zerial@mpi-cbg.de

+49 351 210-1100

Max Planck Institute of Molecular
Cell Biology and Genetics
- Zerial -

Pfotenhauerstr. 108
01307 Dresden
Germany

Marino Zerial

Group Leader

Education and professional experience

since Jan 1998

Max Planck Director at the MPI-CBG

Jul 1991 – Dec 1997

Research Group Leader at Cell Biology Program EMBL, Heidelberg

Jan 1989 – Jun 1991

Staff Scientist in Kai Simons' group, EMBL, Heidelberg

Oct 1985 – Dec 1988

Postdoctoral Fellow, EMBL, Heidelberg

Apr 1983 – Oct 1985

Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute J. Monod, Paris

1982

Doctorate in Biochemistry, University of Trieste, Italy
Thesis: Continuous immunostimulation and mucopolysaccharidosis: increase in mobilization and catabolism of heparan sulcate

Fellowships

Apr – Oct 1983

Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer

Oct – Dec 1983

FEBS short term fellowship

Jan 1984 – Jul 1985

Italian Cancer Research Association, Milan, Italy

Oct – Dec 1985

EMBO short term fellowship

Jan – Mar 1986

Anna Villa Rusconi Foundation, Varese, Italy

Mar 1986 – Apr 1987

EMBO long term fellowship

May 1987 – Dec 1988

EMBO long term fellowship

Honors / Awards

1 July 1994

FEBS Anniversary Prize, Helsinki

April 1996

EMBO Member

January 1998

Max Planck Director

1999

Chiara D’Onofrio Prize, Riva del Garda

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Honorary Professor of the Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

8 February 2006

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

2019

Elected Member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti

25 September 2019

Fritz Lipmann Honorary Lecture - Award of the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)

2021

Elected International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Memberships

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Italian Scholarship Advisory Committee of the Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Foundation

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JCB Editorial Board

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Traffic Editorial Board

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Cellular Logistics Editorial Board

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Molecular Systems Biology Advisory Editorial Board

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EMBL Alumni Association Board

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The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

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European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO)

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European Academy of Sciences and Arts

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German Society of Cell Biology (DGZ)