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Beate Sodeik | |
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Alma mater | Heidelberg University Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons University of Bonn |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Hannover Medical School Yale University |
Thesis | Das Assembly des Vaccinia-Virus (1992) |
Beate Sodeik is a German cell biologist who is Professor of Medical Sciences at the Hannover Medical School. Her research considers the biology of viral infections, with a particular focus on Herpes simplex virus.
Sodeik was an undergraduate student in the University of Bonn, where she studied biology. She earned a Diploma in Cell Biology, where she analysed autophagy in Amoeba proteus . [1] After graduating, she received a DAAD scholarship, and moved to the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. [1] During her time at Columbia, Sodeik worked on integrin receptors of human neutrophils. She was a doctoral student in cell biology at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg University. Her research considered the assembly of the Vaccina virus (cowpox). [2] After earning her doctorate, Sodeik returned to the United States, where she joined Ari Helenius at Yale University. At Yale, Sodeik studied the early phases of Herpes simplex virus. [1]
Sodeik was made a Senior Scientist at Hannover Medical School in 1997. She completed her habilitation in the cell biology of DNA viruses and the maturation of Vaccinia . [3] She was eventually promoted to Professor.[ when? ][ citation needed ] Since starting her postdoctoral research, Sodeik has explored the cell biology of Herpes simplex virus. [4] She is interested in virus-host interactions, virus assembly and viral replication. [1]