Prof. Dr. Britta Brügger

Project Leader A04

Heidelberg University
Biochemistry Center (BZH)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328
69120 Heidelberg

britta.bruegger@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de

https://bzh.db-engine.de/group/69/britta%20br%C3%BCgger
Prof. Dr. Britta Brügger

Professional Career

since 2014

Professor of Biochemistry/Chemical Biology

BZH, Faculty of Biosciences, Heidelberg University

2002 - 2014

Research fellow

BZH, Heidelberg University

2006

Habilitation (venia legendi) in Biochemistry

Heidelberg University

2000 - 2002

Postdoctoral research fellow

Felix T. Wieland at the BZH, Heidelberg University

1998 - 2000

Postdoctoral research fellow

James E. Rothman at the MSKCC, New York, USA

1998

Ph.D. in Biochemistry

Frankfurt University

1993 - 1994

Diploma thesis

University of Göttingen

Achievements & Awards

since 2016

Elected member

DFG panel 201-01 ‘Biochemistry/Biophysics’

2015

Walter A. Shaw Young of Investigator Award in Lipid Research

ASBMB's Lipid Research Division

since 2014

Coordinator

Biochemistry Bachelor and Master courses

2014 - 2019

Dean

Studies Biochemistry, Heidelberg University

since 2012

Member

Leibniz Institute of Analytical Sciences - ISAS Scientific Advisory Board

since 2011

Member

HBIGS, Heidelberg University

since 2010

Vice-Coordinator

DFG Collaborative Research Center SFB/TRR 83

since 2009

Section Editor

BBA Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids

since 2006

Head

CellNetworks Heidelberg Lipidomics platform

since 2006

Member

DFG Cluster of Excellence CellNetworks

2000 - 2002

Postdoctoral fellowship

Peter and Traudl Engelhorn Program

1998 - 2000

Postdoctoral fellowship

EMBO long-term fellowship

Publications

Cholesterol Localization around the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 2

Kurth M, Lolicato F, Sandoval-Perez A, Amaya-Espinosa H, Teslenko A, Sinning I, Beck R, Brügger B, Aponte-Santamaría C. J Phys Chem B. 2020 Oct 15;124(41):9061-9078. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c05264. Epub 2020 Oct 2.
PMID: 32954729

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Protease‐resistant streptavidin for interaction proteomics

Rafiee MR, Sigismondo G, Kalxdorf M, Förster L, Brügger B, Béthune J, Krijgsveld J. Mol Syst Biol. 2020 May;16(5):e9370. PMID: 32400114

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CerS6-Derived Sphingolipids Interact with Mff and Promote Mitochondrial Fragmentation in Obesity

Hammerschmidt P, Ostkotte D, Nolte H, Gerl MJ, Jais A, Brunner HL, Sprenger HG, Awazawa M, Nicholls HT, Turpin-Nolan SM, Langer T, Krüger M, Brügger B, Brüning JC. Cell. 2019 May 30;177(6):1536-1552.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.05.008.
PMID: 31150623

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A method for the quantitative determination of glycerophospholipid regioisomers by UPLC-ESI-MS/MS

Wozny K, Lehmann WD, Wozny M, Akbulut BS, Brügger B. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Feb;411(4):915-924. doi: 10.1007/s00216-018-1517-5. Epub 2018 Dec 22. PMID: 30580388

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β-catenin-independent regulation of Wnt target genes by RoR2 and ATF2/ATF4 in colon cancer cells

Voloshanenko O, Schwartz U, Kranz D, Rauscher B, Linnebacher M, Augustin I, Boutros M. Sci Rep. 2018 Feb 16;8(1):3178. PMID:29453334

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Mapping of Wnt-Frizzled interactions by multiplex CRISPR targeting of receptor gene families

Voloshanenko O, Gmach P, Winter J, Kranz D, Boutros M. FASEB J. 2017 Nov;31(11):4832-4844. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700144R. Epub 2017 Jul 21. PMID: 28733458

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Sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase deficient cells as a tool to study protein lipid interactions

Gerl MJ, Bittl V, Kirchner S, Sachsenheimer T, Brunner HL, Lüchtenborg C, Özbalci C, Wiedemann H, Wegehingel S, Nickel W, Haberkant P, Schultz C, Krüger M, Brügger B. PLoS One. 2016 Apr 21;11(4):e0153009. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153009. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27100999

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Analysis of transmembrane domains and lipid modified peptides with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionizationtime-of-flight mass spectrometry

Gerl MJ, Sachsenheimer T, Grzybek M, Coskun U, Wieland FT, Brügger B. Anal Chem. 2014 Apr 15;86(8):3722-6. doi: 10.1021/ac500446z. Epub 2014 Mar 24.
PMID: 24628620

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