Education and Training 1979-1986 Medical School, Justus-Liebig-University,Giessen, Germany, Fellowship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes 1982-1986 Doctoral thesis work (Dr. med.), Institute for Virology, JLU Giessen 1992 Habilitation ( Human Genetics and Molecular Biology ) at the PhilippsUniversity Marburg Positions and Employment 1986-1989 Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Research Fellow in Genetics, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA (USA) 1990-1993 Research Assistant: Medical Center for Human Genetics, Philipps-University Marburg 1993-2007 Professor of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg 2007-2011 Vice Dean of the Medical Faculty since 2008 Full professor of Developmental Biochemistry, Medical Faculty of the University of Würzburg since 2011 Dean of Student Affairs Biomedicine

 Main interests Development biology, biochemistry, cancer research; Control of transcription by bHLH factors; Notch signaling in cardiac, vascular and urogenital development; Differentiation of cardiovascular cells; Analysis of early kidney development process; Molecular genetics of Wilms’ tumor  Ongoing research support o SFB 688 TP A.16: Functional analysis of the Hey bHLH factors in cardiovascular development o Wilhelm-Sander Foundation: Markers for blastemal Wilms tumors and generation of Wilms tumor cell cultures o Hipo: Genetic and epigenetic drivers of high risk blastemal Wilms tumors