Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Prof. Dr. Axel Hillmer - Curriculum Vitae

Education and Professional Career

since 2019: Associate Professor, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne
since 2017: Head of Genomic Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne
since 2016: Visiting Scientist, Genome Institute of Singapore
2016 - 2017: Head of Clinical Cancer Genomics, TRON-Translational Oncology at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University gGmbH, Mainz
2015 - 2016: Group Leader (Principal Investigator), Cancer Therapeutics & Stratified Oncology, Genome Institute of Singapore
2013 - 2015: Senior Research Scientist (Principal Investigator), Cancer Therapeutics & Stratified Oncology, Genome Institute of Singapore
2012: ‘Habilitation’ (venia legendi, German qualification for professorship), Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn: Molecular Genetics of Androgenetic Alopecia (mentor: Prof. Dr. Markus Nöthen)
2011 - 2013: Senior Research Scientist (Principal Investigator), Genome Technology & Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore
2008 - 2011: Research Scientist, Genome Technology & Biology (group of A/Prof. Dr. Yijun Ruan), Genome Institute of Singapore
2006 - 2008: Postdoctoral Scientist at the Department of Genomics (mentor Prof. Dr. Markus Nöthen), Life & Brain Center, Bonn
1999 - 2006: Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.), Biology, University of Bonn; Specialization: Cell Biology; Dissertation: Identification and characterization of the interaction between the human hairless protein and the proteasome subunit-α7 (mentor: Prof. Dr. Markus Nöthen)
2002: Internship in Prof. Catherine Thompson's lab at Kennedy Krieger Institute/Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
1999: Diploma (Masters equivalent), Biology, University of Bonn; Specialization: Genetics, Cell Biology, Chemistry; Thesis: Genetic variability of the human hairless gene and its importance for the development of androgenetic alopecia (mentor: Prof. Dr. Markus Nöthen)
1996: Intermediate examination, Chemistry, University of Bonn
1995 - 1996: Study of Chemistry, University of Bonn
1992 - 1998: Study of Biology, University of Bonn

Publications

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