Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Research interests include:
Molecular nutrition with an emphasis on the influence of macro- and micronutrients on gene expression.
Influence of food components on the fidelity of DNA replication.
Metabolic networking and cell integrity signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Heterologous gene expression in the non-conventional yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.
Biography
I graduated from the University of Würzburg with a diploma (MSc) in Biology and from the University of Erlangen with a PhD in Biochemistry.
As a postdoctoral fellow with Professor Norman Giles at the University of Georgia, USA I was involved in developing the first transformation system for the bread mould, Neurospora crassa. I then returned to the University of Erlangen where I led a group working on the structure of the fatty acid synthase genes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Rattus novegicus.
I was awarded a DSc by the University of Erlangen and given the title of Professor.
My first post in the UK was at the Institute of Food Research, Norwich where, as well as being Head of Yeast Genetics, I was an Honorary Lecturer at the School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia. At IFR I set up a group on lipogenesis with the emphasis on diet-gene interaction.
I came to Heriot-Watt University in 1999 as Reader in Biochemistry and in 2000 was appointed to a Personal Chair in Biochemistry. I was Director of Research for the School of Life Sciences from 2002-2007 and during this period led both a successful SRIF3 equipment bid and succeeded in obtaining an EPSRC RCUK Academic Fellowship in Nutrition for the Food & Nutrition group in SLS. I also coordinated SLS’s application to the University of Aberdeen-led Microbiology Pooling Initiative, SULSA II ‘Host-Microbe Biology’.
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Research Output
Evidence for Separation of PRPP Production and Maintenance of Cell Wall Integrity: Two Essential Functions of the PRPP-synthesising Machinery in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sauvaget, M., Vavassori, S., Schweizer, L. M. & Schweizer, M., 18 Aug 2019. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
The NHR1-1 of Prs1 and the pentameric motif 284KKCPK288 of Prs3 permit multi-functionality of the PRPP synthetase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sauvaget, M., Hutton, F., Coull, R., Vavassori, S., Wang, K., Reznik, A., Chyker, T., Newfield, C. G., Euston, E., Benary, G., Schweizer, L. M. & Schweizer, M., Mar 2019, In : FEMS Yeast Research. 19, 2, 13 p., foz006.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Five genes but the loss of five amino acids disrupts PRPP
Schweizer, M., 11 Jun 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Functional nuclear localization signal within Prs3 is essential for the maintenance of cell wall integrity
Sauvaget, M., Reznik, A., Ugbogu, E. A., Schweizer, L. M. & Schweizer, M., 28 Aug 2017.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
Impairment of cell signalling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a result of suboptimal PRPP synthetase activity
Schweizer, M., Ugbogu, E. A. & Schweizer, L. M., 1 Jul 2016, p. 1.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Activities
Elected as a Fellow by the Royal Society of Biology's Council (FRSB)
Michael Schweizer (Recipient)
1 Jan 2020
Activity: Other
Biotechnology for processing natural resources employing microbial-catalysts and fermentation systems
Michael Schweizer (Examiner)
20 May 2020
Activity: Examination › External Examiner
International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Journal)
Michael Schweizer (Editorial board member)
1 Jan 2020 → 1 Jan 2023
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Evidence for separation of PRPP production and maintenance of cell wall integrity: two essential functions of PRPP synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Michael Schweizer (Speaker)
18 Aug 2019 → 22 Aug 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
External examiner for BSc Hons Biology at the University of Ulster (2018-2022)
Michael Schweizer (Recipient)
2 May 2018
Activity: Other