Advances in Virus Research Advances in Virus Research Series

1. Comparison of Lipid-Containing Bacterial and Archaeal Viruses
   Nina S. Atanasova, Ana Sencilo, Maija K. Pietilä, Elina Roine, Hanna M. Oksanen and Dennis H. Bamford
2. Innate Recognition of Alphaherpesvirus DNA
   Stefanie Lucke and Søren R. Paludan
3. Molecular Biology of Potyviruses
   Frédéric Revers and Juan-Antonio García
4. Immune Evasion Strategies of Molluscum Contagiosum Virus
   Joanna L. Shisler
   

Virologists, microbiologists and infectious diseases specialists.

Nationality: German

1963-1967: Elementary School

1967-1976: High School (Gymnasium)

1976: Diploma (Abitur)

1976-1977: Compulsory Military Service

1977-1982: Study of biology at Tuebingen University, Germany

1982-1985: Ph.D. work at Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals,

Tuebingen, Germany

1985: Ph.D. in Genetics

1986-1987: Postdoctoral Fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Department of Microbiology

1988-today: Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals

1990: Habilitation (prerequisite for professorship)

since 1994: Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, Insel Riems, Germany

since 1996: President of the Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals (renamed in 2004 'Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut')

since 1997: Professor of Virology at University of Greifswald

Scientific Work:

More than 300 peer-reviewed publications in international journals (listed in PubMed) on different aspects of infectious animal diseases.

• Contributions from leading authorities
• Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field