CV

Sander's resume.

Academic Career

2024

Full Professor (Chair) in RNA Biochemistry

2024 - present

Group leader at the centre for Engineering Biology and centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh

co-Director of the Wellcome Trust iCM PhD programme

Deputy Director of IQB3

2020

Reader (Associate Professor)

2020 - 2024

Group leader at the centre for Engineering Biology, University of Edinburgh.

Funded by an MRC non-clinical senior research fellowship.

2018

Senior Research Fellow

2018 - 2024

Group leader at the centre for Engineering Biology, University of Edinburgh.

Funded by an MRC non-clinical SRF.

2011

Assistant Professor

2011 - 2016

Group leader at the centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Edinburgh.

Funded by a Wellcome Trust Research and Career Development Fellow.

2006

Post-doctoral fellow

2006 - 2011

Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in the laboratory of Prof. David Tollervey.

2003

Post-doctoral fellow

2003 - 2006

Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT in the laboratory of Dr. Susan J. Baserga.

PhD thesis defence

2003

Characterisation of the human U3 snoRNP complex. Architecture, Biogenesis and nucleolar trafficking.

Post-doctoral associate

2003

Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT in the laboratory of Dr. Susan J. Baserga.

2001

Research Project

2001

Worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Göttingen, Germany) in the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Reinhardt Lührmann. Together with Dr. Nicholas J. Watkins I worked on several projects: (1) affinity purification of the human U3-snoRNP complex; (2) in vitro reconstitution of the human U3-snoRNP complex; (3) the role of the human 15.5K protein in U3-snoRNP assembly.

1998

PhD project "Functional analysis of snoRNP related proteins"

1998 - 2003

University of Nijmegen, department of Biochemistry of Nijmegen under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Walther. J. van Venrooij and Dr. Ger J.M. Pruijn.

MSc Molecular Biology

1998

1997

Undergraduate project

1997 - 1998

Second undergraduate project at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany Gene Expression group.

Undergraduate project

1997

Undergraduate project at the Department of Biochemistry, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, under supervision of Dr J. Venema and Drs N. Eppens.

1995

B.Sc Biology

1995

1994

Started study Biology

1994

Started study Biology at the Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Miscellaneous

  • PLOS ONE academic editor from 2012- 2020
  • Co-organizer of the 2015 Ribosome synthesis meeting
  • Reviewer for PLoS ONE, EMBO journal, RNA, Molecular Cell and Nucleic Acids Research, Nature, Nature Communications.
  • Proficient Python programmer.

Teaching

Lecturer in the following courses:

  • Biochemistry honours programme exam board:
    • Setting 4th year courses exams
    • Setting synoptic exam
    • Marking dissertations, presentations, grant proposals and exams.
  • Gene Expression:
    • Translation in prokaryotes.
    • Regulation of RNA decay.
    • Data interpretation workshop.
  • Gene Expression and Microbial Regulation:
    • Post-transcriptional regulation in bacteria
  • Biochemistry Masters B course:
    • Ribosome synthesis.
    • Translation.
    • Tutorials.
  • Structure and Function of proteins:
    • Lectures on Structural analysis of Macromolecular Complexes.
    • Protein purification tutorial.

Course organiser:

  • Biochemical Techniques (year 4 Biochemistry honours programme)

Awards and Grants

  • BBSRC Transformative Research Technology Grant (2026-2028)
  • Medical Research Council Programme Grant (2024-2029)
  • Medical Research Council Non-clinical Senior Research Fellowship (2018-2024)
  • Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences Research Excellence award (2015)
  • Wellcome Trust Enhancement award (2014-2016)
  • Wellcome Trust ISSF award for technology development (2014 - 2015)
  • BBSRC Sparking award for technology development (2014 - 2015)
  • SULSA High-throughput small molecule screening grant (2012)
  • Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellowship (RCDF) (2011 - 2016)
  • AAAS/Science Excellence in Science award (June 22, 2007)
  • Marie Curie EIF fellowship (2007 - 2009)
  • EMBO long-term fellowship (ALTF 69-2006; 2006 - 2007)
  • Brown Coxe Research fellowship (2005 - 2006)
  • Anna Fuller Cancer Research fellowship (2005 - 2006)
  • Anna Fuller Cancer Research fellowship (2004 - 2005)
  • Leslie H. Warner Cancer Research fellowship (2003 - 2004)
  • EMBO short-term fellowship (ASTF No. 9781) for my work in Göttingen.

References

Available upon request

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