Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Viral Infection
Prof. Dr. Petr Chlanda
Team
Group leader
Petr Chlanda studied Biochemistry at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He earned his PhD at Heidelberg University, focusing on the assembly of poxviruses using electron microscopy (EM) methods. During his postdoctoral research at EMBL Heidelberg and the NIH in Bethesda, he investigated the structural mechanisms of influenza A virus membrane fusion and assembly. In 2017, he became a Chica and Heinz Schaller group leader at the Department of Infectious Diseases – Virology at Heidelberg University and BioQuant. Since 2025, he has held the position of W3-Heisenberg Professor for Cryo-EM of Viral Infection at the Department of Infectious Diseases-Virology, Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University. He is a founding member of the Heidelberg University Cryo-EM Network (HDcryoNet).
Our team
| Name | Position | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Dr. Petr Chlanda | Group Leader | 102a |
| Dr. Jana Makroczyová | Lab Manager | 102 |
| Sarah Peterl | PhD Student | 103 |
| Dr. Liv Zimmermann | Research Associate | 103a, 161 |
| Dr. Moritz Wachsmuth-Melm | Research Associate | 103a, 161 |
| Konstantin Fischer | PhD Student | 103a |
| Dr. Tim Krischuns | Research Associate | 102, 161 |
| Varvara Plotnikova | PhD Student | 161 |
| Roberta Malamud | Student | 161 |
| Raffael Balkeny | PhD Student | 102 |
| Alexandra Reimers | Master's Student | 103a |