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Professor Dr. Ulrich Schweizer

Address Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Medizinische Fakultät
Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Nußallee 11
53115 Bonn

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Investigation of sodium phenylbutyrate (NaPB) as a chemical chaperone for the treatment of Mct8-deficient mouse models (Research Grants)
- Completed projects
  - Structure and function of the thyroid hormone transporter MCT8 (Priority Programmes)
  - Oral thyroxine resistance revisited - how thyroxine transpasses the gut-blood barrier (Priority Programmes)
  - Investigation into the role of Secisbp2 in re-coding of UGA codons in selenoproteins by global ribosomal footprinting (Research Grants)
  - The effect on translational efficiency of the i6A37 modification in cytoplasmic and mitochondrial tRNAs: Mitochondrial and selenoproteins. (Priority Programmes)
  - Biochemical and structural characterization of mammalian deiodinases as key regulators of thyroid hormone metabolism (Priority Programmes)
  - Sexually dimorphic generation of estradiol from estrone sulfate and other hormonal molecules from adrenal precursors in the life cycle of normal and abnormal human hair growth. (Research Grants)
As Project Head
- Completed projects
  - Neuronal T3 transport and interneuron development (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Participating Person
- Completed projects
  - Physiological effects of altered Se transport and Se tissue distribution in selenoprotein P knock out mice - studies on the impact of gender on the phenotype (Priority Programmes)
  - Sex-specific selenoprotein expression and selenium metabolism (Research Grants)
  - Novel physiological thyroid hormone metabolites as potent modulators of energy expenditure and body weight (Clinical Research Units)
  - Cell type-specific inactivation of Mct8 in brain cells: Gene expression, metabolism, morphology (Priority Programmes)
  - Cellular thyroid hormone signalling mechanisms during weight maintenance (Clinical Research Units)

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Professor Dr. Ulrich Schweizer

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