Prof. Dr. Volker Gerke

Current affiliations

  • Center for Soft Nanoscience

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Membrane dynamics
  • Membrane / cytoskeleton interactions
  • Membrane transport, endo- and exocytosis
  • Calcium-regulated proteins
  • Cell migration

Academic Education

01/1993Habilitation in Molecular Biology, University of Göttingen
08/1981 - 06/1985PhD, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Prof. K. Weber
10/1975 - 07/1981Studies of biochemistry, University of Hannove

Work Experience

since 12/1996Full Professor (C4) of Medical Biochemistry, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), WWU Münster
08/2010 - 01/2011Visiting Professor, Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA, Prof. W. Almers
07/2002 - 04/2003Visiting Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
07/1994 - 11/1996Associate Professor (C3) of Cell Biology, WWU Münster
11/1987 - 06/1994Group leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, University of Göttingen
07/1985 - 10/1987Postdoc, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

Functions and Memberships

since 06/2007Elected member of the DFG Fachkollegium 'Grundlagen der Biologie und Medizin'
since 03/2006Wissenschaftlicher Beirat, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zellbiologie
07/2004 - 09/2008President, European Calcium Society

Appointments

2000Offer to a Professorship for Physiological Chemistry (C4) , Hannover Medical School
1995Offer to a Professorship for Biochemsitry (C4) , Technische Universität München
1994Offer to a Professorship for Proteinchemie (C3) , Technische Universität Darmstadt

Publications

Kurka DW, Niehues M, Kudruk S, Gerke V, Ravoo BJ (2021)
In: Chemistry – A European Journal, 27
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Paulisch, Tiffany O.; Bornemann, Steffen; Herzog, Marius; Kudruk, Sergej; Roling, Lena; Linard Matos, Anna Livia; Galla, Hans-Joachim; Gerke, Volker; Winter, Roland; Glorius, Frank (2020)
In: Chemistry - A European Journal, 26(71)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Bergemann I, Saha T, Lamparter L, Rathmann I, Grill D, Golbach L, Rasch C, Keller U. Trappmann B, Matis M, Gerke V, Klingauf J, Galic M (2019)
In: Nature Physics, 15
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Schloer, S; Hübel, N; Masemann, D; Pajonczyk, D; Brunotte, L; Ehrhardt, C; Brandenburg, LO; Ludwig, S; Gerke, V; Rescher, U (2019)
In: FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 33(11)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Mietkowska M, Schuberth C, Wedlich-Söldner R, Gerke V (2018)
In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research, Volume 1866(Issue 7)
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/07/2020 - 30/06/2024 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2023 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Clinical Research Unit
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Adam Neville Lecture
Awarded by: University of Dundee, UK
Award given to: Gerke, Volker
Date of awarding: 01/01/1996
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
NBS Lecture
Awarded by: Norwegian Biochemical Society (NBS)
Award given to: Gerke, Volker
Announced at: 01/01/1996
Type of distinction: Scholarship
Postdoctoral fellowship
Awarded by: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Award given to: Gerke, Volker
Announced at: 01/01/1987
Type of distinction: Scholarship
Postdoctoral fellowship
Awarded by: DFG
Award given to: Gerke, Volker
Announced at: 01/01/1985
Type of distinction: Scholarship

Doctorates

Cellular and molecular principles of lateral segregation in the plasma membrane
Candidate: Elting, Annegret | Supervisors: Wedlich-Söldner, Roland; Gerke, Volker; Ungermann, Christian | Reviewers: Wedlich-Söldner, Roland; Gerke, Volker; Ungermann, Christian
Period of time: 02/01/2017 - 09/05/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Modulation of the S1P receptor pathway in Multiple Sclerosis: Immunological effects of the Fingolimod treatment and its consequences for immune competence.
Candidate: Grützke, Berit | Supervisors: Klotz, Luisa; Klämbt, Christian; Gerke, Volker
Period of time: 12/09/2012 - 16/05/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Functional Analysis and Characterisation of Type III Effector Proteins from Human Pathogenic Bacteria
Candidate: Lubos, Marie-Luise | Supervisors: Schmidt, Alexander; Liebau, Eva; Gerke, Volker
Period of time: 01/10/2011 - 20/03/2015
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Die Funktion des VE-Cadherin-PAR-Komplexes bei der Etablierung der Zellpolarität und der Lumenbildung in Endothelzellen
Candidate: Brinkmann, Benjamin Franz | Supervisors: Ebnet, Klaus; Bähler, Martin; Gerke, Volker
Period of time: 25/08/2010 - 09/12/2013
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Fusing VE-cadherin to α-catenin impairs fetal liver hematopoiesis and lymph, but not blood vessel formation
Candidate: Dartsch, Nina | Supervisors: Vestweber, Dietmar; Gerke, Volker; Püschel, Andreas
Period of time: 02/10/2009 - 04/12/2013
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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