Karolin Luger
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil.Corresponding Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences abroad since 2026
- Distinguished Professor and Jennie Smoly Carruthers Endowed Chair of
- Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Orcid-ID:
0000-0001-5136-5331
Research Areas:
- Biology
- Structural biology
- Molecular biology
- Biochemistry
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Selected Memberships:
- National Academy of Sciences
- American Academy of Arts and Science
- Member, European Molecular Biology Association (EMBO)
- Fellow of the Biophysical Society
Selected Prizes:
- World Laureates Association Prize in Life Science or Medicine
- Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science
- Searle Scholar Award
- Annual Lecturer for the Biophysical Society
- Distinguished Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder
Selected Publications:
- Luger, K., A. W. Mader, R. K. Richmond, D. F. Sargent and T. J. Richmond (1997). "Crystal structure of the nucleosome core particle at 2.8 A resolution." Nature 389(6648): 251-260.
- Liu, Y., Zhou, K., Zhang, N. et al. FACT caught in the act of manipulating the nucleosome. Nature 577, 426–431 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1820-0.
- Liu Y, Bisio H, Toner CM, Jeudy S, Philippe N, Zhou K, Bowerman S, White A, Edwards G, Abergel C, Luger K. Virus-encoded histone doublets are essential and form nucleosome-like structures. Cell. 2021 Aug 5;184(16):4237-4250.e19. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.032.
- Mattiroli, F., Bhattacharyya, S., Dyer, P.N.,…Luger, K. (2017a). Structure of histone-based chromatin in Archaea. Science 357, 609-612.
- Barbera, AJ., Chodaparambil, JV., Kelley, B., Joukov,V., Walter, JC., Luger, K., and Kaye, KM. (2006). The nucleosomal surface as a docking station for Kaposi’s sarcoma herpesvirus LANA. Science 5762, 856-861.