Curriculum Vitae of Henry Jonker


Personals

Name: Jonker, Hendrik Richard André (Henry)
Abode: Epe, The Netherlands
Date and Place of birth: March 4, 1973, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Gender and civil status: Male, single
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Current occupation: Postdoc biomolecular NMR at the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main


Education

1995-1997 Chemistry at Utrecht University (Analytical Molecular Spectrometry)
  • Practical Training at the Unilever Research Laboratory in Vlaardingen
  • Subject: Solid State NMR on semi-solid materials (Characterisation by Cross Relaxation NMR, T1-relaxation (solid-state) and DOSY)
  • Option courses: Inorganic Chemistry, Structure Analysis, Spectroscopy
1991-1995 Analytical Chemistry at Rijkshogeschool IJselland in Deventer (HLO)
  • Practical Training at the Mass Spectrometry Department of Utrecht University
  • Subject: Mass Spectrometry on Peptidosulfonamids, Sequence analysis with Fast Atom Bombardment (FAB) Mass spectrometry
  • Option courses: Multivariate Analysis, Spectrometric Identification, Novell Networks, Water purification and destillation
1985-1991 VWO, RSG "De Springborn" in Epe
  • Dutch, English, Mathematics A and B, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Experience

since 2004 Biomolecular NMR at the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main
  • Postdoc at the institute for organic chemistry and chemical biology
  • Subjects: Study of ribosomal RNA-protein interactions by NMR
    Structure calculation of several biomolecules; Deploying an eNMR infrastructure
1998-2003 Biomolecular NMR at the Bijvoet Center of Utrecht University
  • Ph.D. employed by NWO (Dutch National Organisation for Scientific Research)
  • Subject: NMR study of Protein-Protein Interaction in Transcriptional Activation

2008:   Teacher at the EMBO world practical course NMR in Beijing
2007,08:   Teacher NMR assignment and structural calculations at OC practical
2005:   Teacher at the EMBO practical course NMR in Basel
2004,05:   Assistant at the Organic Chemistry practical for (bio)chemistry students
2003:   Parttime NMR spectroscopist at Unilever R&D (Vlaardingen)
2001,02:   Assistant at the Structural Biology course
1999:   Assistant at the practical Chemistry for first year chemistry students
1993-96:   Holiday job at Recreation centre "de Veldkamp" in Epe-Wissel
1992:   Laboratory worker at the Edese Beton Centrale BV in Apeldoorn


Courses

2008:   Practical course in Biomolecular Modelling (NCCR, Switzerland)
2000:   Advanced Course: From Data to Structures (BNRA, Utrecht/Nijmegen)
Dynamic Presentation (Ludens)
1999:   Advanced Course: NMR Spectroscopy (BNRA, Utrecht/Nijmegen)
Writing in English for Publication (James Boswell Institute)
1997:   NMR Spectroscopy, Chemometrics (Utrecht University)
1996:   Safety, Fire extinguish training (Hydro Agri, Vlaardingen)
1995:   Infrared Spectrometry, Mass Spectrometry (Utrecht University)


Conferences, workshops and visits

2009:   SFB-579 RNA-Ligand interactions (Arnoldshain-Schmitten), EU-NMR (Autrans)
2008:   e-NMR platform developer meetings (Florence, Padua)
EU-NMR (Königstein), BMRZ workshop (Frankfurt, chair)
EMBO world practical course NMR (Beijing, teacher)
2007:   EU-NMR & CA NMR-Life workshop (Florence), CA NMR-Life (Frankfurt)
BMRZ workshop (Frankfurt, talk and organisation)
Visit at the University Texas - Health Centre (San Antonio; talk and consultancy)
e-NMR platform developer meeting (Utrecht), Bruker User Meeting (Ettlingen)
2006:   Bruker User Meeting (Ettlingen), CA NMR-Life workshop & Kaptein Symposium (Utrecht)
International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (Göttingen)
2005:   ESF Research Conference on NMR in Molecular Biology (Höör)
NDDP meeting (Oberursel), GDCh NMR Symposium (Mainz)
NMR-DG (Wageningen), SFB-579 RNA-Ligand interactions (Weilburg)
2004:   Bruker User Meeting (Ettlingen), ESBF Meeting (Frankfurt)
NWO-CW Nucleic Acids (Lunteren)
2003:   NMR-DG (Groningen), LSF User Meeting (Oosterbeek)
2002:   Bijvoet Tutorial Symposium (Utrecht), NMR-DG (Vlaardingen)
International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (Toronto)
Bruker Benelux Meeting (Eindhoven), NWO-CW Proteins (Lunteren)
2001:   NWO-CW Bio-Molecular Chemistry (Lunteren)
NWO-CW Nucleic Acids (Lunteren), NWO-CW Proteins (Lunteren)
LSF User Meeting (Frankfurt), Bruker Benelux User meeting (Brussels)
2000:   NWO-CW Bio-Molecular Chemistry (Lunteren), Bijvoet Tutorial Symposium (Utrecht)
NWO-CW Nucleic Acids (Noordwijk), NWO-CW Proteins (Lunteren)
International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems (Florence)
Bruker Benelux User meeting (Den Bosch)
1999:   NWO-CW Proteins (Lunteren), NVBMB Meeting (AZU, Utrecht)
Bijvoet Tutorial Symposium (Utrecht)
1998:   NWO-CW Proteins (Lunteren), NWO-CW Nucleic Acids (Lunteren)


Publications

"The Human Cdc37-Hsp90 complex studied by heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy", Sreeramulu S, Jonker HRA, Langer T, Richter C, Lancaster CRD, Schwalbe H, JBC, 284 (2009), 3885-3896; abstract

"The high resolution NMR structure of Parvulustat (Z-2685) from Streptomyces parvulus FH-1641: Comparison with Tendamistat from Streptomyces tendae 4158", Rehm S, Han S, Hassani I, Sokocevic A, Jonker HRA, Engels JW, Schwalbe H, ChemBioChem, 10 (2009), 119-127; abstract

"Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy: Overview of Applications in Chemical Biology", Nielsen G, Stadler M, Jonker HRA, Betz M, Schwalbe H, Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology, (2008), article online; abstract

"L11 domain rearrangement upon binding to RNA and thiostrepton studied by NMR spectroscopy", Jonker HRA, Ilin S, Grimm SK, Wöhnert J & Schwalbe H, Nucleic Acids Research, 35 (2007), 441-454; abstract

"Domain reorientation and induced fit upon RNA binding: solution structure and dynamics of ribosomal protein L11 from Thermotoga maritima", Ilin S, Hoskins A, Ohlenschläger O, Jonker HRA, Schwalbe H & Wöhnert J, ChemBioChem, 6 (2005), 1611-1618; abstract

"The intrinsically unstructured domain of PC4 modulates the activity of the structured core through inter- and intra-molecular interactions", Jonker HRA, Wechselberger RW, Boelens R, Kaptein R & Folkers GE, Biochemistry, 45 (2006), 5067-5081; abstract

"Gradual phosphorylation regulates PC4 coactivator function", Jonker HRA, Wechselberger RW, Pinkse M, Kaptein R & Folkers GE, FEBS, 273 (2006), 1430-1444; abstract

"Structural properties of the promiscuous VP16 activation domain", Jonker HRA, Wechselberger RW, Boelens R, Folkers GE & Kaptein R, Biochemistry, 44 (2005), 827-839; abstract

"Structural and functional studies on transcriptional activation - Interactions of the cofactor PC4 and activator VP16", Jonker HRA, Thesis Utrecht University, Faculty of Chemistry, ISBN 90-393-3545-1 (2003)

"Solid-like components in carbohydrate gels probed by NMR spectroscopy", van Duynhoven JPM, Kulik AS, Jonker HRA, Haverkamp J, Carbohydrate Polymers, 40 (1999), 211-219; abstract


Language Skills

Dutch, English and German, moderate French


Computer Skills

Operating Systems: DOS, Windows, Novell, UNIX, LINUX
Programming: (Quick)Basic, Turbo Pascal, dBASE IV, HTML, Tcl/Tk, Python
Statistics: SAS, Mathematica, Quattro, Excel, Lotus, Sirius
Chemistry: Chemwindows, Hyperchem, WinNMR, X-Win NMR & TopSpin (Bruker), vNMR (Varian), NMRPipe, Felix, Complement (Jeol), Rasmol, Molmol, Swiss PDB, PyMol, Sparky, Tensor, Pales, Module, CNS (X-Plor), Aria, Haddock, ....
Word processing and Presentation: Wordperfect Suite, Mìcrosoft Office
and many other software packages


References

Prof. Dr. Rob Kaptein (Utrecht University)
Prof. Dr. Rolf Boelens (Utrecht University)
Prof. Dr. Johan Haverkamp (Unilever Research Laboratory)



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