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Gebhard Schertler
Gebhard Schertler (2021)
Born (1957-02-01) 1 February 1957 (age 67)
Dornbirn, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Innsbruck, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Known forstructural biology of retinal proteins and GPCRs using X-Ray crystallography and electron microscopy
Scientific career
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge), Paul Scherrer Institute
Doctoral advisorDieter Oesterheld, Hartmut Michel

Gebhard Schertler (born February 1, 1957) is an accomplished Austrian biochemist renowned for his extensive contributions to the field of structural biology of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), in particular those that mediate light perception in animals (rhodopsins). Currently, he holds the position of Head of the Biology and Chemistry Division at the Paul Scherrer Institute,[1] where he has established a world-class research program for structural analysis of protein dynamics using X-ray free-electron lasers, positioning the institute as a leading center in the field. Schertler is also a co-founder of biotechnology companies The GPCR Company (2003), Heptares Therapeutics (2007), LeadXpro AG (2015), and InterAx Biotech Ltd (2016).

Early life and education

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Schertler was born in Dornbirn, Austria. He obtained his education in chemistry from the University of Innsbruck, Austria and carried out his PhD thesis (1984-1989) under the guidance of Dieter Oesterheld and Hartmut Michel at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried, Munich, Germany, on the light-sensitive bacterial membrane protein bacteriorhodopsin.

Career

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Schertler received an EMBO fellowship and moved in 1989 to the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge, UK. First, he stayed in the group of Richard Henderson as a staff scientist and in 1998 he became an independent group leader. In 2010 Schertler moved to Switzerland and became Head of the Biology and Chemistry Division at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and member of the directorial board of PSI,[2] and Professor of Structural Biology at ETH Zürich.

Schertler's research focuses on understanding the relationship between structure and function in GPCRs and their downstream signaling components. He has contributed significantly to the field by solving the structure of several GPCRs and GPCR complexes,[3][4][5][6][7] including the publication of the first structural model of a GPCR (rhodopsin) obtained by electron cryo-microscopy.[8][9] In addition, his group was the first to successfully perform time-resolved crystallography of rhodopsin, a light-sensitive GPCR, on a free electron laser.[10][11] He explored the diversity of visual pigments and determined a structure of an invertebrate bistable rhodopsin.[12] He is now exploiting the engineering of bistable rhodopsins for novel optogenetic tools,[13] addressing GPCR signalling directly. For this project he was recently awarded as a coordinator a prestigious grant from the European Research Council (ERC) Synergy program.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Division of Biology and Chemistry (BIO)". Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. ^ "Organisational Structure". Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  3. ^ "Mehr Einblick in den Sehsinn: Forscher machen den Weg frei für eine zukünftige Heilungsmethode". 10 January 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  4. ^ Warne T, Serrano-Vega MJ, Baker JG, Moukhametzianov R, Edwards PC, Henderson R, Leslie AG, Tate CG, Schertler GF (2008). "Structure of a β1-adrenergic G-protein-coupled receptor". Nature. 454 (7203): 486–491. Bibcode:2008Natur.454..486W. doi:10.1038/nature07101. PMC 2923055. PMID 18594507.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Tsai CJ, Pamula F, Nehmé R, Mühle J, Weinert T, Flock T, Nogly P, Edwards PC, Carpenter B, Gruhl T, Ma P, Deupi X, Standfuss J, Tate CG, Schertler GF (2018). "Crystal structure of rhodopsin in complex with a mini-Go sheds light on the principles of G protein selectivity". Science Advances. 4 (9): 486–491. Bibcode:2018SciA....4.7052T. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aat7052. PMC 6154990. PMID 30255144.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Venkatakrishnan AJ, Deupi X, Lebon G, Tate CG, Schertler GF, Babu MM (2013). "Molecular signatures of G-protein-coupled receptors". Nature. 494 (7436): 185–194. Bibcode:2013Natur.494..185V. doi:10.1038/nature11896. PMID 23407534. S2CID 4423750.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Standfuss J, Edwards PC, D'Antona A, Fransen M, Xie G, Oprian DD, Schertler GF (2011). "The structural basis of agonist-induced activation in constitutively active rhodopsin". Nature. 471 (7340): 656–660. Bibcode:2011Natur.471..656S. doi:10.1038/nature09795. PMC 3715716. PMID 21389983.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Schertler GF, Villa C, Henderson R (1993). "Projection structure of rhodopsin". Nature. 362 (6422): 770–772. Bibcode:1993Natur.362..770S. doi:10.1038/362770a0. PMID 8469290. S2CID 4233505.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Unger, Vinzenz M.; Hargrave, Paul A.; Baldwin, Joyce M.; Schertler, Gebhard F. X. (1997). "Arrangement of rhodopsin transmembrane α-helices". Nature. 389 (6647): 203–206. Bibcode:1997Natur.389..203U. doi:10.1038/38316. PMID 9296501. S2CID 205026444. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  10. ^ "Ultrafast structural changes direct the first molecular events of vision". PMC 10060157.
  11. ^ "Deshalb nehmen wir das Licht wahr: Forschende entschlüsseln den Mechanismus hinter dem Sehen". 10 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  12. ^ Warne T, Serrano-Vega MJ, Baker JG, Moukhametzianov R, Edwards PC, Henderson R, Leslie AG, Tate CG, Schertler GF (2019). "Crystal structure of jumping spider rhodopsin-1 as a light sensitive GPCR". PNAS. 116 (29): 14547–14556. Bibcode:2019PNAS..11614547V. doi:10.1073/pnas.1902192116. PMC 6642406. PMID 31249143.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Light sensitive switch in the eye". 28 January 2022. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  14. ^ "Understanding structure–function relationships of bistable rhodopsins". Retrieved 2023-04-28.
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