Gertraud Burger

Gertraud Burger is a Full Professor at the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, Université de Montréal, and leads bioinformatics programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Her research focuses on the evolution of eukaryotic cells, mitochondrial genome diversity, and symbiotic interactions between plants and microbes. She holds a PhD in Genetics/Microbiology from Ludwig-Maximilian University (Munich) and has conducted postdoctoral research in Germany, Canada, the U.S., and France.

Research Interests:

• Genomic evolution of primitive eukaryotes
• RNA processing mechanisms in mitochondria
• Plant-microbe symbiosis in cranberry farming
• Development of bioinformatics tools for comparative genomics

Awards:

• UdeM Excellence Award in graduate studies
• EMBO Exchange Fellowship
• CIHR College of Reviewers Membership
• NSERC Peer Review Committee Roles

Grant Leadership:

• MYCATOK Project (Cranberry symbiotic microbes, 2018–2024)
• Unorthodox mitochondrial information processing (NSERC, 2018–2026)
• Endosymbiont genome sequencing (Genome Québec, 2011–2015)

Lab Affiliations: Centre Robert-Cedergren (Bioinformatics and Genomics).