Markus Müschen, Curriculum vitae
| June 2, 1972 | Born in Bonn, Germany |
| 1978 - 1991 | Basic education in Neuss, Germany |
| 1991 - 1998 |
Medical studies at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1994 - 1999 |
MD thesis at the Institute for Biochemistry of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität of Düsseldorf: ‘CD95 ligand and tolerance’. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Helmut Sies summa cum laude |
| 1998 - 1999 | Residency at the Department of Internal Medicine I of Prof. Dr. Volker Diehl |
| 1998 - 2000 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Genetics in the group of Prof. Dr. Klaus Rajewsky |
| January 2000 | Unrestricted Medical License |
| 2000 - 2002 | Postdoctoral fellow of the Cancer Research Institute (Tumor Immunology Program, New York, USA) at the Institute for Genetics of the Univers ity of Cologne (Sponsor: Prof. Dr. Klaus Rajewsky) |
| 2000 - 2001 | Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago, Division of Biological Sciences, Chicago, USA in the group of Prof. Dr. Janet D. Rowley |
| Since 2001 | Emmy-Noether-award of the German Research Council (DFG), Leader of a Research Group at the Institute for Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene (Prof. Dr. Martin Krönke) |
| July 2002 | Habilitation thesis at the University of Cologne in Immunology: ‘Signals of the antigen receptor and memory of human B cells’ |
| since March 2004 | Professor for molecular stem cell biology at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
Research terms abroad
- Institute for Transplantation Immunology, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France (Prof. Dr. Jean-Paul Soulillou)
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Biologie Moléculaire du Gène, Paris, France
- University of Chicago, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Chicago, USA (Prof. Dr. Janet D. Rowley)
Awards
| 1994 - 1998 | Scholarship of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| 1995 - 1996 | Scholarship of the DAAD |
| 1999 | 'Best Doctoral Thesis of the Year'-award of the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf |
| 2000 | Postdoctoral fellowship award of the Cancer Research Institute (New York, USA) Tumor Immunology Program |
| 2000 | Doctoral Thesis Prize of the German Association for Hematology and Oncology (DGHO) |
| 2001 | Emmy-Noether-Award of the German Research Council (DFG) |
| 2002 | Junior investigator award of the Ministry for Science and Education of North Rhine Westphalia for Stem cell Research |
| 2003 | 'Best Habilitation of the Year'-award of the University of Cologne |
