Dieter Schweizer
Full Member of the Division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences since 1992
- GMI – Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the OAW , Gründungsdirektor
- Department für Chromosomenbiologie, Universität Wien
Contact:
dieter.schweizer(at)univie.ac.at
Research Areas:
- Medical-Theoretical Sciences, Pharmacy
- Genetics
- Cell biology
- Chromosomenbiologie
- Heterochromatin
- Meiose
- DNA-Reparatur
- Chromosomenevolution
Profile:
Selected Memberships:
- Argentinische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Selected Prizes:
- Forschungspreis des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds der Universität Basel
- Honorarprofessor der Universität Salzburg
- Kardinal-Innitzer-Würdigungspreis
- Ehrenbürger der Universität Wien
Selected Publications:
- (2011) Böhmdorfer, G.; Schleiffer, A.; Brunmeir, R.; Ferscha, S.; Nizhynska, V. Kozák, J., Angelis, K. J., Kreil, D. P. ,Schweizer, D. (2011) GMI1, a structural-maintenance-of-chromosomes-hinge domain-containing protein, is involved in somatic homologous recombination in Arabidopsis. Plant J., Bd. 67 (3), S. 420-33..
- Gründler, P.; Unfried, I.; Pascher, K.; Schweizer, D. (1991) The rDNA intergenic region from Arabidopsis thaliana: Structural analysis, intraspecific variation, and functional implications. Journal of Molecular Biology, Bd. 221, S. 1209-1222.
- Schweizer, D.; Ambros, P.; Gründler, P.; Varga, F. (1987) Attempts to relate cytological and molecular chromosome data of Arabidopsis thaliana to its genetic linkage map. Arabidopsis Information Service, Bd. 25, S. 27-34.
- Schweizer, D. (1981) Counterstain-enhanced chromosome banding. Human Genetics 57, S. 1–14..