Curriculum Vitae Barbara Sixt
Updated information can be found at the Sixt Lab Website.
Current appointment
Since May 2018, Group Leader at The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden and the Department of Molecular Biology of Umeå University, Sweden.
Previous appointments and education
2016-2018: Postdoc in the lab of Prof. Guido Kroemer at INSERM U1138, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
2013-2016: Postdoc in the lab of Prof. Raphael Valdivia at the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
2008-2013: PhD student in the lab of Prof. Matthias Horn at the Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria
2002-2008: Diploma studies of Molecular Biology at the University of Vienna, Austria
Research grants & fellowships
2020: Grant for postdoctoral fellowship (Kempe Foundations, 330 kSEK)
2019: Strategic Grant from the Medical Faculty at Umeå University (700 kSEK/year, 3 years)
2019: Insamlingsstiftelsen för medicinsk forskning (84 kSEK)
2018: Starting Grant Medicine (Swedish Research Council, 1.5 Mio SEK/year, 4 years)
2018: MIMS group leader start-up grant (MIMS, 2.5 Mio SEK/year, 5 years (renewable for 4 years))
2014: Marie Curie IOF for postdoctoral training (European Commission, € 270,000, 3 years)
2009: "Förderungsstipendium" for research stay abroad (University of Vienna, 3 months)
2009: DOC-fFORTE fellowship for doctoral studies (Austrian Academy of Sciences, € 75,000, 2.5 years)
Awards
2017: San-pin Wang Award for best oral presentation by a postdoc at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (Charlotte, NC, USA)
2015: Mitchell Research Meritorious Travel Award for participation at the Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA)
2015: MGM Distinguished Fellows Travel Award for participation at the 7th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (New Orleans, LA, USA)
2011: San-pin Wang Award for best oral presentation by a graduate student at the 5th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (Redondo Beach, CA, USA)
