Curriculum Vitae - Barbara Susanne Sixt
Personal information
Date of birth
Place of birth
Nationality
ORCID
May 6th 1984
Vienna, Austria
Austrian
0000-0002-5607-8902
Current appointment
2018 until now
Assistant Professor/Group Leader
Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Sweden
Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Sweden
Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Sweden
Postdoctoral positions
2016 – 2018
2013 – 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher (in the group of Guido Kroemer)
INSERM U1138, Institut Gustave Roussy, France
Postdoctoral Researcher (in the group of Raphael Valdivia)
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, NC, USA
Higher Education
2008 – 2013
2002 – 2008
Doctoral studies in Molecular Biology (degree: Dr. rer. nat, equivalent to PhD)
Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Austria (Advisor: Matthias Horn)
Diploma studies in Molecular Biology (degree: Mag. rer. nat, equivalent to MSc)
University of Vienna, Austria
Basic Education
1994 – 2002
1990 – 1994
Elementary School (Volksschule Cottagegasse)
Vienna, Austria
High School (Bundesgymnasium GWIKU 18 Haizingergasse)
Vienna, Austria
Additional Training
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2015
2015
2011
Teaching in Higher Education (pedagogic course, 8 days) – Umeå University, Sweden
ReaL – Research and Leadership Program Step 1 (8 days) – Umeå University, Sweden
Laboratory Leadership for Group Leaders (4 days) – EMBO, Germany
Learning in Higher Education (pedagogic course, 8 days) – Umeå University, Sweden
Postgraduate Supervision in Practice (6 days) – Umeå University, Sweden
PFF – Prepare Future Faculty Program (10 days) – Duke University, USA
NextGen Sequencing Course (6 weeks) – Duke University, USA
Python Programming Course (2 weeks) – University of Vienna, Austria
Research Grants
2022
2022
2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
Grant for postdoctoral fellowship (Kempe Foundations, 624 kSEK)
VR Project Grant Medicine (Vetenskapsrådet, 1 Mio SEK/year, 3 years)
Grant for postdoctoral fellowship (Kempe Foundations, 330 kSEK)
Strategic Grant (Medical Faculty, Umeå University, 700 kSEK/year, 3 years)
Research Grant (Insamlingsstiftelsen för medicinsk forskning, 84 kSEK)
VR Starting Grant Medicine (Vetenskapsrådet, 1.5 Mio SEK/year, 4 years)
MIMS group leader start-up (MIMS, 2.5 Mio SEK/year, 5 years)
Research Fellowships
2014
2009
2009
Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (IOF) (European Community, 36 months)
DOC-fFORTE Fellowship (Austrian Academy of Sciences, 30 months)
Stipend for research stay abroad (University of Vienna, 3 months)
Conference Awards & Travel Grants
2017
2015
2015
2012
2011
2010
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)
Mitchell Research Meritorious Travel Award for participation at the Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Microbial Pathogenesis & Host Response (Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA)
MGM Distinguished Fellows Travel Award for participation at the 7th Biennial Meeting of the Chlamydia Basic Research Society (New Orleans, LA, USA)
Poster Award/Travel Grant for poster presentation at the 112th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (San Francisco, CA, USA)
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)
Student Travel Grant for participation at the 3rd Joint Meeting of the DGHM and VAAM (Hannover, Germany)
Activities in Academic Education
since 2021
since 2021
since 2021
since 2020
since 2019
since 2019
since 2018
2018
2015
2008/09/12
Lecturer/Course Leader – in “Writing Science” for doctoral students (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Oral Infectious Diseases” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Attack and Defense” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Microbiology and Basic Molecular Biology” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Tutor in case studies – in “Cell Structure and Function” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Genetics and Gene Technology” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Advanced Biomedicine” (Umeå University, Sweden)
Lecturer – in “Live imaging of intracellular infections” (Linköping University, Sweden)
Course development – design and implementation of a new lab course project for undergraduate students (North Carolina Central University (NCCU), NC, USA)
Tutor – in lab course “Fluorescence in situ hybridization” (University of Vienna, Austria)