Biography
Michael Niederweis (b. 1964), Associate Professor of Microbiology, received a diploma in chemistry from the Saarland University, Germany, in 1989, and a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, in 1993. His graduate studies were with Dr. Wolfgang Hillen on the structural analysis of protein-DNA interactions. From 1994-1996, Dr. Niederweis did postdoctoral studies with Dr. Donald Crothers at the Yale University, New Haven, Dr. Lee W. Riley at the Cornell University, Medical College, New York, and Dr. Roland Benz, University of Wuerzburg. In 1997, he established his laboratory in the Microbiology Department of the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany, to study mycobacterial porins. Dr. Niederweis joined the UAB faculty in 2004.
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