Curriculum vitae (Rudolf Werner)

Higher Education and Degrees

• Diploma in Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany, 1960
• Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, University of Freiburg, 1963

Academic Appointments

• July 1977 - present Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami, School of Medicine
• July 1970 - June 1977 Associate Professor of Biochemistry, University of Miami, School of Medicine
• Jan. 1968 - June 1970 Senior Staff Investigator, Laboratory for Quantitative Biology, Cold Spring Harbor, New York
• Oct. 1965 - Dec. 1967 Associate in Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Genetics Research Unit, Cold Spring Harbor, New York (Postdoctoral Training with Al Hershey)
• July 1963 - Sept 1965 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany
• Oct. 1961 - June 1963  Predoctoral Research Assistant, Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Freiburg, Germany

Recent publications:

• Hudder, A., and Werner, R. 2000. Analysis of a CMTX mutation reveals an essential IRES element in the connexin32 gene. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 34586-34591.

• Werner, R. 2000. IRES Elements in Connexin Genes: A Hypothesis Explaining the Need for Connexins to Be Regulated at the Translational Level. IUBMB Life 50, 1-3.

• Oltra, E., Pfeifer, I., and Werner R. 2003. Ini, a small nuclear protein that enhances the response of the connexin43 gene to estrogen. Endocrinology 144, 3148-3158.

• Oltra, E., Verde, F., Werner, R., and D'Urso, G. 2004. A novel RING-finger-like protein Ini1 is essential for cell cycle progression in fission yeast. J. Cell Sci. 117,967-74

• Pfeifer, I., Anderson, C., Werner, R., and  Oltra, E. 2004  Redefining the structure of the connexin43 gene: selective promoter usage and alternative splicing mechanisms yield transcripts with different translational efficiencies. Nucleic Acid Res. 32, 4550-4562.

• Schiavi, A., Pfeifer, I. and Werner, R. 2004. The connexin43 gene is controlled by two separate estrogen responsive elements.  Endocrinology 144, 3148-3158.

• Anderson, C.L., Zundel, M.A., and Werner, R. 2005. Variable promoter usage and laternative splicing in five mouse connexin genes. Genomics 85, 238-244.

• Anderson, C.L., Catoe, H. and Werner, R. 2006. MiR-206 regulates connexin43 expression during skeletal muscle development.  Nucleic Acid Res. 34, 5863-5871.

 Extracurricular Activities:

When I am not teaching or doing science, I like running, sailing  in tropical waters (other waters are too cold for diving), skiing (which is difficult to do in Miami), or growing orchids.

Some weekends I love to stay out overnight in the Florida Keys