Browsing: Life Science

The peer-review principle for scientific publications is a well established and sound approach to ensure publication quality … in theory. In real life it is regularly found to be leaky. This is a current example, reported by Retraction Watch

Please forgive a best-ager this melancholic flashback. But one of the most inspiring projects during my career was the successful…

Medical microbiologists and hygiene experts are warning against the excessive use of antibiotics for years now. They observe more and…

Let’s start with a joke. “What are three Germans doing that you have put into one room? – Founding an…

Well, honestly, things are on the move these days. Scientists and publishers are discussing new ways of publishing scientific results.…

In 2003 I had the opportunity to talk to Prof. Dr. Gottfried Schatz, at that time President of the Swiss…

The fact that the 2001 Nobel Price in Medicine has been awarded to three Yeast researchers should not lead to…

Today, I am proud to share that my PhD thesis with the title “Cell-cycle-dependent gene regulation by Mcm1p-complexes in Saccharomyces…

May 1994 – Dec 1997 / LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER & HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL Basic oncological research on the genetic regulation…

I successfully completed my master in biology (Dipl.-Biol.) with a specialization on microbiology, genetics and biochemistry, Within the scope of…