Department of Cell Genetics
Institute for Genetics - University of Cologne
Department Head: Prof. Dr. Jonathan C. Howard
Curriculum Vitae (April 2011)
| Name: | Jonathan Charles Howard | |
| 24 June 1943 | ||
| Nationality: | British | |
Education: | ||
| BA (Zoology) Oxford | ||
| Royal Society Leverhulme Scholarship, Genetics and Biometry Laboratory (Laboratory of Prof JBS Haldane), Government of Orissa, Agricultural University, Bhubaneswar, India | ||
| D. Phil. (Medicine) Oxford "Cellular Aspects of Antibody Formation" Supervisor Prof. JL Gowans, MRC Cellular Immunology Unit, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford | ||
Employment: | ||
| Member of Scientific Staff, MRC Cellular Immunology Unit, Oxford. | ||
| Post-Doc, Adjunct Assistant and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Dr DB Wilson) | ||
| Member of Staff and from 1986 Head of the Department of Immunology, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge | ||
| Professor of Cell Genetics (C4), Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne | ||
Sabbaticals: | ||
| Department of Pathology, Stanford University (Dr IL Weissman) | ||
| Division of Biology, Cal. Inst. Technology (Dr LE Hood) | ||
| Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University (Dr P Parham) | ||
| Cell Biology, EMBL Heidelberg (Dr B Dobberstein) | ||
| Division of Neurobiology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge (Dr HT McMahon) | ||
Awards: | ||
| Fulbright Scholarship | ||
| Weir Junior Research Fellowship, University College, Oxford | ||
| Research Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge | ||
| EMBO member | ||
| Fellow of Royal Society (FRS) | ||
| Member Academia Europaea | ||
| Donald Gordon Fellow, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) | ||
Membership of significant decision-making bodies since moving to Germany in 1994: | ||
| Member, Cell and Molecular Biology Board, Medical Research Council, UK | ||
| Member, later Chairman, Sectional Committee 7, Royal Society, London | ||
| Molecular Biology Grants Committee, Human Frontiers Science Programme (HFSP), Strassburg. | ||
| Member, now Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, CNRS-INSERM Institut d’Immunologie Marseille-Luminy, France | ||
| Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg | ||
| Member, Courses and Workshops Committee, EMBO, Heidelberg | ||
| Member, Board of Trustees, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding, Cologne, Germany | ||
| Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Gulbenkian Institute of Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Max Planck Society Research Field Rapporteur (with Prof. Guenther Schütz) | ||
| Member, Sectional Committee 7, Royal Society, London | ||
| Member, SNWG selection committee of the MPG | ||
| Member, University Research Fellowships Committee, Royal Society | ||
| Member, Acting Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen | ||
Research Grants presently held: | ||
SFB635 Post-translational Control of Protein Function TPB2: Regulatory interactions between IRG GTPases 07/2007-06/2011. Renewed from 07/2011-06/2015. | ||
SFB680 Molecular Basis of Evolutionary Innovations TPB3: Recent co-adaptation in the Toxoplasma-mouse parasite-host relationship; renewal awarded the period 1/2010-12/2013 (one further 4-year renewal possible) | ||
SFB670 Cell-autonomous Immunity TP6: The role of p47 (IRG) GTPases in cell-autonomous resistance to protozoal pathogens; renewal awarded for the period 7/2010-6/2014 (one further 4-year renewal possible) | ||
SPP1399 Host-Parasite Co-evolution Virulence factors and resistance genes in the ecological relationship between Toxoplasma gondii and Mus musculus 07/2009-06/2012 (One further 3-year renewal possible) | ||