Markus Seeger Dr. sc. nat.
Research Group Leader
- +41 44 634 53 96
- m.seeger@imm.uzh.ch
Working Experience
- 2020 Associate Professor ad personam for Biochemical Microbiology, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich
- 2013-2020 SNSF Professor/Assistant Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich
- 2009-2013 Group Leader and SNF Ambizione Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich (Prof. M. G. Grütter)
- 2006-2009 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, UK (Dr. H. van Veen)
- 2003-2006 Ph.D. Student, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich and Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich (Dr. K. M. Pos, Prof. F. Winkler)
Education
- 1997-2002 Undergraduate and Master Studies of Biology, Focus on Biotechnology, ETH Zurich
- 1992-1997 Gymnasium St. Antonius, Appenzell, Matura Typus B
Grants
- 2020 SNF grant NRP78 "Covid-19" led by Philippe Plattet (University of Berne)
- 2019 Welcome collaborative award under the leading house University of Oxford
- 2019 SNF BRIDGE discovery grant in collaboration with Sebastian Hiller (University of Basel)
- 2019 SNF project grant on drug efflux
- 2018 Innosuisse grant in collaboration with Bühlmann laboratories
- 2018 ERC consolidator grant “MycoRailway”
- 2018 SNF grant NRP72 "Antimicrobial Resistance" in collaboration with Peter Keller (University of Berne)
- 2017 Innosuisse grant in collaboration with leadXpro
- 2014 CTI grant in collaboration with Roche and the FHNW
- 2013 Swiss National Foundation Professorship (CHF 1'600'000)
- 2009 Ambizione fellowship Swiss National Foundation (CHF 510’000)
Awards
- 2018 ERC Consodilator Grant
- 2013 Sponsored Professorship of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- 2009 Ambizione Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
- 2007 EMBO Long-Term Fellowship
- 1996 Excellent Contribution, Young Swiss Scientists (Schweizer Jugend forscht)