Georg Stoecklin

Professor Georg Stoecklin is a distinguished biochemist at the Medical Faculty Mannheim (Heidelberg University), where he has held a W3 Professorship since 2016. He also serves as Co-director of the Centrum für Biomedizin und Medizintechnik Mannheim (CBTM) and has been an Academic Editor at PLoS One since 2011. His career spans prestigious institutions including Harvard Medical School, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg.

• University of Basel (Medical School) 1990–1997
• Harvard Medical School: Instructor of Medicine (2004–2006)
• German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ): Junior Group Leader (2006–2015)
• Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg: Habilitation in Molecular Biology (2013)

Dr. Stoecklin's research focuses on mRNA decay mechanisms and post-transcriptional regulation in cellular stress responses. His work spans:

• mRNA stability and degradation pathways
• Stress granule dynamics
• Non-coding RNA interactions
• Virus-induced translational control
• Computational analysis of AU-rich elements
• Signal transduction in inflammation

His recent publications analyze:

• TIAR's role in replication stress (EMBO Rep 2019)
• Flavivirus modulation of stress responses (mBio 2017)
• Acetylation-dependent RNA decay (Mol Cell 2016)
• Stress granule formation in cold shock (Mol Biol Cell 2012)
• ARE-mRNA regulation by BRF1 (EMBO J 2002)

Scientific honors include:

• Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Paul Basset Prize (Strasbourg, France)
• Roche Research Foundation Award
• Medical Faculty Prize (University of Basel)

He has served as:

• Co-director, Centrum für Biomedizin und Medizintechnik Mannheim (2016–present)
• Speaker, CellNetworks Excellence Cluster (2012–2018)
• Guest Editor, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (2013)