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Postdoctoral research fellow, PhD
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Laboratory
Brain and Mind Research Institute
University of Sydney
100 Mallett St
Camperdown, NSW 2050
Room: R306G
Phone Office: +61-2-9351-0873
Phone Lab: +61-2-9351-0875
Fax: +61-2-9351-0652
E-mail: nschonrock@med.usyd.edu.au
Education:
| 2002-2006 | Ph.D. (Doctorate in Natural Sciences)
Swiss Institute of Technology,
ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2002 | Bachelor of Science Honours (Microbiology)
University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 1997–1999 | Bachelor of Science (Microbiology and Biochemistry) University of Cape Town, South Africa |
Professional Experience:
| 05/2006-present | Postdoctoral Research Officer, Prof Jurgen Götz, Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney (Regulation of Alzheimer’s hallmark protein APP and neuronal function by microRNAs) |
| 06/2002 – 02/2006 | Graduate Student, Prof. W. Gruissem, Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH Zürich (Thesis: “Polycomb-group proteins repress the floral activator AGL19 in the FLC-independent vernalization pathway“). |
| 08/2001 – 10/2001 | Research Fellow (visiting student), Prof. W. Gruissem, Institute of Plant Sciences, ETH, Zürich (Protein interactions within Arabidopsis Chromatin Assembly Factor 1). |
| 01/2000 – 12/2000 | Honours Student, Prof. S. Mundree, University of Cape Town, South Africa (Thesis: “Characterization of XVEF, a gene encoding a calcium-binding protein from the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa Baker") |
Publications:
Exner, V., Taranto, P., Schonrock, N., Walser, M., Gruissem, W., and Hennig, L. (2006) Chromatin assembly factor CAF-1 is required for cellular differentiation during plant development. Development (in press)
Gotz, J., Ittner, L., Schonrock, N. (2006) Alzheimer’s disease and frontal temporal dementia: prospects of a tailored therapy? Medical Journal of Australia (in press)
Schonrock, N., Bouveret, R., Leroy, O., Borghi, L., Kohler, C., Gruissem, W. and Hennig, L. (2006) Polycomb-group proteins repress the floral activator AGL19 in the FLC-independent vernalization pathway. Genes Dev. 20(12):1667-1678
Bouveret, R., Schonrock, N., Gruissem, W. and Hennig, L. (2006) Regulation of flowering time by Arabidopsis MSI1. Development 133(9):1693-1702
Schonrock, N., Exner, V., Probst, A., Gruissem, A. and Hennig, L. (2006) Functional genomic analysis of CAF-1 mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Biol. Chem. 281(14):9560-8
Hennig, L., Taranto, P., Walser, M., Schonrock, N., and Gruissem, W. (2003) Arabidopsis MSI1 is required for epigenetic maintenance of reproductive development. Development 130, 2555-2565
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