Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Boris Pfander
Address:	Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry Am Klopfersptz 18 82152 Martinsried, Germany
Phone:	+49-89-8578-3050
Fax:	+49-89-8578-3022
Email:	bpfander[at]biochem.mpg.de
Internet:	http://www.biochem.mpg.de/pfander

Education:
2001 - 2005	Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany: PhD – Biology
	PhD Thesis on “Regulation of genome stability by SUMO- and ubiquitin-modification of PCNA“ (Supervisor: Stefan Jentsch)
1995 - 2000	University of Hannover & Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany: Diploma – Biochemistry
	Diploma Thesis on “Characterization of NGF-induced phosphorylation of endocytotic proteins in PC12-cells“ (Supervisor: Rudolf Bauerfeind)

Research Experience:
Since 2010	Independent Junior Group Leader (Otto-Hahn-Nachwuchsgruppe) at the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry
2006 - 2010	Postdoctoral fellow with John Diffley at the London Research Institute, CRUK, South Mimms, UK
2005 - 2006	Postdoctoral fellow with Stefan Jentsch at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
2001 - 2005	PhD work with Stefan Jentsch at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
2000	Undergraduate work with Rudolf Bauerfeind at the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Fellowships and Awards:
2007- 2010	Human Frontier Science Program Long Term Fellowship
2007	EMBO Long Term Fellowship
2006	Otto-Hahn Program (Max-Planck Society, Germany)
2006	Otto-Hahn Medal (Max-Planck Society, Germany)
2006	MPIB Junior Research Award (Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany)

Peer-reviewed Publications:

Pfander, B., and Diffley, J.F.X. (2011) Dpb11 coordinates Mec1 kinase activationwith cell cycle-regulated Rad9 recruitment. EMBO J. doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.345

Parnas, O., Zipin-Roitman, A., Pfander, B., Liefshitz, B., Mazor Y., Ben-Aroya, S., Jentsch, S., and Kupiec, M. (2010). Elg1, an alternative subunit of the RF-C clamploader, preferentially interacts with SUMOylated PCNA. EMBO J.29(15):2611-22

Sacher, M., Pfander, B., Hoege, C., Jentsch, S. (2006). Control of Rad52 recombination activity by double-strand break-induced SUMO modification. Nature Cell Biology. 8, 1284-1290.

Moldovan, G.-L., Pfander, B., Jentsch, S. (2006). PCNA controls establishment of sister chromatid cohesion during S-phase. Molecular Cell. 23, 723-732.

Döring, M., Loos, A., Schrader, N., Pfander, B., Bauerfeind, R. (2006). Nerve growth factor-induced phosphorylation of amphiphysin-1 by casein kinase 2 regulates clathrin-amphiphysin interactions. Journal of Neurochemistry. 98, 2013-2023

Pfander, B., Moldovan, G.-L., Sacher, M., Hoege, C., Jentsch, S. (2005). SUMO-modified PCNA recruits Srs2 to prevent recombination during S phase. Nature 436, 428-433.

Hoege, C., Pfander, B., Moldovan, G.-L., Pyrowolakis, G., Jentsch, S. (2002). RAD6-dependent DNA repair is linked to modification of PCNA by ubiquitin and SUMO. Nature 419, 135-141.

Review Articles and Book Chapters:

Moldovan, G.-L., Pfander, B., Jentsch, S. (2007). PCNA, the maestro of the replication fork. Cell.129, 665-679.

Sacher, M.*, Pfander, B.*, Jentsch, S. (2005). Identification of SUMO-protein conjugates. Methods in Enzymology 399, 392-404.

* equal contribution