Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Brehm
| Curriculum vitae: | |
| born: | 04.09.1964 in Iphofen, Germany |
| 1984-1990 | Studies in Biology at the University of Würzburg |
| 1995 | Dr. rer. nat. “with honors” awarded by the University of Würzburg |
| 1995-1997 | Postdoc with Prof. J. A. Vazquez-Boland at the Veterinary Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Research on pathogenicity mechanisms and virulence gene regulation in the intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes |
| 1997-2004 | Head of a ‘Molecular Parasitology’ research group at the Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg (Director: Prof. M. Frosch); initiation of the studies on molecular and cellular biology of Echinococcus multilocularis |
| 2004 | Habilitation in Medical Microbiology, Faculty for Medicine, University of Würzburg |
| since 2004 | Associate Professor for Medical Parasitology, Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg |
| Research Topics: | |
| Molecular cell biology and genetics of cestodes; molecular host-parasite interaction in cestode infections; developmental biology of cestodes and cestode stem cells | |
| Awards: | |
| 1995 | Dissertation “summa cum laude” |
| 2014 | Albert-Kölliker Teaching Award, Medical Faculty, University of Würzburg |
| 2016 | Memento-Award for Negelcted Disease Research |
| Editorial Work: | |
| since 2009 | editorial board member ‘Parasitology International’ |
| 2011-2016 | editorial board member ‘Parasitology’ |
| since 2015 | Associate Editor ‚PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases‘ |
| Membership in boards and advisory boards: | |
| since 2004 | Chairman of the informal WHO working group ‘Echinococcus basic biology’ |
| 2006-2010 | Member of the international scientific advisory board of the Taenia solium genome sequencing project (Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico) |
| since 2008 | Board member of the German Society for Parasitology |
| since 2004 | vice-chairman of the RKI consultant laboratory for echinococcosis |
| Project management: | |
| 2001-2002 | FR-689/9-4; PI (together with M. Frosch) DFG-priority program ‚Molekulare Mechanismen der Persistenz von Parasiten im Wirt’. |
| 2003-2005 | BR-2045/1-2; PI; DFG-Normalverfahren ‚Charakterisierung trans-gespleisster Transkripte von Echinococcus multilocularis’ |
| 2004-2009 | SFB 479 (Uni Würzburg); PI |
| 2005-2009 | IRTG 1141 (Würzburg-Nizza); PI |
| 2008-2013 | IRTG 1522 (Würzburg-Südafrika); PI |
| 2010-2015 | BR-2045/4-1, PI; DFG-Normalverfahren ‚Evolutionary and functional relationships of cytokines expressed by the helminth Echinococcus multilocularis and its mammalian host‘. |
| since 2015 | Wellcome Trust Strategic Award FUGI (Functional Flatworm Genomics Initiative; grant no. 107475/Z/15/Z) – Functional genomics in cestodes; PI |
| 2018-2020 | EraNet-LAC program (ELAC2015/T08-0544); Development of New Diagnostic and Treatment Options for Helminthic Neglected Diseases; PI |
| since 2019 | Bavarian Research Foundation (AZ-1341-18); KITE – Kinase Inhibitors as Therpaeutics against Echinococcosis; PI |
