Curriculum vitae

Name	Dr. Christoph W e i s e	Weitere Photos

Birth Nationality	June 2, 1956 in Hof, West Germany German

Address	Lab Institut für Chemie- Biochemie Thielallee 63 (Otto-Hahn-Bau) 14195 Berlin-Dahlem Deutschland
Telephone	+49-30-8385 6424
E-mail	dada@chemie.fu-berlin.de

Education	1962-1966	Primary school in Wüstenselbitz, Germany
	1966-1975	Secondary school, Heinrich-Schliemann-Gymnasium in Fürth
	1975	Abitur (secondary school leaving exam)
	1975-1977	Alternative service in Nürnberg
	1978-1984	Studies in biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin
	1984-1985	Diploma thesis in biochemistry in Prof. Hucho's group, diploma thesis title: "The phosphorylation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor"
	1986-1991	Position as teaching assistant, doctoral thesis in Prof. Hucho's group, doctoral thesis title: "The localisation of binding sites of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase"
	since 1991	Position as research assistant/senior scientist at the Institut für Biochemie der Freien Universität Berlin, teaching university courses on protein- analytical methods and sequence homology for upperdivision biochemistry majors

Publications	continuously up-dated
Teaching Activities	Practical courses "Molecular mechanisms of metabolism" (from 1986 to 1992) "Introduction into neurochemistry" (3 times, from 1992 to 1993) "Protein-chemical analysis" (20 times, from 1994 to 2003); some photos Biochemistry basic lab course/ Biochemisches Blockpraktikum (6 times, from 2003 to now); some photos Seminars Protein sequence homology", in collaboration with Dr.Paul Woolley (6 times, from 1991 to 1993) "Biochemistry for upperdivision majors" and "Introduction into neurochemistry" (various topics such as neurotoxins, neuropathology, Myasthenia gravis, biochemistry of the synapse, learning and memory, post-translational modifications)
Research Stays Abroad	Autumn 1995 Institut Pasteur, Paris/ Unité des Venins (Cassian Bon/Xavier Cousin) - Cloning and sequencing of acetylcholinesterase from the cobra Naja naja oxiana (EMBO short term fellowship) Autumn 1997 (INRA-DCC, Jean-Pierre Toutant/Xavier Cousin) - Preparation and characterization of mutants of acetylcholinesterase from the cobra Naja naja oxiana
Lectures in Student Schools	„Protein Structure“, Bioinformatik Herbstschule Buckow 1996 „Protein Kinases in Signal Transduction“ German-Russian Summer School on Cellular Signal Transduction, Berlin 1996 „Protein-Protein Interactions in Signal Transduction“ and „Signal Termination at the Synapse“, 2nd Russian-German Summer School on Cell Signal Transduction, Pushchino (Russia) 1997 „Protein Interacting Domains“ (International Student School on Protein Structure and Function, Moscow 1998) “Protein Domains in Signal Transduction” (Russian-German Summer School on Advanced Protein Chemistry, Moscow-Irkutsk-Baikal, September 2000) “Biochemical and molecular foundations of bioinformatics”, Bioinformatik Herbstschule Neuseddin 2000 (European Graduate Program “Combinatories, Geometry and Computation)
Congress Organization	Participation in the Local Organizing Commitees for "Receptors and Ion Channels" (German-Soviet Meeting), Berlin March 1989 "The Cholinergic Synapse", Berlin September 1990 „Russian-German Summer School on Signal Transduction“, Berlin October 1991 Joint Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and the European Society for Neurochemistry (ESN), Berlin August 1999 - Homepage, congress budget "Of Receptors and Synapses" - Mini-Symposium in Honor of Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Hucho, Berlin September 2005

Last up-date July 2006