institute of bioinformatics and systems biology / mips

• Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, especially:
        Characterization of respiration deficient nuclear mutations
        Participation in the European Sequencing project of the complete genome
        Participation in the European Project of functional analysis of Yeast genes
        Isolation and sequencing of regulatory subunits of the 26S proteasome
        Identification of a binding site upstream of 26 S proteasomal genes and isolation and characterization of the binding transcription factor Rpn4
        Since 1998 bioinformatic analysis, gene prediction and annotation of the genome of the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa (finished 2004)
        Since 2004 bioinformatic analysis, gene prediction and annotation of the genome of the basidiomycete fungus Ustilago maydis
        Since 2006 bioinformatic analysis, gene prediction and annotation of further genomes, closely related to the basidiomycete fungus Ustilago maydis    
       

• Study of Biology in Bielefeld , Diploma 1983
• PhD in Bielefeld 1985
• Research Scientist at LMU Muenchen 1985-1998
• At MIPS since 1998