Experience

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  Max planck institute for developmental biology

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2009

  Phd student

  • PhD student in the laboratory of Prof. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (Noble Laureate, Physiology or Medicine - 1995)• Zebrafish Model System • Investigation of the Functional Role of Tumor Suppressor Genes in the Development of Epithelial Neoplasia

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  Ucsf

  Mar 2010 - Feb 2014

  Postdoctoral fellow - cardiovascular development/regeneration

  • Design and Conceptualization of Cardiovascular Research Projects• Funding Acquisition• Experimental Laboratory Work (Broad incl. CRISPR/CAS9, TALEN, Expression Profiling, Molecular Genetics, DNA and Protein based Experimental Procedures etc. pp)• Writing and Editing of Research Publications• Conceptualization of Master/Bachelor Level Research Projects• Zebrafish Model System

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  Max planck institute for heart and lung research

  Feb 2014 - now

  Group leader - cardiovascular research

  • Design, Conceptualization and Supervision of Cardiovascular Research Projects (Cardiac Health, Cardiac Disease Modeling, Drug Target Identification, Compound Screening, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Development, Cardioprotection).• Experimental Design and Innovative Research Strategies/Solutions• Funding Acquisition• Writing and Editing and Publishing of Research Articles. (Nature, Nature Communication, Circulation Research, eLife, PLoS Genetics etc. pp)• Supervision of PhD Student Projects (4 so far successfully graduated - 2 Recent Recruitments)• Lectures at the International Max-Planck Research School - Bad Nauheim (IMPRS)• Active Development of Collaborative Research Projects• Representation of our Research at International Research Conferences Show less

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  Jlu, giessen and the campus kerckhoff - khfi

  Sept 2020 - now

  Group leader - cardiovascular disease and regeneration