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Prof. Dr. Andrea Sinz

W3-Professor for Pharmaceutical Chemistry Institute of Pharmacy, MLU, Germany (since 2007). The expertise of Andrea Sinz is on studying protein structures and protein-protein interaction networks by cross-linking/mass spectrometry.

Academic Training

  • 2006 Habilitation in Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig
  • 1997 PhD in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Marburg
  • 1988-1993 Studies in Pharmacy, University of Tübingen

Professional Career

  • 2019 Offer for Full Professor (W3) at University of Frankfurt declined
  • Since 2007 Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (W3), University of Halle-Wittenberg
  • 2001-2006 Head of research group “Protein-Ligand Interactions Studied by Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry”, Biotechnological-Biomedical Center, Leipzig University
  • 2000/2001 Scientific Assistant (Mass Spectrometry) at the Universities of Gießen and Rostock
  • 1998-2000 Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Awards

  • 2023 initiated as member of Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • 2019 Fresenius award of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
  • 2016 Top 50 Women in Analytical Science (The Analytical Scientist)
  • 2006 Innovation award in Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the GDCh and the DPhG
  • 2004 Mattauch-Herzog award of the German Society for Mass Spectrometry (DGMS)

Selected Activities

  • 2019-2023 Speaker of DFG-funded Research Training Group 2467 “Intrinsically Disordered Proteins - Intrinsically Disordered Proteins”
  • Since 2019 Head Center for Structural Mass Spectrometry, Halle
  • 2017-2020 President of the German Society for Mass Spectrometry (DGMS)
  • 2014-2018 Chief section editor Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry of the Journal “Frontiers in Chemistry”
  • 2011-2016 Member of DFG (German Research Foundation) committee for scientific instrumentation

Group

Group
AG Sinz, Spring 2024; L-R Franziska Flesch, Christian Ihling, Wiebke Günther,Juan Camilo Rojas Echeverri, Lydia Kollhoff, Dirk Tänzler, Asat Baischew, Andrea Sinz, Christian Wall, Erik Siefke, Gina Wrobel, Hendrik Krolle, Marc Kipping, Diego F. Garcia del Rio, Joshua Kraft, Florian Otto, Oleksandr Sorokin

Dr. Christian Ihling

Christian Ihling

Staff Scientist

  • Head of Mass Spectrometry Unit

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25183
  • E-mail: christian.ihling(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dr. Christian Arlt

    Christian Arlt

    Staff Scientist

  • Native Mass Spectrometry

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25227
  • E-mail: christian.arlt(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dr. Marc Kipping

    Marc Kipping

    Staff Scientist

  • Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange MS

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25228
  • E-mail: marc.kipping(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dr. Claudio Iacobucci

    Claudio Iaccobucci

    Postdoc

    RTG 2467 - Scientific Writer

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25122
  • E-mail: claudio.iacobucci(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dr. Diego F. Garcia del Rio

    Diego

    Postdoc

  • The role and target potential of the RNA-binding protein MEX3A in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD)

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25224
  • E-mail: diego.garcia-del-rio(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dr. Asat Baischew

    Asat

    Postdoc

    SFB 1423 - Structural Dynamics of GPCR Activation and Signaling

    Structural Studies of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) with NPY1 and NPY2 Receptors

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25223
  • E-mail: asat.baischew(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dr. Oleksandr Sorokin

    Oleksandr Sorokin

    Postdoc

    RTG 2467 - Scientific Coordinator

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25173
  • E-mail: oleksandr.sorokin(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Juan Camilo Rojas Echeverri

    Juan

    Scientist

    SFB 1423 - Structural Dynamics of GPCR Activation and Signaling

    Structural Studies of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) with NPY1 and NPY2 Receptors

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25224
  • E-mail: juan-camilo.rojas-echeverri(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Erik Siefke

    Daniele Ubbiali

    PhD Student

    RTG 2467 - Associated Member

    Structural studies of p53 DNA binding by cross-linking/MS

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25122
  • E-mail: erik.siefke(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Lydia Kollhoff

    Lydia

    PhD Student

    Development of novel diagnostic tools for SARS-CoV-2 by mass spectrometry

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25224
  • E-mail: lydia.kollhoff(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Joshua Kraft

    Joshua

    PhD Student

    SFB 1423 - Structural Dynamics of GPCR Activation and Signaling

    Structural Studies of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) with NPY1 and NPY2 Receptors

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25223
  • E-mail: joshua.kraft(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Wiebke Günther

    Wiebke Guenther

    PhD Student

    RTG 2467 - Member

    Studying the molecular mechanisms of liquid-liquid phase separation by mass spectrometry

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25223
  • E-mail: wiebke.guenther(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Florian Wolfgang Otto

    Florian Otto

    PhD Student

    RTG 2751 - Member

    Proteomic signatures of inflammation-induced carcinogenesis

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25122
  • E-mail: florian.otto@pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Dirk Tänzler

    Dirk Taenzler

    Technician

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25173
  • E-mail: dirk.taenzler(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Claudia Spielmann

    Claudia Spielmann

    RTG 2467 - Administrative Coordinator

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25171
  • E-mail: claudia.spielmann(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Xiaohan Wang

    Xiaohan Wand

    Technician (data analysis)

  • Contact:
  • Tel.: +49 (0)345 55 25124
  • E-mail: xiaohan.wang(at)pharmazie.uni-halle.de

    • Bachelor, Master and Diploma Students

    Christian Wall - Diploma, Pharmacy

    Gina Wrobel - Diploma, Food Chemistry

    Hendrik Krolle - Master Student, Biochemistry

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