1974 - 1977 Study of Pharmaceutics, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, faculty of Pharmacy
1978 - 1982 Thesis work at the Department of Immunology and Genetics, DKFZ, Heidelberg on the “Frequencies and regulation of trinitrophenyl-specific cytotoxic T precursor cells.”
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Peter Krammer)
1982 Receipt of Ph.D. (Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg; grade: summa cum laude)
1982 - 1983 Postdoctoral fellow (Fritz Thyssen fellowhip), DKFZ, Heidelberg
1984 Postdoctoral fellow (EMBO fellowhip), EMBL, Heidelberg
1985 - 1986 Postdoctoral fellow (EMBO fellowhip), ISREC Epalinges, Switzerland
1987 - 1989 Scientist at the EMBL (EMBL fellowhip), Heidelberg
1989 - 1992 Scientist at the DKFZ, Heidelberg
1992 - 1995 Head of the group “Genetic Epidemiology”, DKFZ, Heidelberg
1995 - 1997 Head of the group “Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer”, DKFZ, Heidelberg
1997 Venia legendi in Experimental Oncology, Faculty of Medicine at the Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg
2001 apl. Professorship, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Research fields
Molecular cancer genetics, molecular biology, molecular epidemiology
Activities in the scientific community
Member of several national and international breast cancer consortia (CIMBA, BCAC, TNBCC, COGS, GENICA)
Other information
• In total more than 230 original publications, more than 20 reviews, book chapters and
correspondence
• Several lectures at conferences and workshops
• Reviewer for several journals and agencies
Honors & awards
2007 Diana Torres: First Price in Oncology Research, Bogota, Colombia
Doctoral thesis: “Molecular characterization of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in breast and/or ovarian cancer families from Colombia”
breast cancer. Carcinogenesis
All accepted abstracts will be published in respective Allied Academies Journals.
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