Prof. Dr. Britta Brügger
Project Leader A04
Heidelberg University
Biochemistry Center (BZH)
Im Neuenheimer Feld 328
69120 Heidelberg
britta.bruegger@bzh.uni-heidelberg.de

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
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
Learn moreCerS6-Derived Sphingolipids Interact with Mff and Promote Mitochondrial Fragmentation in Obesity
A method for the quantitative determination of glycerophospholipid regioisomers by UPLC-ESI-MS/MS
Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Feb;411(4):915-924. doi: 10.1007/s00216-018-1517-5. Epub 2018 Dec 22. PMID: 30580388
Learn moreβ-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
Learn moreMapping of Wnt-Frizzled interactions by multiplex CRISPR targeting of receptor gene families
FASEB J. 2017 Nov;31(11):4832-4844. doi: 10.1096/fj.201700144R. Epub 2017 Jul 21. PMID: 28733458
Learn moreSphingosine-1-phosphate lyase deficient cells as a tool to study protein lipid interactions
PLoS One. 2016 Apr 21;11(4):e0153009. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153009. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27100999
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