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Academic Training
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1962
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B.Sc., Chemistry, University of Frankfurt a.M.
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1964
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M.Sc., Chemistry, University of Marburg
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1966
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Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, University of Marburg (Prof. K. Dimroth)
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| 1974 | Habilitation - Venia legendi (qualification as a university lecturer), University of Freiburg |
Positions
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1965-1966
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Research Associate, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Marburg
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1967-1968
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Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry (Prof. J.S. Fruton), Yale University, USA
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1969
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry (Prof. Helmut Holzer),
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University of Freiburg
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1970-1974
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Scientific Collaborator, Hoffmann La-Roche, Basel, Switzerland
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1974
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Visiting Assistent Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
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1974
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Habilitation (qualification as a university lecturer), University of Freiburg
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1975-1979
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Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Freiburg
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1980-1987
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Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Freiburg
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1985
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Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology (Prof. G. Ringold), Stanford University, USA
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1988-2007
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Director of the Department of Biochemistry, Technical University (RWTH) of Aachen
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1990-2000
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Member of the convent of the Technical University (RWTH) of Aachen
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1991-1998
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Habilitation committee member of the Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen
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1994-1999
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Chairman of the DFG-Research Unit (Forschergruppe) “Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammation: Cytokines, Signal Transduction and Transport”
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1994-2002
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Member of the research committee of the Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen
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1999-2005
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Chairman of the Collaborative Research Center (DFG-Sonderforschungsbereich 542) “Molecular
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| Mechanisms of Cytokine-Mediated Inflammatory Processes: Signal Transduction and | |
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Pathophysiological Consequences”
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1999-2013
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Chairman of the “Center of Inflammation Research” (ZeFo)
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2002-2008
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Board Member of the Forum “Life Sciences Aachen”
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Since 2005
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Author and Editor of the 8th (2007), 9th (2014) and 10th edition (2021, in progress) of the textbook
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“Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry”, Springer publishing company
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Sept. 2007
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Professor emeritus
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| 2008-present | Prof. em., Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg |
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2012
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Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Beckman Research Institute
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| and its graduate school of Biological Sciences (Irell & Manella) at the City of Hope/ Pasadena (USA) | |
| 2014 | Visiting Professor, Faculty of Science, |
| Department of Biochemistry, Mahidol University in Bangkok (Thailand) |
Academic Teachers
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Hans-Joachim Teuber, Theodor Wieland
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University of Frankfurt a.M.
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| Karl Dimroth, Hans Meerwein | University of Marburg |
| Joseph S. Fruton | Yale University, New Haven |
| Helmut Holzer | University of Freiburg |
| Mosé Da Prada, Alfred Pletscher, Oswald Wiss | Hoffmann La Roche, Basel |
| Robert E. Olson | Hoffmann La Roche, Basel |
| Gordon Ringold | Stanford University |
Editorial Board Member
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1994-2001
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1995-1998
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Journal of Inflammation
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2003-2007
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
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1995-2008
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Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research
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Memberships
American Association of Immunologists (AAI)
German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM)
German Society for Immunology (DGfI)
Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg
Referee/Reviewer
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Organizations
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Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Wissenschaftsrat, Stiftung Volkswagen,
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Boehringer-Ingelheim Fund, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Cancer Research UK, Human Frontier
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and Wellcome Trust Science Program, Wellcome Trust, Institut Pasteur
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Journals
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Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biochem. J., Cancer Research, EMBO Journal, Eur. J.
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Biochem., Exp. Cell Res., FEBS Lett., Hepatology, J. Biol. Chem., J. Cell Sci., J. Immunol., J. Invest. Dermatol., Science
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at 28 collaborative research centers (SFBs)
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