Vizepräsident
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Nellen

Abt. Genetik Universität Kassel
Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40
34132 Kassel

Tel.: +49 (0) 561 / 804 4805
Fax: +49 (0) 561 / 804 4800
E-Mail: nellen(at)uni-kassel.de

Vita:

• 2003 - 2004 Managing Director, Institute of Biology

• 2001 - 2002 Dean, Faculty of Biology, Kassel University

• since 1995 Full Professor (C4) Dept. of Genetics, Universität Kassel

• 1994 1 month guestlecturer at the University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan

• 1989 Habilitation at the University of Munich, Dept. of Zoology, "Privatdozent", faculty of biology, University of Munich

• 1989 1 month guestlecturer at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

• 1986 Position as group leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried/München, Department of Cell Biology.
  Work on signal transduction and antisense regulation in Dictyostelium

• 1984 Research assistant position in Dr. R.A. Firtel's group

• 1982 Post-doc position (DFG grant) in Prof. Dr. R.A. Firtel's group, University of California, San Diego. Work on transformation systems in Dictyostelium, antisense gene regulation, developmental regulation of transcription in Dictyostelium

• 1979 Post-doc position at the Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Universität Marburg in the group of Prof. Dr. D. Gallwitz. Work on actin genes and mRNA splicing in yeast

• 1980 Dr. rer. nat., Universität Düsseldorf. Thesis on spermatogenesis Drosophila hydei

• 1975 Diploma in Biology, University of Düsseldorf

Professional affiliations:

• Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekulare Biologie (GBM)

• Studiengruppe "RNA Biochemie" der GBM

• Gesellschaft für Genetik, Member of the Board (since 2004)

• Deutscher Hochschulverband

• Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie

• American Society for Microbiology

• Associate Editor "Mechanisms of Development"

• Editorial Board "Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler"