Mentoring & Teaching

Mentoring

38 Master-theses (Diplomarbeiten)
35 MD-theses
59 PhD-theses

Habilitations

Department of Biochemistry at the Technical University of Aachen (RTWH)

Stefan Rose-John	Studien zur Struktur und Funktion von menschlichem Interleukin-6	1992
	und seinem Rezeptor



Friedemann Horn	Ein neuer Mechanismus intrazellulärer Signaltransduktion für Interleukin-6	1995
	und verwandter Zytokine
	(Friedrich-Wilhelm Award for outstanding habilitations)



Lutz Graeve	Studien zur Biosynthese und Internalisierung des Interleukin-6-Rezeptors	1995
	(Friedrich-Wilhelm Award for outstanding habilitations)



Iris Behrmann	Der Zytokinrezeptor gp130: Ligandenbindung und	2000
	Mechanismus der Rezeptoraktivierung



Gerhard Müller-Newen	Signaltransduktion von Zytokinen der Interleukin-6-Familie	2000



Fred Schaper	Mechanismen zur Termination der Interleukin-6-Signaltransduktion	2002
	(Friedrich-Wilhelm Award for outstanding habilitations)



Serge Haan	Aktivierung und Regulation der JAK/STAT-Signaltransduktion	2005



Heike Hermanns	Molekulare Mechanismen der Oncostatin M und Interleukin-31	2008
	vermittelten Signaltransduktion

Awards

Gödecke Forschungspreis Freiburg	Tilo Andus	1983
Doktoranden-Fortbildungspreis Hoechst	Tanja Stoyan	1990
Springorum medal for outstanding graduates who passed diploma main / master examination	Tanja Stoyan Elke Dittrich Ulrike Sommer Simone Radtke Claudia Stross Bernd Giese Julia Keller	1990 1992 1999 1999 1999 2001 2004
Friedrich Wilhelm Award for outstanding achievements in dissertations and postdoctoral theses	Dietlind Zohlnhöfer Oliver Weiergräber	1996 1999
Promotionspreis der Fakultät, Aachen	Ursula Wegenka Elke Dittrich Heike Dahmen Simone Radtke Ingo Kurth Bernd Giese	1994 1996 2001 2002 2003 2005
Karl-Lohmann Award of the GBM (German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) for important novel scientific findings	Jochen Schmitz	2001

Borchers Badge for doctoral examination with distinction

Heidi Schooltink	1992	Jürgen Sasse	1997	Serge Haan	2000
Eva Krause	1993	Peter H.R. Kurschat	1997	Heike Hermanns	2000
Tanja Stoyan	1993	Petra May	1998	Heike Dahmen	2001
Alex Krüttgen	1994	Petros Gatsios	1999	Jochen Schmitz	2001
Sascha Flohé	1994	Stefan Pflanz	1999	Andreas Timmermann	2001
Jürgen Müllberg	1994	Stefan Thiel	1999	Cornelia Henke-Gendo	2002
Ursula Wegenka	1994	Oliver Weiergräber	1999	Simone Radtke	2002
Claudia Gerhartz	1996	Elke Burgermeister	2000	Manuela Weißenbach	2002
Elke Dittrich	1996	Jan Buschmann	2000	Ingo Kurth	2003
Dietlind Zohlnhöfer	1996	Claude Haan	2000	Florian Feld	2004
Ursula Horsten	1997

Teaching Activities - Biochemistry / Molecular Biology

1975-1987		Department of Biochemistry, University of Freiburg
		Repetitorium for 4^th semester medical students and discussion of multiple choice questions for written and oral exams Introductory lectures to practical courses

1988-2007		Technical University (RWTH) Aachen
		Biochemistry / Molecular Biology for medical students (3^rd and 4^th semester) Introduction to Clinical Medicine with gastroenterologists, nephrologists, oncologists and patients (seminar)

2003-2007		Department of Biology, Molecular Biology and Gene Technology, Technical University (RWTH) Aachen
		Lectures on principles of hormone and Interleukin-6 type cytokine signal transduction

2005-2007		“Modellstudiengang Medizin Aachen” (MMA), Technical University (RWTH) Aachen
		Cell Biology II
		Subject area (“Themenblock”) Gastroenterology / Liver OSPE (Objective Structured Practical Examination)

2004-2007		Technical University (RWTH) Aachen, Medical Faculty
		New Master course Biomedical Engineering for students of mechanical and electric engineering Lectures on basics of Biochemistry combined with a practical course

2008-2018		University of Freiburg, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
		Lectures and seminars on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for medical students (4^th semester)

2012		Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Beckman Research Institute and the Irell & Manella
		graduate school of Biological Sciences at the City of Hope/ Pasadena
		Lectures on lipids in an Advanced Biochemistry Course for graduate students




2014		Visiting Professor at the Mahidol University in Bangkok (Thailand) Faculty of Science,
		Department of Biochemistry
		Lectures on Concepts of Molecular Biosciences for graduate students Seminar “How to do Science, how to write and publish in Life Sciences”