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Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi

ORCID0000-0003-4135-5927
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Nationality:Swiss
Positions: 
Since 2025Tenure Track Assistant Professor, Biozentrum, University of Basel
2020 – 2025Group Leader, Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz (Germany)
2013 – 2020Postdoctoral Fellow, Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology & Epigenetics, Freiburg (Germany)
2012 – 2013Bridging Postdoc, Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), Basel (Switzerland)
Education: 
2008 – 2012PhD in Biochemistry (summa cum laude), Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), Basel (Switzerland) – Supervisor: Prof. Marc Bühler
2007 – 2008Master of Science in Molecular Biology, Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), Basel (Switzerland) – Supervisors: Prof. J. Hofsteenge & Prof. Nancy E. Hynes
2004 – 2007Bachelor of Science in Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel (Switzerland)
2003Matura, Gymnasium Muttenz (Switzerland)
Selected Awards & Honors:
2026ERC Consolidator Grant
2025Friedrich Miescher Award from the Life Sciences Switzerland Society
2024Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose Prize from the J. Gutenberg University Mainz
2019CIBSS Travel Grant (Center for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies)
2015Ingrid-zu-Solms Award for outstanding PhD Thesis in Life Sciences
2014Long-term Fellowship of the Human Frontier Science Program Organization
2014Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation
2003Maturandenpreis beider Basel (funded by Novartis)
Selected Memberships: 
2025Elected EMBO Young Investigator
2018Elected Participant in the SignUp! Leadership Program for Female Scientists