action, genetics of production, enzymatic mechanisms of posttranslational modifications, peptide engineering, producer self protection "immunity" mechanisms, development of peptide antibiotics)
- Biochemistry of the gram-positive cell wall (enzymes involved in synthesis and turnover, novel targets for antibiotics)
- Physiology and pathogenicity of staphylococci (pathogenicity factors of coagulase-negative staphylococci, metabolism of small-colony variants of Staphylococcus aureus, antibiotic resistance in staphylococci)
- Reference laboratory for staphylococci
