Michael A. Welte, Ph. D.
Curriculum Vitae
 

Assistant Professor of Biology
and the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center
Brandeis University

Research (past and present) supported by

• W.M. Keck Foundation
  through the W.M. Keck Institute for Cellular Visualization
  
  
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
  Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award
  
  
• Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research
  Kimmel Scholar Award
  
  
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH)
  
  
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
  as part of a program project grant that supports molecular genetic studies of behavior and neuronal functions by several laboratories at Brandeis University
  

Awards and Honors

Alberta Gotthardt and Henry Strage Award for aspiring young science faculty at Brandeis University (2004)
Kimmel Scholar Award, Sidney Kimmel Foundation for Cancer Research (2002)
Basil O'Connor Starter Scholar Research Award, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (2002)

Princeton University

    Research associate with Dr. Eric Wieschaus
    Department of Molecular Biology
  
 

Graduate Studies

The University of Chicago

    Thesis work with Dr. Susan Lindquist
    Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
 

Predoctoral fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The University of Chicago Searle Fellowship
 

Undergraduate education

Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany

    Degrees (Vordiplom) in the Department of Biology and the Department of Mathematics
 

University of Washington, Seattle

    Visiting student in the Department of Microbiology, research with Dr. Ursula Storb

Student Exchange Scholarship, Dr. Eberhard Kornberg-Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany

Scholarship from the German National Merit Foundation