!!Maria Leptin - Curriculum vitae
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[CV|Profile Prof Maria Leptin.pdf]
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__Address__
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EMBO
European Molecular Biology Organisation\\
Meyerhofstrasse 1\\
69117 Heidelberg\\
Tel. + 49 6221 889 1 102\\
Fax. + 49 6221 889 1 202\\
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Institute of Genetics\\
Universität zu Köln\\
Zülpicherstr. 47\\
50674 Köln\\
Tel: +49-221-470 3401
Fax: +49-221-470 5264
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__Academic Career__
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*1979-1983 Doctoral Thesis with Fritz Melchers at the Basel Institute for Immunology (degree 1983 from the University of Heidelberg)
*1984-1987 Postdoctoral fellow in Michael Wilcox’ lab at the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
*1988 Staff Scientist at the MRC LMB, Cambridge
*Jan-Mar 1989 Guest Scientist with Pat O'Farrell, UCSF
*1989-1994 Research group leader at the Max-Planck-Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
*1994-present Professor, University of Cologne, Institute of Genetics
*Feb-Apr 2001 Visiting Professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
*Sep 2004 – Mar 2005 Visiting Scientist, Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre, Hinxton, UK
*2010 Director, European Molecular Biology Organisation, Heidelberg
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__Fellowships, Honors__
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*1984-1986 EMBO Longterm Research Fellowship
*1986-1988 Research Fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
*1996 elected Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
*1998 elected Member of the Academia Europaea
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__Service to the Community__
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Boards and Councils of Academic Societies
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*1996 - 1997 President of the German Society for Developmental Biology
*2002 - 2007 Member EMBO Committee 'Membership and Publications';
*2005 – 2007 as Chair.
*2005 - present Member of the Council of the European Life Sciences Organisation (ELSO)
*2008 - present Advisory Board, German Genetic Society
*2009 Elected member of EMBO Council
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__Advisory Boards, Boards of Trustees, Evaluation Boards__
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*1998 EMBO Evaluation Committee for the Hungarian Academy of Science Institutes
*2003 - 2008 Scientific Advisory Board ZMBH, Heidelberg
*2005 Evaluation of the Institute for Zoology, University Zürich (Chair)
*2004 - present Board of Trustees Max-Delbrück-Centrum, Berlin (deputy chair 2007)
*2004 - present Board of Directors, Christiane-Nüsslein-Volhard Stiftung
*2006 - present Member of the Board of Trustees, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
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__Research Funding Organisations__
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*2008 - present Chair, Grant Evaluation Panel LS3 for the European Research Council
*Ad hoc reviewing for NSF, Welcome Trust, MRC, RS, BBSRC, DFG, SNF etc.
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__Journal Editor__
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*1996 - 2001 Member of the Editorial Board of Developmental Biology
*2001 - present Editorial Board 'Developmental Cell'
*2002 - present Co-editor of 'Mechanisms of Development' and 'Gene Expression Patterns'
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__Academic Administration__
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*1997 - 1998 Acting Director Institute of Genetics (15 professors and research group leaders, ca. 250 members). 4 professorial recruitments.
*2005 - 2008 University Senate Committee ‘Strategy and Finances’
*2008 - 2009 Acting Director Institute of Genetics
*1995 - present Developed and implemented the concept and programme for graduate training for all biology graduate students in Cologne, including the following steps and funds acquired:
**1996 - 2005 DFG-funded Graduate College ‘Genetics of Cellular Systems’: main applicant and chair. (60 students over 9 years; 12 faculty; funding ca. 900K Euro)
**2002 - 2009 Government-funded International Graduate College School: main applicant and chair. (135 students over 9 years; 15 faculty; total funding acquired ca. 7 Mio Euro)
**2007 Founder and first chair of the Graduate School for Biological Sciences at the University of Cologne (all biology faculty, additional Med. School faculty; total ca. 50 faculty, 360 students).
**2009 Government- and University- funded International Graduate College School: main applicant and chair. Total funding acquired ca. 5 Mio Euro)