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Uwe Sauer

Uwe Sauer

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

Uwe Sauer is Professor of Systems Biology in the Department of Biology at the ETH Zurich. He is a well-recognized expert on central metabolism of bacteria and yeast. Research in the Sauer lab is focused on an interdisciplinary approach that combines quantitative experimentation and modeling to solve fundamental questions of complex metabolic network operation and to engineer general cellular functions such as redox and energy metabolism. In particular, his lab has pioneered methods for 13C-flux analysis and is a key player in quantitative metabolomics.

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Dr. Sauer has over 70 publications over the last 5 years, and is a member of various international editorial boards, scientific steering and advisory committees of international organizations and companies in systems biology and biotechnology. He earned his M.S. and Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Göttingen.