Principal Investigator (PI)
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Andreas Kispert
W3-Professor for Developmental Biology of Vertebrates
Contact
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kispert
Institut für Molekularbiologie
OE5250
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1
D-30625 Hannover
Germany
Tel.: 0511 532 4017
Fax: 0511 532 4283
Email: kispert.andreas@mh-hannover.de
Office: Building I6 (Theorie II), Floor 4, Room 2560
Curriculum Vitae
School education
1974-1983
Nikolaus-Kistner-Gymnasium in Mosbach (Germany)
Academic education
1983-1989
Study of Biochemistry at the University of Tübingen (Germany)
1987-1988
Scientific year at the Queen Mary College and the Middlesex Hospital and University College Medical School in London (GB)
1989-1990
Diploma thesis at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen (Germany) in the group of Dr. Bernhard Herrmann. ("Isolation and characterisation of an S6 kinase II homologous gene from the T/t-complex region of the mouse")
Doctoral training
1990-1993
Ph.D. thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Bernhard Herrmann at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen (Germany) ("Studies on the function of the Brachyury (T)protein and its homologues in vertebrates and in Drosophila melanogaster")
Professional career
1993-1994
Postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Dr. Bernhard Herrmann at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen (Germany)
1994-1996
Postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Andrew McMahon in the Biological Laboratories at Harvard University, Cambridge (USA)
1997-2001
Group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg (Germany)
2001-2008
C3-Professor for Developmental Biology of Vertebrates at Hannover Medical School in Hannover (Germany)
Since 2008
W3-Professor for Developmental Biology of Vertebrates at Hannover Medical School in Hannover (Germany)
Awards
1983
Price for the best results in all subjects, Scheffel-Price awarded for the best results in German language, Leibnitz-Price awarded for a scientific work at the Nikolaus-Kistner-Gymnasium in Mosbach
1984-1990
Scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
1994
Otto-Hahn-Medal of the Max-Planck-Society
1994-1996
Fellowship of the Human Science Frontier Project Organization
2000
Offer of a C3-Professorship for Developmental Biology at the Medical School at Homburg/Saar
2001
Offer of a C3-Professorship for Developmental Biology of Vertebrates at Hannover Medical School in Hannover
2007
Offer of a W3-Professorship for Functional Morphology and Evolution of Vertebrates at Philipps-University Marburg
2008
Offer of a W3-Professorship for Developmental Biology of Vertebrates at Hannover Medical School in Hannover
2010 Ruysch Lecture, Amsterdam Medical School