Gabriele Maria König (Prof., PD, PhD)

Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology

Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie
Nußallee 6
53115 Bonn

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Research

Drugs from Nature

A high percentage of our currently used therapeutical agents are compounds produced by microorganisms, plants and animals. This is especially evident in the area of antibiotics, where 75% of the clinically applied drugs originate from nature, and in cancer therapy with at least 50 % of drugs coming from natural sources.

The overall aim of our research is

to determine novel structural skeletons with pharmacological potential (lead structures) from marine sources (mainly marine bacteria and fungi) and plants
to identify novel bacterial and fungal sources (endosymbionts) as producer for such compounds (secondary metabolites)
to analyze the biosynthesis of such compounds as a basis for structure modification

Prof. Dr. Gabriele M. König

+49 228 73-5677

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Nußallee 6

53115 Bonn

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Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology

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Academic positions

1984 - 1985
Teaching Assistant, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany.

1985 - 1988
Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, James Cook University of North Queensland, Australia (1985-1987: Fellow of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 1987-1988: Australian Postdoctoral Fellow).

1989 - 1994
Oberassistentin, Department of Pharmacy, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland.

1989 - 1992
Habilitation at the Department of Pharmacy, ETH Zürich, Titel of Habilitation: 'Chemical and Biological Investigations of Natural Products derived from Marine and Terrestrial Sources', Venia legendi since April 1st 1993.

Oktober 1994 - 1998
Professor of Pharmacognosy (Pharmaceutical Biology) at the University of Braunschweig, Germany.

Oktober 1999 - März 2023
Professor and Head of Department of Pharmacognosy (Pharmaceutical Biology) at the University of Bonn, Germany.

Acadamic education

1976-1980
Study of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg/Breisgau,Germany, graduated in July 1980 with distinctions

Oktober 1980 - April 1981
Employed in a public pharmacy in Hamburg.

Oktober 1981
Licensed as a qualified pharmacist.

1981-1985
Graduate studies at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany
Title of the Ph.D. thesis: 'Iridoidglycosides in Avicennia marina and Avicenniaofficinalis'. Scholarship from the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung.

1985-1988
Postdoctoral research at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, JamesCook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia.

Memberships

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Awards

Carl-Mannich-Medal

Jahr:

2022

Preis für:

Hervorragende Leistungen im Bereich der Pharmazeutischen Wissenschaften

Fields-Medaille

Jahr:

1999

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