Scientific Curriculum Vitae Name: Matthias Schaefer Address: Medical University of Vienna Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology Division of Cell and Developmental Biology Schwarzspanierstrasse 17-I, 1090 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43-1-40160-37702 Email: [email protected] Website: http://bit.ly/1iR5H94 ORCiD 0000-0003-1952-8115 Research Interests Nucleotide modifications, regulatory RNAs, epigenetics, stem cell biology, technology development, biomarker development Academic Education 2017-present Associate Professor at Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2015-2017 Assistant Professor at Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2014-2015 Group Leader at Max-Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, Austria 2014 Venia Legendi in Biochemistry University of Heidelberg, Germany 2008-2014 Project Leader with Dr. Frank Lyko German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany 2004-2008 Postdoc with Dr. Frank Lyko German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany 2002- 2004 Postdoc with Dr. Jonas Frisén Karolinska Institute, Medical Nobel Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 1998- 2002 Graduate student with Dr. Jürgen A. Knoblich Institute of Molecular Pathology (I.M.P.), Vienna, Austria 1996- 1998 Research associate with Dr. Robert H. Singer Albert-Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA 1996 Diploma thesis research with Dr. Titia de Lange The Rockefeller University, New York, USA 1991- 1996 Undergraduate studies in Biochemistry, Free University Berlin, Germany 1 Scholarships and Awards 2002-2004 EMBO Long-Term Fellow Memberships 2009-2015 DFG FOR 1082 (DFG funded research consortium) Present International Cooperation Partners Stefanie Kellner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany; Mass spectrometry of nucleic acid modifications. Albert Jeltsch, University of Stuttgart, Germany; Effects of paternal RNAs on epigenetic mechanisms in the early zygote. Isidore Rigoutsos, Thomas Jefferson University, USA; Bioinformatic identification and mapping of tRNA fragments. Past International Cooperation Partners Gregory Hannon, Cold Spring Harbor Labs; USA; DNA methylation in Drosophila. Mark Helm, University of Mainz, Germany; Modification status of tRNAs in eukaryotes. Yuri Motorin, University of Lorraine, France; Modification status of rRNAs in yeast. Sarah Cherry, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Virus control in Drosophila. Ody Sibon, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Influence of DNA methylation on replication stress. Martin Kos, University of Heidelberg, Germany; Impact of RNA modifications on ribosome function in yeast. Michaela Frye, University of Cambridge, UK; Characterization of the RNA methyltransferase NSun2 in the mouse. Yukiko Yamashita, University of Michigan, USA; Dnmt2/Trdmt1 function in the Drosophila germ line. Invitations as Conference Speaker (5 most important) 2018 The Epitranscriptome/Germany 2015 RNA and Disease/Austria 2014 RNA Biochemistry Meeting/Germany 2012 EMBO Meeting Nice/France 2011 Fourth Weissenburg Symposium – Biriciana/Germany Ad hoc Journal Referee Bioessays, Cell Reports, EMBO Reports, EMBO Journal, Epigenomics, FEBS Letters, Genomics, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nucleic Acids 2 Research, Oncogene, PLoS ONE, PLoS Genetics, RNA Biology, Scientific Reports, Science Advances, WIREs RNA Grant Review for Funding Agencies Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Medical Research Council (MRC), Austrian Science Foundation (FWF), Boehringer-Ingelheim Foundation (BIF), The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) 3 .