Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner

Chair of Biochemistry - Structural Biology of DNA Repair Machines

	Address	Prof. Dr. Karl-Peter Hopfner Department Biochemie und Genzentrum München Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25 81377 München Germany
	Office	Stefanie Wolf
	Phone	+49 (0)89 2180-76950
	Fax	+49 (0)89 2180-76999
	Room	A4.002
	E-Mail	hopfner@genzentrum.lmu.de
	Internet	Webseite

• DNA repair and genome maintenance
• Repair of DNA damage in chromatin
• RNA maintenance

• Studied biology at Regensburg and St.Louis
• 1997 PhD, Max-Planck-Institute of Structural Biology, Martinsried
• 1998-2001 Postdoctoral research at Scripps Research Institute, USA
• 2001-2004 Professor (C3, tenure-track) of Biochemistry, LMU Munich
• 2005-2006 Professor (C3), LMU Munich
• Since 2007 Professor of Biochemistry (W3), LMU Munich

• Dürr H, et al. (2005). X-Ray Structures of the Sulfolobus solfataricus SWI2/SNF2 ATPase Core and Its Complex with DNA. Cell. 121:363-73.
• Alt A, et al (2007) Bypass of DNA lesions generated during anticancer treatment with cisplatin by DNA polymerase eta. Science 318:967-70.
• Cui S et al. (2008). The C-Terminal Regulatory Domain Is the RNA 5'-Triphosphate Sensor of RIG-I. Mol Cell. 29:169-179.