Professor Dr. Henning Mootz

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Biotechnologie (Prof. Mootz)

Academic Education

1996 - 1999Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed A. Marahiel, Philipps-University of Marburg
1997 - 1998Research stay in the laboratory of Dr. Philippe Marlière (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
1992 - 1996Diploma in Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg
1993 - 1994ERASMUS student, University of Kent at Canterbury
1990 - 1992Basic Studies in Chemistry, University of Wuppertal

Work Experience

since 2010Professor of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institute of Biochemistry, WWU Münster
2006 - 2010Professor of Chemical Biology and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, TU Dortmund University
2003 - 2006Head of Young Research Group (Emmy Noether-Program), Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University of Marburg
2001 - 2003Post-doc with Prof. Tom W. Muir (The Rockefeller University, New York)
1999 - 2001Post-doc with Prof. Mohamed A. Marahiel (Philipps-University of Marburg)

Appointments

2010Offer to a Professorship, University of Münster (accepted)
2010Offer to a Professorship, University of Tübingen (rejected)
2005Offer to a Professorship, TU Dortmund University

Publications

Jedlitzke B, Yilmaz Z, Dörner W, Mootz H D (2020)
In: Angew. Chem Int. Ed., epub 2019 Nov 22
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Bhagawati M, Terhorst T, Füsser F, Hoffmann S, Pasch T, Pietrokovski S, Mootz H D (2019)
In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 116
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Kötter A, Mootz H D, Heuer A (2019)
In: J. Chem. Theory Comput, 15
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Reille-Seroussi, M., Mayer, S. V., Dörner, W., Lang, K., Mootz, H. D. (2019)
In: Chem. Comm. (Camb), 55
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Degen, A., Mayerthaler, F., Mootz, H. D., Di Ventura, B. (2019)
In: Sci. Reports, 9
Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
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Projects

Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2021
Funded by: Uni Münster-internal funding - Topical Programs
Type of project: Internally at the University of Münster funded project
Duration: 01/02/2020 - 31/01/2023
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/07/2019 - 30/06/2022
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Type of project: Own resources project
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Prizes

Goldener Brendel
Awarded by: Fachschaft des Fachbereichs 12 der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Award given to: Mootz, Henning
Announced at: 01/01/2018 | Date of awarding: 01/01/2018
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Teaching Prize
Awarded by: Fachschaft Chemie der TU Dortmund
Award given to: Mootz, Henning
Date of awarding: 01/01/2010
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Emmy Noether program
Awarded by: German research foundation (DFG)
Award given to: Mootz, Henning
Date of awarding: 01/01/2003
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Winner of the german "Science4life"-competition
Awarded by: Science4life-Commitee
Award given to: Mootz, Henning; Stachelhaus, Torsten; Konz, Dirk
Date of awarding: 01/01/2002
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Dissertation Prize of the Philipps-University of Marburg and the IHK Kassel
Awarded by: Philipps-University of Marburg
Award given to: Mootz, Henning
Date of awarding: 01/01/2001
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

Insights into the conformational dynamics of multi-domain nonribosomal peptide sythetases
Candidate: Mayerthaler, Florian | Supervisors: Mootz, Henning
Period of time: until 23/01/2020
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Entwicklung eines artifiziell gespaltenen Inteins für neuartige Anwendungen in der Proteinbiochemie
Candidate: Terhorst, Tobias Marvin Ernst | Supervisors: Mootz, Henning D.
Period of time: 01/01/2015 - 05/04/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Entwicklung lichtaktiver Inteine für die posttranslationale Kontrolle von Peptiden und Proteinen
Candidate: Böcker, Jana Kristina | Supervisors: Mootz, Henning D.
Period of time: 01/01/2015 - 11/02/2019
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Etablierung und Anwendung bakterieller Proteinpräsentation für die gerichtete Evolution von gespaltenen Inteinen
Candidate: Becher, Kira-Sophie | Supervisors: Mootz, Henning D.
Period of time: 01/01/2014 - 12/06/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Die N-S-Acyl-Umlagerung in Inteinen: Mechanistische Untersuchungen und Anwendung zur photo-induzierten Zyklisierung rekombinanter Peptide
Candidate: Friedel, Kristina | Supervisors: Mootz, Henning
Period of time: 01/02/2013 - 29/01/2018
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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