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Tanja Mittag, PhD

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Tanja Mittag, PhD

Structural Biology

MS 311, Room M7432

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-6261(phone)

(901) 595-3032(fax)

Quick Facts

Mittag was one of 18 St. Jude investigators recognized on the 2025 Web of Science (TM) list of highly cited researchers. 

Mittag was named a Biophysical Society Fellow in 2025 in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the field of Biophysics.

Affiliations

Department of Structural Biology

Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cancer Biology Program

St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Education

Diploma – Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (2001) PhD – Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany (2004) Postdoctoral Training – The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Honors & Awards

  • 1999-2000 German National Academic Foundation Fellowship          
  • 2001-2004 Graduate Fellowship, German National Academic Foundation
  • 2005-2008 Post Ph.D. Research Fellowship, National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) and Terry Fox Foundation
  • 2009 Postdoctoral Research Award, IDP Subgroup of the Biophysical Society
  • 2011 V Foundation Scholar Award
  • 2021 Michael and Kate Bárány Award of the Biophysical Society
  • 2025 Fellow of the Biophysical Society

Research Interests

  • Phase separation and its role in functional compartmentalization 
  • Dysregulation of phase separation in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
  • Sequence/conformation/function relationship of intrinsically disordered proteins

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