Prof. Dr. Lucas Pelkmans
Department of Molecular Life SciencesUniversity of ZurichWinterthurerstrasse 190CH-8057 ZurichSwitzerland
Building / Room: Y55-K-04
Phone: +41 44 635 31 23
Biography
| Name | Pelkmans |
| First Name | Lucas |
| Position | Full Professor, Ph.D. |
| Education | |
| 1999 - 2002 | Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich. |
| 1993 - 1999 | M.Sc. in Medical Biology, Department of Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| Research experience and positions held | |
| 2010 - present | Full Professor, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich. |
| 2005 - 2010 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich. |
| 2003 - 2005 | Postdoctoral fellow, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany |
| Distinctions | |
| 2020 | ERC Advanced Grant |
| 2015 | EMBO member |
| 2015 | ERC Consolidator |
| 2010 | Ernst Hadorn Foundation-endowed Chair |
| 2005 | European Young Investigator Award |
| 2003 | ETH Medal |
| Selected publications | |
| 1. | Kramer BA, Sarabia Del Castillo J, Pelkmans L. Multimodal perception links cellular state to decision-making in single cells.Science 377(6606):642-648 (2022) |
| 2. | Gut G, Herrmann MH, Pelkmans L. Multiplexed protein maps link subcellular organization to cellular states. Science 361, eaar7042 (2018) |
| 3. | Rai AK, Chen J-X, Selbach M, Pelkmans L. Kinase-controlled phase transition of membraneless organelles in mitosis. Nature 559(7713):211-216 (2018) |
| 4. | Battich N, Stoeger T, Pelkmans L. Control of Transcript Variability in Single Mammalian Cells. Cell 163(7):1596-610 (2015) |
| 5. | Fréchin M, Stoeger T, Daetwyler S, Gehin C, Battich N, Damm E-M, Stergiou L, Riezman H, Pelkmans L. Cell-intrinsic adaptation of lipid composition to local crowding drives social behaviour. Nature 523 88-91 (2015) |
| 6. | Wippich F, Bodenmiller B, Gustafsson Trajkovska M, Wanka S, Aebersold R, Pelkmans L. The dual specificity kinase DYRK3 couples stress granule condensation/dissolution to mTORC1 signaling. Cell 152 791-805 (2013) |