Prof. Dr. Tilman Grune
P6: Cardiomyocyte function and trace element status during aging: role of proteostasis
German Institute of Human Nutrition
Dept. Molecular Toxicology
Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116
14558 Nuthetal
Germany
Specific Qualification in TraceAge
Tilman Grune is the head of the Department of Molecular Toxicology and Scientific Director of the German Institute of Human Nutrition. The research of the department focusses on the changes of the redox status and proteostasis during aging and metabolic challenges. Particularly, the role of micronutrient nutrition in aging and disease is in the focus of the research. Here the department is concentrating of the age-related changes in postmitotic cells as cardiomyocytes and beta-cells.
Qualifikation and Scientific Career
| Since 2020 | Professor for Physiological Chemistry and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna |
| Since 2014 | Scientific Director of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) Potsdam-Rehbrücke and Chair of the Department of Molecular Toxicology, DIfE/University of Potsdam, Germany |
| 2010–2014 | Chair of the Department of Nutritional Toxicology in the Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany |
| 2006–2010 | Chair of the Department of Biofunctionality and Safety of Food in the Institute of Biological Chemistry and Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 2003–2006 | Head of the Free Radical Research Laboratory, Research Institute of Environmental Health, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany |
| 2000–2003 | Head of the Free Radical Research Division of the Neuroscience Research Centre of the Medical Faculty (Charité), Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 1994–2000 | Head of the research division of the Clinics of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Medical Faculty (Charité), Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
| 1993–1994 | Post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Albany Medical College, Albany NY, USA |
| 1992–1993 | Research assistant at the Research Institute of Molecular Pharmacology Berlin, Germany |
| 1987–1992 | Research assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Medical Faculty (Charité), Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
Memberships and positions
Founding Co-Editor-in-Chief Redox Biology (IF 9,986 / 2020)
Member of the Society of Free Radical Research Europe
Member of the German Society of Nutrition and member of the Scientific Board
Member of the Permanent Senat Commission on Food Safety at the German Research Council
Speaker of the Competence Cluster nutrition Research Berlin-Potsdam NutriAct
PI and Member of the Research Coordination Committee of the German Center of Cardiovascular Research
Member of the Research Coordination Board of the German Center of Diabetes Research