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Prof. Dr. Dr.

Andreas Pichlmair

Academic Education and University Degrees

2004 - 2008
PhD thesis in the Immunobiology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, London, United Kingdom. Supervisor: Dr. Caetano Reis e Sousa, Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. Phil.), University College London, UK
2002 - 2003
Doctor theses (DVM) at the Department of Virology, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Freiburg, Germany. Supervisor: Prof. Friedemann Weber, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
2002
Diploma in Veterinary Medicine (Dipl. Vet. Med.), University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria,
1996 - 2002
Student of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria. Principal subject: Biotechnology

Employment

Since 07/2017
Associate Professor, Technical University Munich, Institute of Virology, Immunopathology of Viruses, Munich, Germany
Since 09/2011
Principal Investigator of the Innate Immunity Laboratory, Max-Planck Institute of biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
2008 - 2011
Post Doc at the Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria. Supervisor: Prof. Giulio Superti Furga.
Hubel P, Urban C, Bergant V, Schneider WM, Knauer B, Stukalov A, Scaturro P, Mann A, Brunotte Ö, Hoffmann J, Schoggins JW, Schwemmle M, Mann M, Rice CM, Pichlmair A. 2019. A protein interaction network of interferon stimulated genes extends the innate immune system landscape. Nat Immunol. 20(4):493-502.
Scaturro P, Stukalov A, Haas DA, Cortese M, Draganova K, Płaszczyca A, Bartenschlager R, Götz M, Pichlmair A. 2018. An orthogonal proteomic survey uncovers novel Zika virus host factors. Nature. 561(7722):253-257.
Haas DA, Meiler A, Geiger K, Vogt C, Preuss E, Kochs G, Pichlmair A. 2018. Viral targeting of TFIIB impairs de novo polymerase II recruitment and affects antiviral immunity. Plos Pathogens. 14(4):e1006980.
Holze C, Michaudel C, Mackowiak C, Haas DA, Benda C, Hubel P, Pennemann FL, Schnepf D, Wettmarshausen J, Braun M, Leung DW, Amarasinghe GK, Perocchi F, Staeheli P, Ryffel B, Pichlmair A. 2018. Oxeiptosis, a ROS-induced caspase-independent apoptosis-like cell-death pathway. Nature Immunol. 19(2):130-140.
Willemsen J, Wicht O, Wolanski JC, Baur N, Bastian S, Haas DA, Matula P, Knapp B, Meyniel-Schicklin L, Wang C, Bartenschlager R, Lohmann V, Rohr K, Erfle H, Kaderali L, Marcotrigiano J, Pichlmair A, Binder M. 2017. Phosphorylation-Dependent Feedback Inhibition of RIG-I by DAPK1 Identified by Kinome-wide siRNA Screening. Mol Cell. 65(3):403-415.e8.
Gebhardt A, Habjan M, Benda C, Meiler A, Haas DA, Hein MY, Mann A, Mann M, Habermann B, Pichlmair A. 2015. mRNA export through an additional cap-binding complex consisting of NCBP1 and -3. Nature Commun. 6:8192.
Abbas YM, Pichlmair A, Górna MW, Superti-Furga G, Nagar B. 2013. Structural basis for viral 5′-PPP-RNA recognition by human IFIT proteins. Nature. 494(7435).60-4.
Pichlmair A, Kandasamy K, Alvisi G, Mulhern O, Sacco R, Habjan M, Binder M, Stefanovic A, Eberle CA, Goncalves A, Bürckstümmer T, Müller AC, Fauster A, Holze C, Lindsten K, Goodbourn S, Kochs G, Weber F, Bartenschlager R, Bowie AG, Bennett KL, Colinge J, Superti-Furga G. 2012. Viral immune modulators perturb the human molecular network by common and unique strategies. Nature. 487(7408):486-90.
Pichlmair A, Kandasamy K, Alvisi G, Mulhern O, Sacco R, Habjan M, Binder M, Stefanovic A, Eberle CA, Goncalves A, Bürckstümmer T, Müller AC, Fauster A, Holze C, Lindsten K, Goodbourn S, Kochs G, Weber F, Bartenschlager R, Bowie AG, Bennett KL, Colinge J, Superti-Furga G. 2011. IFIT1 is an antiviral protein that recognizes 5’-triphosphate RNA. Nature Immunol. 12(7):624-30.
Pichlmair A, Schulz O, Tan CP, Rehwinkel J, Kato H, Takeuchi O, Akira S, Way M, Schiavo G, Reis e Sousa. 2006. CRIG-I-mediated antiviral responses to single stranded RNA bearing 5’ phosphates. Science. 314: 997-1001.
Address
Immunopathology of Virus Infections
Institute of Virology
Technical University of Munich
Schneckenburger Str. 8
81675 Munich
eMail
andreas.pichlmair@tum.de