Prof. Dr. Susana Andrade

• 1991
  Secondary School, Abitur (A-levels)
  
  

• 1991 – 1996
  Studied biochemistry at the Classical University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal.
  
  

• 1995 – 1996
  Diplom degree from the New University of Lisbon, Faculty of Sciences and Technology (UNL-FCT), Department of Chemistry, Lisbon.
  
  

• 1996 – 1997
  Research assistant at UNL-FCT, Department of Chemistry, Lisbon.
  
  

• 1998 – 2002
  PhD in biochemistry and biophysics at UNL-FCT, Department of Chemistry, Lisbon.
  
  

• 2002
  Postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Pasadena, USA.
  
  

• 2003 – 2005
  Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Göttingen, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Göttingen, Germany.
  
  

• 2006 – 2012
  Emmy Noether research group director at the University of Freiburg, Department of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freiburg, Germany.
  
  

• Since 2012
  Professor for Biochemistry (W2) at the University of Freiburg, Department Biochemistry, Freiburg, Germany.
  
  

• Helfmann, S. et al.: Cooperative binding of ATP and ADP in the trimeric PII protein GlnK2 from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. In: J. Molec. Biol. 402(1), 2010. pp. 165-177.

• Loqué, D. et al.: Pore Mutations in Ammonium Transporter Amt1 with Increased Electrogenic Ammonium Transport Activity. In: J. Biol. Chem. 284(37), 2009. pp. 24988-24995.

• Andrade, S.L.A. et al.: Crystal Structure of the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase WrbA from Escherichia coli. In: J. Bacteriol. 189, 2007. pp. 9101-9106.

• Andrade, S.L.A., Einsle, O.: The Amt/Mep/Rh Family of Ammonium Transport Proteins. In: Molec. Memb. Biol. 24, 2007. pp. 357-365.

• Einsle, O. et al.: Assignment of Individual Metal Redox States in a Metalloprotein by Crystallographic Refinement at Multiple X-ray Wavelengths. In: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 2007. pp. 2210-2211.

• Andrade, S.L.A. et al.: Crystal Structure of the Archaeal Ammonium Transporter Amt-1 from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. In: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 2005. pp. 14994-14999.

• Andrade, S.L.A. et al.: Structures of the Iron-Sulfur Flavoproteins from Methanosarcina thermophila and Archaeoglobus fulgidus. In: J. Bacteriology 187, 2005. pp. 3848-3854.

• Andrade, S.L.A. et al.: Kinetic behavior of Desulfovibrio gigas Aldehyde Oxidoreductase encapsulated in Reverse Micelles. In: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 308, 2003. pp. 73-78.

• Einsle, O. et al.: The Nitrogenase MoFe Protein at 1.16 Å Resolution: A Central Ligand in the FeMo Cofactor. In: Science 297, 2002. pp. 1696-1700.

• Andrade, S.L.A. et al.: Aldehyde oxidoreductase Activity in Desulfovibrio alaskensis NCIMB 13491 – EPR Structural Assignment of the [2Fe-2S] Cluster to the Mo site. In: Eur. J. Biochem 267, 2000. pp. 2054-2061.

• Ammonium transport across prokaryotic and eukaryotic membranes: Structure and function of Amt proteins

• German Research Foundation/Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

• Research Council for Biosciences and Environment (RCBE), Academy of Finland

• MAX INF workshop on experimental phasing of macromolecules, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2006.

• Course on membrane proteins: the rocky road from gene to structure, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biologica (ITQB), Oeiras, Portugal, 2005.

• "RapiData2005" – Rapid Data Collection and Structure Solving at the NSLS: A practical course in macromolecular X-ray diffraction measurement, Biology Department and National Synchrotron Light Source Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA, 2005.

• MAX INF workshop on methods in crystallography, University of Göttingen, 2003.

• Course on molecular structure determination by X-Ray diffraction, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001.

• Course on electron paramagnetic resonance – principles and applications to biology, Advanced Studies Centre of Coimbra, Department of Neurosciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 2000.

• EU-ESF advanced practical training course on chemistry of metals in biological systems, Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 1998.

• Course on X-Ray crystallography and NMR of metalloproteins, Technical Institute of Lisbon, 1998.

Additional interests

• Research

Soft Skills

• 1 daughter, parental leave (50 %), 2009

• German language course: EUROCENTER – Language Institute, Lisbon, Portugal, 1986 – 1988

• First Certificate in English: Cambridge Institute, Lisbon 1985

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