Cover of a book published in 2002 in Shanghai

Since 1985 I am involved in the development and daily work of the Guest Laboratory of the Max-Planck Society in the Institute of Cell Biology, Academia Sinica, Shanghai. The purpose of this laboratory is to provide local training facilities to advanced students, Ph.D. students and postdocs in modern biology. Since 1987 I have been offering lab courses (in part together with my Ph. D. Students or other European colleagues) and lecture series in Molecular Cell Biology, Developmental Biology and Gentechnology or I have carried out research together with chinese students in the Guest Laboratory (http://www.cell.ac.cn).

Starting in February 2000 I have accepted a Long Term Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (http://www2.daad.de/index.html) which will allow me to work as a member of the Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences (SIBS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for up to five years in Shanghai. (see http://sdb.bio.purdue.edu/PDFs/sdb03app.pdf). During this time I shall continue the teaching of Chinese students and I will try to extend the connections to Europe. My own research group will include European and Chinese students. I shall also be available for European colleagues to interview potential students or postdocs for future work in Europe. A  report of my earlier experiences has recently been published in the EMBO Reports 1(6):457-459 (2000) (download: China.pdf).

Additional activities have emerged from this cooperative activity. From 1994 to 2001 I was involved in training and research at the Institute of Medical Genetics at the West China University of Medical Sciences in Chengdu/Sichuan. A cooperation with the Tongji Medical College, University of Wuhan, has been intiated in 2001.

Additional activities are trainings courses in the context of the EMBO World Programme. In 2002 the first course on Techniques in Medical Genetics took place in Chengdu, the second is due 2003 in Shanghai (see special page) on Vellular Microbiology.
 
 

NOTE: The Boards in front of our laboratories (Physiology Building, Room 355 ff.) contain current informations on postgraduate and Ph.D. programmes in Europe and on Postdoc facilities as well as on DAAD fellowship, EMBO courses etc. This information is regularly updated! Come and visit!