Patrick Cramer was born on 3 February 1969 and is a German chemist, structural biologist, and molecular systems biologist.
16 Facts About Patrick Cramer
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Patrick Cramer became president of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
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Patrick Cramer completed a part of his studies as ERASMUS scholar at the University of Bristol in the UK.
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From 1999 until 2001 Cramer worked as postdoctoral researcher and fellow of the German Research Foundation in the laboratory of the later Nobel Prize laureate Roger D Kornberg at Stanford University, USA.
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In 2001, Patrick Cramer returned to Germany, where he obtained a tenure-track professorship for biochemistry at the Gene Center of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich where he was later, in 2004, appointed full professor of biochemistry.
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Patrick Cramer headed the LMU Gene Center for 10 years, from 2004 until 2013.
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Patrick Cramer served as Dean of the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy from 2007 to 2009, and as Director of the Department of Biochemistry from 2010 to 2013.
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Patrick Cramer was a member of the University Research Board from 2007 to 2013 and speaker of the research network grant SFB464 of the German Research Council.
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In 2014, Patrick Cramer was appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Gottingen, Germany.
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Since 22 June 2023, Patrick Cramer has been serving as president of the Max Planck Society.
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Patrick Cramer conducts basic research as the head of the Department of Molecular Biology at the Max Planck Institute in Gottingen.
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Patrick Cramer's laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms and systemic principles of gene transcription in eukaryotic cells.
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The Patrick Cramer laboratory uses functional genomics and computational biology approaches to study the principles of transcription in living cells.
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Patrick Cramer's group created the first molecular movie of transcription initiation and elongation.
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Patrick Cramer commits himself to the further development of life sciences in Germany and Europe.
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Patrick Cramer was one of the founders of the national cluster of excellence "Center for Integrated Protein Science " and initiated the construction of the new research building, the "Munich Research Center for Molecular Biosystems ".