Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Thomas Meitinger

Training

• 1973-1981 studies of biology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
• 1978-1982 studies of medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
• 1981 Diploma Biology
• 1981 Research fellow, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Physiological Chemistry
• 1982 Final year student, University of Johannesburg, Baragwanath Hospital
• 1983 Medical Doctor
• 1993 Board Certification for Medical Genetics

Academic positions & appointments

• Since 2000 Full Professor (C4), Technische Universität München
• Head of the Institute of Human Genetics, Technische Universität München,
• Klinikum rechts der Isar
• Head of the Institute of Human Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München
• 1988 – 2000 Head of Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München, Dept. of Medical Genetics (J. Murken)
• 1985 – 1988 DFG Research Fellow, Genetics Laboratory, University of Oxford (J. Edwards)
• 1984 – 1985 Medical assistant, Kinderchirurgische Klinik, Karlsruhe (W. Maier)

Research coordination

• Since 2008 Coordinator of SysMBo – Systems Biology of Metabotypes
• Since 2009 Coordinator of mitoNET – German Network for mitochondrial disorders

Membership in Editorial Boards

• 1988-2002 Scientific Programme Committee, European Society of Human Genetics
• 1999-2004 Scientific Board, Telethon Foundation, Italy
• 1999-2004 Scientific Coordination Committee, German Human Genome Project, DHGP
• 1999-2009 Scientific Board, Max-Delbrück Centre Berlin
• 2003-2007 Scientific Board, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Bolzano (EURAC)
• Since 2008 Scientific Board, European Genetics Foundation, Bologna

Awards & honors

• 1985-1988 Stipend from the DFG (postdoctoral fellowship)
• 1995 Retinitis Pigmentosa-Award of the Pro Retina Deutschland e. V.

10 key papers

• Elstner M, Morris CM, Heim K, Lichtner P, Bender A, Mehta D, Schulte C, Sharma M, Hudson G, Goldwurm S, Giovanetti A, Zeviani M, Burn DJ, McKeith IG, Perry RH, Jaros E, Krüger R, Wichmann HE, Schreiber S, Campbell H, Wilson JF, Wright AF, Dunlop M, Pistis G, Toniolo D, Chinnery PF, Gasser T, Klopstock T, Meitinger T, Prokisch H, Turnbull DM. Single-cell expression profiling of dopaminergic neurons combined with association analysis identifies pyridoxal kinase as Parkinson's disease gene. Ann Neurol. 2009 Dec;66(6):792-8. PubMed PMID: 20035503.
• Pfeufer A, Sanna S, Arking DE, Müller M, Gateva V, Fuchsberger C, Ehret GB, Orrú M, Pattaro C, Köttgen A, Perz S, Usala G, Barbalic M, Li M, Pütz B, Scuteri A, Prineas RJ, Sinner MF, Gieger C, Najjar SS, Kao WH, Mühleisen TW, Dei M, Happle C, Möhlenkamp S, Crisponi L, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Naitza S, Steinbeck G, Marroni F, Hicks AA, Lakatta E, Müller-Myhsok B, Pramstaller PP, Wichmann HE, Schlessinger D, Boerwinkle E, Meitinger T, Uda M, Coresh J, Kääb S,Abecasis GR, Chakravarti A. Common variants at ten loci modulate the QT interval duration in the QTSCD Study. Nat Genet. 2009 Apr;41(4):407-14.
• Schormair B, Kemlink D, Roeske D, Eckstein G, Xiong L, Lichtner P, Ripke S, Trenkwalder C, Zimprich A, Stiasny-Kolster K, Oertel W, Bachmann CG, Paulus W, Högl B, Frauscher B, Gschliesser V, Poewe W, Peglau I, Vodicka P, Vávrová J, Sonka K, Nevsimalova S, Montplaisir J, Turecki G, Rouleau G, Gieger C, Illig T, Wichmann HE, Holsboer F, Müller-Myhsok B, Meitinger T, Winkelmann J. PTPRD (protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type delta) is associated with restless legs syndrome. Nat Genet. 2008 Aug;40(8):946-8.
• Wagenstaller J, Spranger S, Lorenz-Depiereux B, Kazmierczak B, Nathrath M, Wahl D, Heye B, Glaser D, Liebscher V, Meitinger T, Strom TM. Copy-number variations measured by single-nucleotide-polymorphism oligonucleotide arrays in patients with mental retardation. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Oct;81(4):768-79. Epub 2007 Aug 28. PubMed PMID: 17847001; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2227926.
• Winkelmann J, Schormair B, Lichtner P, Ripke S, Xiong L, Jalilzadeh S, Fulda S, Pütz B, Eckstein G, Hauk S, Trenkwalder C, Zimprich A, Stiasny-Kolster K, Oertel W, Bachmann CG, Paulus W, Peglau I, Eisensehr I, Montplaisir J, Turecki G, Rouleau G, Gieger C, Illig T, Wichmann HE, Holsboer F, Müller-Myhsok B, Meitinger T. Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions. Nat Genet. 2007 Aug;39(8):1000-6.
• Arking DE, Pfeufer A, Post W, Kao WH, Newton-Cheh C, Ikeda M, West K, Kashuk C, Akyol M, Perz S, Jalilzadeh S, Illig T, Gieger C, Guo CY, Larson MG, Wichmann HE, Marbán E, O'Donnell CJ, Hirschhorn JN, Kääb S, Spooner PM, Meitinger T, Chakravarti A. A common genetic variant in the NOS1 regulator NOS1AP modulates cardiac repolarization. Nat Genet. 2006 Jun;38(6):644-51.
• Prokisch H, Andreoli C, Ahting U, Heiss K, Ruepp A, Scharfe C, Meitinger T. MitoP2: the mitochondrial proteome database--now including mouse data. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 Jan 1; 34 (Database issue):D705-11. PubMed PMID: 16381964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1347489.
• Mueller JC, Lõhmussaar E, Mägi R, Remm M, Bettecken T, Lichtner P, Biskup S, Illig T, Pfeufer A, Luedemann J, Schreiber S, Pramstaller P, Pichler I, Romeo G, Gaddi A, Testa A, Wichmann HE, Metspalu A, Meitinger T. Linkage disequilibrium patterns and tagSNP transferability among European populations. Am J Hum Genet. 2005 Mar;76(3):387-98. Epub 2005 Jan 6. PubMed PMID: 15637659; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1196391.
• Zimprich A, Biskup S, Leitner P, Lichtner P, Farrer M, Lincoln S, Kachergus J, Hulihan M, Uitti RJ, Calne DB, Stoessl AJ, Pfeiffer RF, Patenge N, Carbajal IC, Vieregge P, Asmus F, Müller-Myhsok B, Dickson DW, Meitinger T, Strom TM, Wszolek ZK, Gasser T. Mutations in LRRK2 cause autosomal-dominant parkinsonism with pleomorphic pathology. Neuron. 2004 Nov 18;44(4):601-7. PubMed PMID: 15541309.
• Hörtnagel K, Prokisch H, Meitinger T. An isoform of hPANK2, deficient in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration, localizes to mitochondria. Hum Mol Genet. 2003 Feb 1;12(3):321-7. PubMed PMID: 12554685.