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The aim is to apply these studies for tissue regeneration. Petra Knaus received a professorship for Biochemistry in September 2004. Her group moved from Würzburg to Berlin end of 2004. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Katharina Hoffmann</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Katharinanew_1.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Secretary</b><br> Katharina's job is to translate the requirements of science to the administrative world and vice versa. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Dr. Daniel Horbelt</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Danieln.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Post doc</b><br> <!--PhD thesis: Context specific signaling of TGF-ß receptor type II<br>--> Daniel is a biologist by education at the University of Würzburg, Germany, and Umeå University, Sweden. Daniel´s projects include the correlation between clinical phenotypes and "signalotypes" of disease-related mutations in TGF-² and BMP receptors, the identification and characterization of proteins that interact with and modulate the activity of those receptors, and the development of tools to study TGF-² and BMP signaling pathways. <br>He has recently been awarded the Marfan Research Award 2011 of the Marfan Hilfe (Deutschland) e.V. </b><u><a href=http://www.marfan.de/forschungsprojekte/209-forschungspreis-marfan.html>Details</a></u> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Dr. Karen Ruschke</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/photokaren.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Post doc</b><br> She joined the lab in september 2010. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b> Carola Krause</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Carola2.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Post doc</b><br> She joined the lab in October 2010 <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Jan Börgermann</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Jan_Homepage.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Jan has been a PhD student in the lab of Petra Knaus since March 2005. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Gerburg Schwärzer</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Gerburg.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Gerburg joined the lab of Petra Knaus in April 2006 to complete her Master in Biochemistry and has been working on her PhD thesis since April 2007. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Asja Guzman</b><br> <img width=122 src=images/Asja.png><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Asja joined the Knaus lab in spring 2008. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Mohammad Belverdi</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Mohammad.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Mohammad has been a member of the Knaus lab since spring 2008. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Jessica Kopf</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/JessicaKopf.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Jessica has been PhD student in the lab since September 2008. The project focus on smad independent BMP signalling in the context of stem cell differentiation and bone regeneration. <br> She is a member of the BSRT and her project will be done in cooperation with the Julius Wolf Institut at the Charite Campus Virchow. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Christian Hiepen</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Chris.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> The aim of Christian s PhD thesis is to investigate BMP type II receptor associated signalling pathways and their potency to fine tune differentiation of osteoblast precursors.<br> Chris joined the group in October 2008 after finishing his Master Thesis in Molecular Biology in the Lab of Prof. Dr. Bart Vanhaesebroeck at the Centre for Cell Signalling, Queen Mary University London.<br> Chris is member of the Berlin- Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT).<br> <font size=-1>DFG Graduate School 203<br><br></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Jessica Becker</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/JessicaKohnke.png><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Jessica joined the lab of Petra Knaus in spring 2008. She completed her Diploma thesis under the supervision of Darja Obradovic and has just started her PhD. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Raghu Bhushan</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Raghu1.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Raghu has been a member of the Knaus lab since July 2009. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b> Agnieszka Denkis</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Aga2.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Agnieszka joined the lab of Petra Knaus in October 2010. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b> Pia Paarmann</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/pia_new.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Pia joined the lab of Petra Knaus in Feb 2011. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b> Gina Dörpholz</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/gina.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>PhD Student</b><br> Gina joined the lab of Petra Knaus in Jan 2012. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Gisela Wendel</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Gisela.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Technician</b><br> Gisela Wendel has been a technical assistant at the FU Berlin since 1982. With her off-bench experience she also helps us sorting through the bureaucratic jungle. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Sonja Niedrig</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Sonja.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Technician</b><br> Sonja has been working for the FU since 2004 and joined the Knaus lab in summer of 2008. Sonja is taking care of our cell culture. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Johanna Scholz</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Johanna.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Technician</b><br> Johanna has joined the Knaus lab in summer of 2010. Johanna is taking care of our cell culture. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Neil Meshraqi</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Neil.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>external IT support</b><br> Neil has been taking care of our computer-related demands since spring 2008. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Felix</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/Felix.png><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Tutor</b><br> Felix is a tutor in the biochemistry course "membranes and lipids" for undergraduate students.<br> He guides the students through experiments involving ketogenesis, lipases and erythrocyte ghosts. </td> </tr> <tr> <td width=200 valign=top> <b>Sandra</b><br> <img width=168 src=images/sandra12011.jpg><br> </td> <td align=justify valign=top width=300> <b>Tutor</b><br> Sandra is a tutor in the biochemistry course "membranes and lipids" for undergraduate students.<br> She guides the students through experiments involving 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