Dr. Volker Lohmann Department of Molecular Virology ... - HBIGS

Dr. Volker Lohmann
24/01/1967, Dienheim
CURRICULUM VITAE
Department of Molecular Virology
University of Heidelberg
69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49-(0)6221-56 6449
Fax: +49-(0)6221-56 4570
E-mail: volker_lohmann@med.uni-heidelberg.de
2003 - present Group Leader, University of Heidelberg
1998 - 2003 PostDoc, Institute for Virology, University of Mainz
1993 - 1997 PhD, University of Mainz
1982 - 1993 Diploma Thesis, University of Mainz
1987 - 1992 Biology School, University of Mainz
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Replication of hepatitis C virus, host cell factors of viral replication, role of the innate immune
system in virus control, induction of membrane alterations by hepatitis C virus
CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS
NGFN-2 NIE-S19T03

PUBLICATIONS (10 most important publications):
Quinkert, D., R. Bartenschlager, and V. Lohmann. 2005. Quantitative analysis of the hepatitis
C virus replication complex. J. Virol. 79:13594-13605.
Windisch, M. P., M. Frese, A. Kaul, M. Trippler, V. Lohmann, and R. Bartenschlager. 2005.
Dissecting the interferon-induced inhibition of hepatitis C virus replication by using a
novel host cell line. J. Virol. 79:13778-13793.
Moradpour, D., V. Brass, E. Bieck, P. Friebe, R. Gosert, H. E. Blum, R. Bartenschlager, F.
Penin, and V. Lohmann. 2004. Membrane association of the RNA-dependent RNA
polymerase is essential for hepatitis C virus RNA replication. J. Virol. 78:13278-13284.
Lohmann, V., S. Hoffmann, U. Herian, F. Penin, and R. Bartenschlager. 2003. Viral and
cellular determinants of hepatitis C virus RNA replication in cell culture. J. Virol.
77:3007-3019.
Bukh, J., T. Pietschmann, V. Lohmann, N. Krieger, K. Faulk, R. E. Engle, S. Govindarajan, M.
Shapiro, M. St Claire, and R. Bartenschlager. 2002. Mutations that permit efficient
replication of hepatitis C virus RNA in Huh-7 cells prevent productive replication in
chimpanzees. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S A 99:14416-14421.
Friebe, P., V. Lohmann, N. Krieger, and R. Bartenschlager. 2001. Sequences in the 5'
nontranslated region of hepatitis C virus required for RNA replication. J. Virol.
75:12047-12057.
Lohmann, V., F. Körner, A. Dobierzewska, and R. Bartenschlager. 2001. Mutations in
hepatitis C virus RNAs conferring cell culture adaptation. J. Virol. 75:1437-1449.
Lohmann, V., F. Körner, J. O. Koch, U. Herian, L. Theilmann, and R. Bartenschlager. 1999.
Replication of subgenomic hepatitis C virus RNAs in a hepatoma cell line. Science
285:110-113.
Lohmann, V., H. Overton, and R. Bartenschlager. 1999. Selective stimulation of hepatitis C
virus and pestivirus NS5B RNA polymerase activity by GTP. J. Biol. Chem. 274:10807-
10815.
Lohmann, V., F. Korner, U. Herian, and R. Bartenschlager. 1997. Biochemical properties of
hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and identification of amino
acid sequence motifs essential for enzymatic activity. J. Virol. 71:8416-8428.

EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL CANDIDATES
Member of numerous thesis advisory committees
Supervised 5 doctoral theses (two will finish in 2007)
SUPERVISED DISSERTATIONS (last 5 years)
Marc Windisch, PhD (2007) “Etablierung und Charakterisierung von Hepatitis C Virus-
Replikonzelllinien“
University of Heidelberg
Current occupation: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Heidelberg.
Peter Friebe, PhD (2004) „RNA-Strukturen im Hepatitis C Virus und ihre Bedeutung für
Translation und Replikation”
University of Heidelberg
Current occupation: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Heidelberg.
Nicole Appel, PhD (2004) “Structural and Functional Analysis of the Hepatitis C Virus Non-
Structuralprotein 5A”
University of Heidelberg
Current occupation: Part time consultant, University of Heidelberg.