Prof. Jürgen Götz, PhD
Address in Brisbane (as of Feb 6, 2012):
Foundation Chair of Dementia Research
Director, Centre for Ageing Dementia Research (CADR)
The Queensland Brain Institute
(Building 79)
The University of Queensland
Upland Road
St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4067
Office/Lab: Level 3
E-mail: j.goetz@uq.edu.au
Address in Sydney (affiliated):
Professor (Chair of Molecular Biology)
Director, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Laboratory
Brain and Mind Research Institute
University of Sydney
100 Mallett St
Camperdown, NSW 2050
Room: R309
Phone Office: +61-2-9351-0789
Phone Lab: +61-2-9351-0875
Fax: +61-2-9114-4200
E-mail: juergen.goetz@sydney.edu.au
Education:
1981-85 Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland, M.S. (Biochemistry)
1985-89 University of Freiburg & Max Planck Institute, Germany, PhD (Immunology; PhD thesis with Nobel Laureate Georges Köhler)
Professional Experience:
1990-1992 Postdoctoral Training (DFG fellowship), University of California San Francisco, UCSF, USA
1992-1994 Postdoctoral Training, Preclinical Research, Novartis Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
1994-1998 Group Leader: Institut für Molekularbiologie I, University of Zurich, Switzerland
1998-2005 Group Leader: Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2000-2005: Group Leader: Zentrum für Neurobiologie Zurich (ZNZ), Switzerland
2002: Habilitation (venia legendi in Molecular Neurobiology), Medical Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland
July 2005: Chair of Molecular Biology, University of Sydney, Australia
February 2012: Foundation Chair of Dementia Research, Director, Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute (QBI)
Current Lab members (Sydney):
Dr Miriam Matamales
Dr Arne Ittner (co-supervised with A/Prof Lars Ittner)
Fabien Delerue, RA and PhD student
Hong Lam, Masters student (co-supervised)
Liu Chang, PhD student
Yee Lian Chew, PhD student (co-supervised)
Milena Ullrich, MD student (University of Berlin)
Vanessa Liang, Honours student
Current Lab members (Brisbane):
Tishila Palliyaguru, Lab Manager
t.palliyaguru@uq.edu.au
Gerhard Leinenga, PhD Student
g.leinenga@uq.edu.au
Linda Wernbacher, Technician
l.wernbacher@imb.uq.edu.au
Di Xia, PhD student
xiadi.time@gmail.com
Alumni – Former lab members Zurich/Sydney
Stefan Kins, Professor, University of Kaiserslautern
s.kins@biologie.uni-kl.de
Feng Chen, Senior Scientist
fchen@bli.unizh.ch
Wilfried Kues, Staff scientist
wilfried.kues@@fal.de
Alessandra Ferrari, Editor
a.ferrari@macmillan.co.uk
Della David, Group Leader, University of Tubingen, DZNE (Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
Della.David@dzne.de
Andreas Schild, Postdoctoral research fellow
schild@chgr.mgh.harvard.edu
Frederic Hoerndli, Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Utah
hoernf@hotmail.com
Luis Pennanen, Scientist, University of Tubingen, DZNE (Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen
Luis.Pennanen@dzne.de
Pascal Kurosinski, IT Specialist
pascal.kurosinski@ersnet.org
Andreas Wiesner, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ming Bi, Medical student, now University of Melbourne
Sven Büttner, PhD Student, University of Bonn
Sven.Buettner@dzne.de
Heidi Wölfing, PhD student, University of Tubingen
Juliane Heide, Research Associate, Victor Chang Research Institute
Christiane Fischer, Masters student (Strassbourg/France)
Niklas Krupka, MD student, University of Heidelberg
Dr. Nicole Schonrock, Scientist, Victor Chang Research Institute, Sydney
N.Schonrock@victorchang.edu.au
Lars Ittner, Associate Professor, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Translational Neurodegeneration, BMRI, University of Sydney
lars.ittner@sydney.edu.au
Amadeus Gladbach, PhD student
Dr Xin Liu, Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Yun-An Lim, Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Yazi Ke, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Sydney
Ann-Katrin Lüders, Masters student
