Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
After aquisition of my doctoral degree (Ph.D) in natural sciences (biology), 4 year postdoc experience at the Netherland Cancer Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, patent application of a small compound potentially useful in combination chemotherapy of cancer in collaboration with cancer research technologies, UK. Thereafter five years experience as group leader in research at the University Hospital Mannheim, University Heidelberg, Germany. Research in the field of vascular medicine, immunology and oncology. From 2010-2012 research group leader at the University of Giessen. Continuation of research initiated in Mannheim. Filing of a patent related to treatment of human allergies. Since October 2012 Professor for Molecular Dermatology at the University of Würzburg. Primary research interest in innate immunity/allergy, vascular medicine and oncology. Specialties: single cell and bulk transcriptomics, CrispR/Cas9, RNA interference. Research in the fields of Cell Biology, Vascular biology/Angiogenesis, Oncology, Innate Immunity and Dermatology
Responsibility in student education and research. Head of the section "Molecular Dermatology". Research focus on innate immunity/contact allergy, vascular medicine, tumor biology and dermatology
Continuation of research work initiated in Mannheim, focus on endothelial signaling in the context of allergy development and modulation of cardiovascular diseases
Head of a research group of five people, research in the field of angiogenesis, tumor biology and immunology
Research in the field of oncology and cell biology. Specifically worked on cell cycle research (G1-S, mitosis), profound experience in RNAi technology and flow cytometry
Research in the field of Dermatology and Oncology using primarily classical molecular biological and cell biology methods (including culture of primary keratinocytes). Thesis title: "The role of mitogenic and stress-induced MAPK pathways in the regulation of growth and differentiation of keratinocytes"