Education and professional experience: |
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1990 – 1996 |
Studies in Biology at the University of Heidelberg
with emphasis in Zoology, Biochemistry and Cell Biology |
1991 – 1996 |
Worked as an undergraduate in the aquatic toxicology
laboratory of PD.Dr. Thomas Braunbeck |
1996 – 1997 |
Diploma thesis at the University of Heidelberg
in the Laboratory of “Untersuchungen zur Komplementierung
von Cytotoxizitätstests mit permanenten Fischzellkulkturen
durch S9-Präparate aus Fische und Säugern “ |
1997 – 1998 |
I pursued neuroscience as a Ph.D. student with
Prof. C. Grothe Institut of Anatomy II University Freiburg working
on the function of the 18 kD and 21/23 kD fibroblast growth factor-2
isoforms in neuronal differentiation. I became more interested
in Developmental Neuroscience and transferred to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Driever Department of Developmental Biology, Biology I, University
of Freiburg. |
1998 – 2002 |
Ph. D, studies in the laboratory of Prof. Wolfgang
Driever at the University of Freiburg “Genetic analyses
of the development of the catecholaminergic system in zebrafish” |
2002 – 2004 |
Postdoc at the Dept. of Developmental and Cell
Biology, University of California, Irvine USA in the laboratory
of Dr. T. Schilling, studying the development of placodal derived
sensory neurons in zebrafish |
Since Dez. 2004 |
Junior group leader (Wissenschaftlicher Assitent,
C1), University of Freiburg, Biology I, Dept. of Developmental
Biology. |
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Neurons
