Dr. Detlev Arendt Developmental Biology Unit European ... - HBIGS
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<strong>Dr</strong>. <strong>Detlev</strong> <strong>Arendt</strong><br />
<strong>Developmental</strong> <strong>Biology</strong> <strong>Unit</strong><br />
<strong>European</strong> Molecular <strong>Biology</strong> Laboratory<br />
69117 Heidelberg, Germany<br />
Phone: +49-(0)6221-387-624<br />
Fax: +49-(0)6221-387-166<br />
E-mail: arendt@embl.de<br />
14/03/1968, Hamburg<br />
SCIENTIFIC VITA<br />
2006 - present group leader EMBL<br />
2002 - 2002 team leader EMBL<br />
1998 - 2002 PostDoc, EMBL<br />
1995 - 1998 PhD, Institute of Zoology, University of Freiburg<br />
1995 Diploma Thesis, Institute of Zoology, University of Freiburg<br />
1989 – 1995 <strong>Biology</strong>, University of Freiburg<br />
COORDINATING FUNCTIONS<br />
2005 – present Coordinator of the GARNET flagship project in the Marine Genomics<br />
Europe NoE FP6”<br />
FIELDS OF INTEREST<br />
Evolution, development, gene regulatory networks<br />
CURRENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS<br />
FP6 Network of Excellence „Marine Genomics Europe“, EDD Node (Evolution, Development,<br />
Diversity); <strong>European</strong> Commission: Marie Curie Action: RTN Research Training Network<br />
„Zoonet“
PUBLICATIONS (10 most important publications):<br />
Conserved mediolateral architecture of the annelid trunk neuroectoderm and the evolution of<br />
the bilaterian CNS. Cell 2007, in press<br />
Jekely, G. and <strong>Arendt</strong>, D. (2006) Evolution of intraflagellar transport from coated vesicles and<br />
autogenous origin of the eukaryotic cilium. Bioessays 28,191-8.<br />
Raible, F., Tessmar-Raible, K., Oseogawa, K., Wincker, P., Jubin, C., Balavoine, B., Ferrier,<br />
D. E., de Jong, P., Weissenbach, J., Bork, P., and <strong>Arendt</strong>, D. (2005). Vertebrate-type intronrich<br />
genes in the marine annelid Platynereis dumerilii. Science 310,1325-6.<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D. (2004). Comparative aspects of gastrulation. In Gastrulation, (ed. C. Stern). Cold<br />
Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D., Tessmar-Raible, K., Snyman, H., Dorresteijn, A., and Wittbrodt, J. (2004) Ciliary<br />
photoreceptors with vertebrate-type opsins in an invertebrate brain. Science, 306, 869-871<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D., Tessmar, K., de Campos-Baptista, M. I., Dorresteijn, A. and Wittbrodt, J. (2002).<br />
Development of pigment-cup eyes in the polychaete Platynereis dumerilii and evolutionary<br />
conservation of larval eyes in Bilateria. Development 129, 1143-54.<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D., Technau, U. and Wittbrodt, J. (2001). Evolution of the bilaterian larval foregut.<br />
Nature 409, 81-85.<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D. and Wittbrodt, J. (2001). Reconstructing the eyes of Urbilateria. Phil. Trans. Royal<br />
Soc. Lond. B: 356, 1545-1563.<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D. and Nübler-Jung, K. (1999a). Comparison of early nerve cord development in<br />
insects and vertebrates. Development 126, 2309-25.<br />
<strong>Arendt</strong>, D. and Nübler-Jung, K. (1994). Inversion of dorsoventral axis? Nature 371, 26.<br />
Nübler-Jung, K. and <strong>Arendt</strong>, D. (1996). Enteropneusts and chordate evolution. Curr. Biol. 6,<br />
352-3.
EXPERIENCE IN THE SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL CANDIDATES<br />
Member of numerous thesis and thesis advisory committees<br />
International reviewer of doctoral theses<br />
Supervising 6 doctoral students<br />
SUPERVISED DISSERTATIONS (last 5 years)<br />
Patrick Steinmetz (2006) Comparative molecular and morphogenetic characterisation of larval<br />
body regions in the polychaete annelid Platynereis dumerilii<br />
Current occupation: Postdoctoral fellow
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