Sebastian Rupp
Since his PhD thesis, Sebastian Rupp had been working with Listeria monocytogenes, investigating virulence factors and their involvement on cerebral infections. In the BIRD team he was focusing on cell death and translational regulation in the context of this bacterial infection.
Sebastian then decided to change gears with a second post-doc on coral symbiosis in the Guse lab in Heidelberg in Germany.
He is now working in the Netherlands as a scientific consultant for SVI, which develops the Huygens software for deconvolution of microscopy images.
Education
| 2012-2016 | PhD thesis, University of Bern, Switzerland. |
| 2010-2012 | Master Studies in Molecular Biosciences, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany. Major on Infectious Diseases. |
| 2007-2010 | Bachelor Studies in Biology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany. Major on Infectious Diseases. |
Research experience
| Since 2024 | Scientific consultant for Scientific Volume Imaging (SVI), Hilversum, The Netherlands |
| 2018-2024 | Post-doctoral fellow, Group A. Guse, University of Heiderlberg then Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany). |
| 2016-2017 | Post-doctoral fellow, (IBENS, Group A. Lebreton). Funding: Swiss National Science Foundation. “Cell death and cap-independent translation during infection by Listeria monocytogenes” |
| 2012-2016 | PhD student, group A. Oevermann, Neurocenter, Vetsuisse, University of Bern, Switzerland. “Factors of Listeria monocytogenes involved in neurovirulence.” |
| 2012 | Master Thesis in Molecular Virology, Lab of Prof. Bartenschlager, under supervision of Dr. Binder, Department for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. “Involvement of IRAK kinases in the antiviral IRF3 Pathway.” |
| 2011 | Post-graduate student in Molecular Virology, Lab of Prof. Bowie, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. “Interaction of Vaccinia Virus Protein A52 with IRAK2/TRAF6.” |
| 2010 | Bachelor Thesis on the RIG-I pathway, Lab of Prof. Bartenschlager, Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany. |
| 2009-2010 | Part time Scientific assistant, DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center), Lab of Prof. Dr. Boutros, Germany. |
