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Thole Züchner, Ph.D.
Head of  Ultrasensitive Protein Detection Unit
Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine
-Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry
University of Leipzig
Deutscher Platz 5
04103 Leipzig
Germany

CV

06/07-today: Head of Ultrasensitive Protein Detection Unit
Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine
Institute for Bioanalytical Chemistry
University of Leipzig
08/05-06/07: Post doctoral fellow within the Nordic Center of Excellence at the Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund University, Sweden / in collaboration with the CMBN, Oslo University, Norway
06/02-06/05: PhD thesis at the Paul Flechsig Institute, Leipzig, Germany, Prof. Reinhard Schliebs
and at the
University of Texas, UTMB, USA, Prof. Regino Perez-Polo,
(05/03 - 11/03 und 05/04 - 06/04)
“Regulation of alpha- and beta-secretases in a model for
Morbus Alzheimer”
10/01-03/02: Diploma thesis: Paul Flechsig Institute, Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Reinhard Schliebs, “Receptor-mediated mechanisms regulating the expression of alpha- and beta-secretases in Morbus Alzheimer”
10/99-09/01: Postgraduate studies of biochemistry, University of Leipzig
10/97-09/99: Studies of biochemistry, University of Potsdam

Publications:

Doblaff K, Kreisig T, Berthold N, Hoffmann R, Zuchner T.
Novel peptide-protein assay for identification of antimicrobial peptides by fluorescence quenching. (2012) Anal Bioanal Chem, PubMed

Simeonov P, Zahn M, Sträter N, Zuchner T.
Crystal structure of a supercharged variant of the human enteropeptidase light chain. (2012) 
Proteins, PubMed

Zauner T, Berger-Hoffmann R, Müller K, Hoffmann R, Zuchner T.
A novel highly adaptable and sensitive protease assay based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer. (2011) 
Anal Chem 83, 7356-7363 PubMed

Hagan A, Zuchner T.
 
Lanthanide-based time-resolved luminescence immunoassays (Review) (2011) 
Anal Bioanal Chem 400, 2847-2864 PubMed

Kreisig T, Hoffmann R, Zuchner T.
A fluorescence-based homogeneous immunoassay detects antigens within 90 seconds. (2011) 
Anal Chem 83, 4281-4287 PubMed

Simeonov P, Berger-Hoffmann R, Hoffmann R, Sträter N, Zuchner T.
Surface supercharged human enteropeptidase light chain shows improved solubility and refolding yield. (2010) PEDS 24, 261-268 PubMed

Singer D,  Zauner T, Genz M, Hoffmann R, Zuchner T.
Synthesis of pathological and nonpathological human exon 1 huntingtin. (2010) J Pept Sci. 27;16:358-363 PubMed

Zuchner T, Schumer F, Berger-Hoffmann R, Mueller K, Lukas M, Zeckert K, Marx J, Hennig H, Hoffmann R.
Highly Sensitive Protein Detection Based on Lanthanide Chelates with Antenna Ligands Providing a Linear Range of Five Orders of Magnitude. (2009) Anal Chem 81, 9449–9453 PubMed

Staflin K, Zuchner T., Lundberg C.
Identification of proteins involved in neural progenitor cell targeting of gliomas. (2009), BMC Cancer, 9(1):206 PubMed

Zuchner T., Brundin P.
Mutant huntingtin can paradoxically protect neurons from death (2008), Cell Death Diff, 15(3):435-42 PubMed

Staflin K., Lindvall M., Zuchner T., Lundberg C.
Instructive cross-talk between neural progenitor cells and gliomas.. (2007) J Neurosci Res, 85(10):2147-59 PubMed

Zuchner T., Kazemi AR., Weigelt J., Starikow J., Tanaka S., Rothstein S., Brundin P. Determination of the tertiary structure of exon 1 Huntingtin., (Abstract) (2007) J Neurochem 101 (suppl 1): 65 PubMed

Zuchner T., Schliebe N., Schliebs R.
Zinc-uptake is mediated by M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in differentiated SK-SH-SY5Y cells, (2006) Int J Dev Neurosci 24:23-27 PubMed

Zuchner T., Schliebs R. Perez-Polo J.R.
Downregulation of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 adversely affects the expression of Alzheimer´s disease relevant genes and proteins. (2005) J Neurochem 95:20-32 PubMed

Zuchner T., Perez-Polo J.R., Schliebs R.
Beta-secretase BACE1 is differentially controlled through muscarinic acetylcholine receptor signaling. (2004) J Neurosci Res, 77; 2:250-57 PubMed

Zuchner T., Schliebs R.
Expression of beta-secretase BACE is differentially controlled through muscarinic acetylcholine receptor signaling. (Abstract) (2003) J Neurochem 87 (suppl 1): 95 PubMed

Articles in non peer reviewed  journals:

T. Kreisig, S. Mairif, T. Zuchner.
Moderne Proteindiagnostik: das Potential zeitaufgelöster Fluoreszenz. (2011) Laborwelt IV/2011: 29-31 pdf (in German)

R.Muehlbacher, T. Zuchner.
Protein detection in gels and on membranes. (2008) Screening -  Trends in drug discovery Vol. 9: 4:30-31 pdf

Selected (invited) Talks:

University of Bergen, Sars Seminar Series, Bergen, Norway, 2010

XIV. International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry, Prague,
Czech Republic, 2010


International Congress on Analytical Proteomics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2009

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA 2009


Athens University Ohio, USA, 2009

European Conference on Metallobiolomics, Berlin, Germany, 2008


Technical University Munich, Prof. R. Niessner, Munich, Germany, 2008

XIII International Symposium on Luminescence Spectrometry, Bologna, Italy, 2008

University of Goettingen, Prof. M. Baehr, Goettingen, Germany, 2008

Protein aggregation workshop NeuroNE, Soelden, Austria, 2008

Midterm meeting Nordic Centre of Excellence, Copenhagen, Denmark 2007

Annual meeting NCoE, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 2007

Neurofortis Conference, Arild, Sweden 2007

Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo, Norway 2006

Annual Meeting Nordic Centre of Excellence, Kuopio, Finland 2006

Karolinska Institute, Novum, Stockholm, Sweden 2005

Department of General Zoology and Neurobiology, Leipzig, Germany 2005

Neurobiology Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004

34th Annual Meeting, The Society of  Neurosciences, San Diego, USA 2004

GBM-conference studygroup neurochemistry, Leipzig, Germany 2004

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA 2004

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, USA 2003

GBM-conference studygroup neurochemistry, Magdeburg, Germany 2002


Poster presentations:



Author or co-author of more than 60 conference posters


Miscellanous:


Reviewer for:

Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed.
Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS)
Analytical Chemistry
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
European Journal of Neurosciences
Chemistry - A European Journal
Journal of Proteomics
Protein Engineering, Design & Selection
and other journals


Coorganization of conferences:

Saxon Biotechnololgy Symposium, Leipzig, 2009 (Final program, pdf)
GBM-conference Neurochemistry, Leipzig, 2004