
Prof. Dr. Robert Tampé

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Goethe University Frankfurt
Professor of Biochemistry, Director
Institute of Biochemistry, Biocenter
Max-von-Laue-Str. 9
60438 Frankfurt/M.
tampe@em.uni-frankfurt.de
phone +49-69-798 29475
fax +49-69-798 29495
www.biochem.uni-frankfurt.de
Positions & Academic Training
2001- present | Full Professor and Director, Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt |
1998 - 2001 | Full Professor and Director, Physiological Chemistry, Medicine, University Marburg |
1996 - 1998 | Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, TU Munich |
1996 | Habilitation in Biochemistry, TU Munich |
1992 - 1998 | Independent Max Planck Research Group Leader, MPI of Biochemistry, Martinsried |
1992 - 1998 | Research Group Leader, Department of Biophysics, TU Munich |
1990 - 1991 | Max Kade Fellow, Stanford University (with Harden M. McConnell), USA |
1987 - 1989 | PhD in Biochemistry with highest honors (summa cum laude), TU Darmstadt |
1981 - 1987 | Diploma in Chemistry with highest honors (summa cum laude), TU Darmstadt |
Honors & Awards
2019 | Director, ISMB and Head of Joint Research Departments, UCL and Birkbeck College London (gratefully declined) |
2019 | Elected EMBO Member, Structural Biology, Membrane/Transport, Immunology |
2018 | Reinhart Koselleck Project Award, German Research Foundation (DFG) |
2017 | ERC Investigator, Advanced Grant, Life Sciences (LS1), European Research Council |
2017 - present | Appointed Honorary Visiting Fellow, Merton College, University of Oxford, UK |
2017 - 2018 | Visiting Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK |
2010 - present | Excellence Award in Teaching (3x), Goethe University Frankfurt |
2010 - present | Honorary Professorship, iCeCM, Kyoto University, Japan |
2009 - 2010 | Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco (UCSF), USA |
1996 - 1998 | Heisenberg Fellow, German Research Foundation (DFG), Germany |
1989 - 1991 | Postdoctoral Fellowship of DFG and Max Kade Foundation, New York, USA |
1987 - 1989 | PhD Fellowship, awarded by the Chemical Industry (FCI), Germany |
1985 | Anton Keller Prize in Chemistry, Germany |
1984 - 1987 | Fellow, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany |
1983 - 1987 | Fellow, Cusanuswerk, Germany |
Academic Leadership (selection)
2022 - present | Head of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 1507) Membrane Protein Assemblies, Machineries, and Supercomplexes |
2008 - 2020 | Head of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 807) Membrane Transport |
2007 - 2019 | Cofounder, Board of Directors and PI, Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt (EXC 115) |
2007 - 2010 | Spokesperson, Biomembranes, German Society Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM) |
2005 - 2010 | Head of the European Membrane Biology Network (EMBN-Train) |
2003 - 2007 | Head of the Collaborative Research Center (CRC 628) Membrane Proteomics |
2001 - 2016 | Founder and Member of Board of Directors, Center for Membrane Proteomics (CMP) |
Trusts & Editorial Boards
2020 - present | Board Member, EMBO Fellowships |
2018 - present | Chair, ERC Advanced Grants, Life Sciences, European Research Council (ERC) |
2016 | Panel Member, Life Sciences, ERC Advanced Grants, European Research Council (ERC) |
2015 - 2016 | Chair, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France |
2014 - present | Trustee, German Research Foundation (DFG), Goethe University Frankfurt |
2010 - present | Chair, Paul-Ehrlich Young Investigator Award, Paul Ehrlich Foundation |
2008 - 2011 | Review Board Member, Basic Research in Biology and Medicine, DFG |
2009 | Review Board Member, Excellence Initiative, Germany |
2003 - 2008 | Editorial Board, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (ASBMB) |
2001 - 2003 | Editor of Faculty 1000 |
Research Interests
Structure and mechanism of membrane proteins, macromolecular assemblies, molecular machines, intracellular transport and maturation of proteins, ribosome recycling and mRNA surveillance, chemical biology, live-cell protein labeling techniques, nanobiotechnology. |