ETH Publications of Alumni of the Wallimann Group

Theo Wallimann coached 29 ETH students towards a Masters of Science degree. From these, Roland Türk and Ramon Thali were awarded an ETH price and medal and Nadine Straumann received the Willy Studer Price.  

Theo Wallimann coached 30 graduate students towards a PhD degree. From these, Dr. Thomas Schnyder, Dr. Markus Wyss, Dr. Martin Stolz, Dr. Michael Eder, Dr. Dietbert Neumann and Dr. Roland Türk were awarded the ETH price and medal and Dr. Eddy O’Gorman, Dr. Olaf Stachowiak and Dr. Thorsten Hornemann received the ETH Bonus-29 award.

ETH Habilitations

PD Dr. Uwe Schlattner (2002)
Venia legendi für Zellbiolgie ETH Zürich. Title: "Molecular cell biology of mitochondrial creatine kinases: A new vista on structure, function, and physiology"
external pagehttp://books.google.ch/books?id=9XyNK_BnOBgC&pg=PA123&dq=theo+wallimann&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=0_0

ETH Dissertations of Graduate students coached to a Ph.D. (Dr. sc. nat. ETH)

 Martin Bähler (1984) ETH Diss Nr. 7709
“Investigations concerning composition, structure and function of the myofibrillar A-band in skeletal muscle of vertebrates“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:36690

Gabriela Wegmann (1985) ETH Diss Nr. 8164
“Identification and localization of CK-Isoenzymes in tissues with high and fluctuating energy requirements“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:37131

Andrew Quest (1988) ETH Diss Nr. 8539
“Purification and characterization of heterogeneous brain-type creatine kinase in chicken. Study of the functional aspects of theis heterogeneity in different tissues.
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:37457

Jörg Schlegel (1989) ETH Diss Nr. 8766
“Purification and characterization of both isoforms of mitochondrial creatine kinase from chicken heart and brain: comparative investigation of functional aspects“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:37613

(¶) Thomas Schnyder (1990) ETH Diss Nr. 9250 
“Structure of the mitochondrial creatine kinase octamer by electron microscopy, protein crystallography and chemical cross-linking.
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:37930

(¶) Markus Wyss (1992) ETH Diss Nr. 9777
“Biochemical and physiological aspects of mitochondrial creatine kinase“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:38767

Wolfram Hemmer (1993) ETH Diss Nr. 10026
“Cellular localization and function of creatine kinase isoenzymes in neural tissues and biochemical characterization of creatine kinase heterogeneity.
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:38930

Manuel Rojo (1993) ETH Diss Nr. 10042
“Studies on the interaction of mitochondrial creatine kinase with membranes and structural studies on the adenine nucleotide translocator“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:38848

Philipp Kaldis (1994) ETH Diss Nr. 10686
“Mitochondrial creatine kinase isoenzymes: structure / function-relationship
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:39446

Martin Gross (1994) ETH Diss Nr. 10719
“The tryptophan residues of mitochondrial creatine kinase. roles in enzyme structure and function“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:39457

Thomas Piendl (1996) ETH Diss Nr. 11830
“Cryoimmobilisation-based electron microscopy of mitochondria in situ and in vitro : a new model of contact sites for energy export“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:22490

Michael Forstner (1996) ETH Diss Nr. 11970
“Structure and structural dynamics of creatine kinase“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:40601

(@) Eddy O'Gorman (1997) ETH Diss Nr. 12095
“Metabolic adaptations to creatine depletion in rat skeletal muscle“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:40787

(¶) Martin Stolz (1997) ETH Diss Nr. 12160
“Chicken cytosolic muscle-type creatine kinase: identification of the M-band binding domain and analysis of particular enzyme properties by site-directed mutagenesis
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:40767

(@) Olaf Stachowiak (1997) ETH Diss Nr. 12340
“A quantitative approach to membrane-binding and peroxynitrite-induced inactivation of mitochondrial creatine kinase“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:40895

Maria devLourdes Guerrero Ontiveros (1998) ETH Diss Nr. 12824
“Role of creatine kinase for the function of the Na,K-ATPase in kidney.
Regulation of creatine transporter expression and improvement of oxidative metabolism by chronic creatine loading“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:22767

(¶) Michael Eder (1999) ETH Diss Nr. 13259
“Structural and functional studies on creatine kinase isoenzymes by X-ray crystallography and site-directed mutagenesis“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:23312

Petek, Z. Cakar (2000) ETH Diss Nr. 13665
“Metabolic engineering of yeast“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:23624

(@)Thorsten Hornemann (2000) ETH Diss Nr. 13724
“Studies on the intracellular localization and function of cytosolic creatine kinase“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:23644

Bernd Walzel (2001) ETH Diss Nr. 14028
“Cellular creatine transporters: identification and characterization of the plasma membrane- and a novel mitochondrial creatine transporter“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:23874

Silke Wendt (2001) ETH Diss Nr. 14039
“Oxidative damage to creatine kinase: possible links to neurodegeneration“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:24003

(¶) Dietbert Neumann (2002) ETH Diss Nr. 14754
“Bacterial expression and characterization of heterotrimeric AMP-activated protein kinase“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:25941

Fabrizio Canonaco (2003) ETH Diss Nr. 15040
“The relevance of transdehydrogenases and heterologous phosphagen kinases for microbial cofactor metabolism“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:26402

Oliver Speer (2003) ETH Diss Nr. 15180
“Methylglyoxal, creatine and mitochondrial micro-compartments“
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:26877

Nadine Straumann (2005) ETH Diss Nr. 16164
“AMP-activated protein kinase and creatine transporter as key players in metabolism and modulators of AMPK action by designed ankyrin repeat proteins”
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:28210

Tanja Bürklen (2005) ETH Diss Nr. 16215
“Novel interaction partners of Creatine Kinase isoenzymes in the brain”
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:28211

Uwe Riek (2006) ETH Diss Nr. 17008
“Biochemical and biophysical properties of heterotrimeric 5’-AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK): molecular shape, function and regulation”
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:29303

(¶)Roland Türk (2007) Diss Nr. 17222
“Expanding the signaling network around AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)”
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:29654

(¶) Roland Scholz (2010) ETH Diss Nr. 18837
 "New Regulatory Elements of AMP-activated Protein Kinase and Transforming Growth Factor beta-activated Kinase 1: Inter- and Intramolecular Communication of Protein Kinase Complexes". (candidate for ETH medal award) (coaching from 2006 - July 2008)
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:937

Ramon Thali (2010) ETH Diss Nr.
“Exploring the Target Spectrum of AMP-activated Protein Kinase”
(coaching from 2006 – July 2008)
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/view/eth:1462

(¶) (with distinction: ETH medal award)
(@) (with distinction and ETH-Bonus 29)