Erhard Bieberich was born in Cologne, Germany. In 1986, he received his M.S. in biology and biochemistry at the University of Cologne. His M.S. work was on the synthesis and characterization of highly specific inhibitors for β-glucosidases in glycolipid metablolism. His work fostered numerous studies at the University of California using these inhibitors to determine the glycolipid metabolism in skin. In 1990, he received his Ph.D. (summa cum laude) for his thesis work on the biosynthesis and post-translational modification of lysosomal β-glucosidase, an enzyme deficient in Gaucher disease.  From 1990-1996 during his post-doc time at the University of Bonn, he cloned and characterized for the first time several enzymes in N-glycoprotein processing. He continued his work on N-glycoproteins and glycolipids when he joined Dr. Robert K. Yu's laboratory at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996. He determined the functional role of N-glycosylation for the processing of sialyltransferases in glycolipid biosynthesis. In 2000, he joined the Medical College of Georgia and developed his own projects on ceramide-dependent cell signaling in cancer and stem cells. These studies are funded by NIH (first as R03, now R01) and have been published in renowned journals.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Erhard Bieberich, PhD
Associate Professor
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Medical College of Georgia
1120 15th Street Room CB-2803
Augusta, GA 30912
Phone: 706-721-9113
E-mail: ebieberich@mcg.edu

EDUCATION

1990: Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Advisor: Dr. G. Legler), University of Cologne, Germany
1986: M.S. in Biochemistry (Advisor: Dr. G. Legler), University of Cologne, Germany

PROFESSIONAL (see also publications)

2004: Associate Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
2000-2004: Assistant Professor, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA. In October 2001, appointment as graduate faculty.
1999-2000: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
1996-1999: Instructor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1990-1996: Postdoctoral Fellow of German Research Foundation (DFG, the German equivalent of NIH), Dept. of Biochemistry, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany (Advisors: Dr. E. Bause and Dr. H. Egge).
1990-1996: Teaching Assistant and Group leader of Molecular Biology, Dept. of Biochemistry, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany
1986-1990: Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany (Advisors: Dr. G. Legler and Dr. L. Jaenicke).
 

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