Reiner Siebert#
| Membership Number: | 7278 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uniklinik-ulm.de/humangenetik.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6492-5323 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2016 Full Professor/Chair of Human Genetics, Ulm University, Ulm (Germany)
- Since 2016 Director, Institute of Human Genetics, Ulm University & Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm (Germany)
- 2006 - 2016 Full Professor/Chair of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 2006 - 2016 Director, Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel & University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 2003 - 2004 Clinical Year, 2nd Medicine Department (Hematology/Oncology), University Hospital Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 2001 - 2006 Deputy-Director & Head Tumor Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Kiel/Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 2001 - 2006 Lecturer of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 1998 - 2016 Head of Molecular Cytogenetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Kiel/Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 1996 - 2004 Fellow / Physician, Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Kiel/Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel (Germany)
- 1989 - 1996 Medical School, University GHS Essen, Essen, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Quantum mechanisms involved in (epi)genetics
- Genetic causes of rare diseases
- Somatic and cancer genetics and epigenetics
- Predisposition to cancer, obesity, neurodegeneration and other diseases
- Genomic and epigenomic mapping
- Lymphoma, leukemia, rhabdoid tumor genetics and epigenetics
- Disorders of imprinting
Honours and Awards
- 2018 Wilhelm-Weber-Preis (for social ethics activities)
- 2017 John Ultmann Memorial Lecture, 14th International Conference on Malignant Lymphoma, Lugano, Switzerland
- 2002 Award of the Kiel Medical Association (for work on malignant lymphoma)
- 1989 - 1997 Stipend of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes



