Jun. Prof. Dr. Bruce Morgan
Group Leader
Bruce Morgan
Room: 13-441
Phone: +49-631-205-2885 Fax: +49-631-205-2492
Email: morgan(at)bio.uni-kl.de
Curriculum vitae:
- Since 09.2016 Junior Professor for Cullular Biochemistry at TU Kaiserslautern (Germany).
- 02.2015 - 08.2016 Group Leader at TU Kaiserslautern (Germany)
- 01.2012 - 01.2015 - Postdoc at the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (Germany) with Tobias Dick
- 01.2010 - 12.2011 Visiting scientist fellowship, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (Germany) with Tobias Dick
- 09.2009 - 12.2009 EMBO short-term fellowship, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg (Germany) with Tobias Dick
- 04.2009 - 08.2009 Postdoc at the University of Manchester (UK) with Neil Bulleid
- 11.2007 - 03.2009 Postdoc at the University of Manchester (UK) with Hui Lu
- 09.2004 - 10.2007 PhD at the University of Manchester (UK) with Hui Lu
- 09.2000 - 07.2003 BSc (Hons) Microbiology at the University of Wales, Cardiff
Selected Publications:
- Morgan B, Van Laer K, Owusu TNE, Ezerina D, Pastor-Flores D, Amponsah PS, Tursch A, Dick TP. Real-time monitoring of basal H2O2 levels with peroxiredoxin-based probes. Nat Chem Biol (2016). 12(6):437-43.
- Schwarzländer M, Dick TP, Meyer AJ, Morgan B. Dissecting redox biology using fluorescent protein sensors. Antiox. Redox Signal. 2016. 24(13):680-712
- Peralta D, Bronowska AK, Morgan B, Doka E, Van Laer K, Nagy P, Gräter F and Dick TP. A proton relay enhances H2O2-sensitivity of GAPDH to facilitate metabolic adaptation under oxidative stress. Nat Chem Biol. 2015; 11:156-63.
- Morgan B, Ezerina D, Amoako T, Riemer J, Seedorf M and Dick TP. Multiple glutathione disulfide removal pathways mediate cytosolic redox homeostasis. Nat Chem Biol. 2013; 9:119-125.
- Kojer K, Bien M, Gangel H, Morgan B, Dick TP and Riemer J. Glutathione redox potential in the mitochondrial intermembrane space is linked to the cytosol and impacts the Mia40 redox state. EMBO J. 2012; 31(14):3169-82.