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» PD Dr. Ronny Straube
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics
of Complex Technical Systems
Sandtorstr. 1
D-39106 Magdeburg

» rstraube@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de
» ++49 (0) 391 6110 481 (Phone)
» ++49 (0) 391 6110 543 (Fax)

»Recent News«

16/03/2012» An extended model for the repression of photosynthesis genes by the AppA/PpsR system in Rhodobacter sphaeroides FEBS Journal (2012).

03/01/2012» Comment on "Load-induced modulation of signal transduction networks": Reconciling ultrasensitivity with bifunctionality? Sci. Signal. 5, lc1 (2012).

June 2011» Interview with Alexei Cheviakov & Michael Ward at ScienceWatch.com on Narrow Escape Problems related to our article An Asymptotic Analysis of the Mean First Passage Time for Narrow Escape Problems: Part II: The Sphere SIAM Multiscale Model. Simul. 8, 836-870 (2010).

01/06/2011» Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) in Theoretical Physics: Räumliche Aspekte intrazellulärer Signalübertragung und Musterbildung in der Glykolyse Logos Verlag Berlin (2011).

17/05/2011» Modeling the Light- and Redox-Dependent Interaction of PpsR/AppA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides Biophys. J. 100, 2347-2355 (2011).

Short Biography

born 1975 in Borna (near Leipzig)

June 2011 - Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg
Team leader in the Research Group Analysis and Redesign of Biological Networks
June 2011 Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) and venia legendi in Theoretical Physics
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2007 - May 2011 Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems Magdeburg
Postdoctoral fellow in the Systems Biology Group of Prof. Ernst-Dieter Gilles
2005 - 2006 Hahn Meitner Institute Berlin (now: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie)
Postdoctoral fellow with PD Dr. Martin Falcke in the Department of Theoretical Physics
2002 - 2005 Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (Dr. rer. nat. in Physics, 2006)
PhD student in the Biophysics Group of Prof. Stefan C. Müller
1996 - 2001 Friedrich-Schiller University Jena (Diploma in Physics, 2001)

Research Interests

» Spatial Aspects of Signal Transduction

» Analysis of Network Motifs

» Noise Characteristics of Cellular Reaction Networks

» Asymptotic Methods in Mathematical Biology

Research Partners

Diffusion-Mediated Signal Transduction Processes
» with Jianwei Shuai (Xiamen University, China)

Signaling Gradients and Mean First Passage Times in Singularly Perturbed Domains
» with Michael J. Ward (University of British Columbia, Canada)

Team Members and Their Research Projects

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» Rakesh Pandey (IMPRS student)
E-mail: pandey@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de

» Research Project
Modeling the AppA/PpsR signal transduction chain in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

» Publications
Pandey R, Flockerzi D, Hauser MJB, Straube R.
Modeling the Light- and Redox-Dependent Interaction of PpsR/AppA in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
Biophys. J. 100, 2347-2355 (2011)
Pandey R, Flockerzi D, Hauser MJB, Straube R.
An Extended Model for the Repression of Photosynthesis Genes by the AppA/PpsR System in Rhodobacter sphaeroides
FEBS Journal (2012)
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» Daniel Samaga (funded by the BMBF within the FORSYS initiative)
E-mail: samaga@mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de

» Research Project
Bistability and the role of fluctuations for the induction of the lac operon in Escherichia coli