Research career

 

• Since 2006 Full Professor at the Institute of Developmental Biology (today part of the Institute of Zoology), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
   
• 2002-2006 Tenured group leader at the MPI for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany, Privatdozent at University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
   
• 1996-2001 Independent Junior Group leader at the MPI for Immunobiology, Freiburg, Germany
   
• 1994-1995 Postdoctoral studies at the laboratory of Andrew McMahon, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
   
• 1990-1993 Graduate studies at the laboratory of Christiane Nüsslein-Vollhard, MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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• 1983-1989  Undergraduate studies of Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen, Germany