Curriculum Vitae - Uniklinik RWTH Aachen

Curriculum Vitae - Uniklinik RWTH Aachen

Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Christian Liedtke
Working address:
Medizinische Klinik III
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
Pauwelsstrasse 30
D-52074 Aachen
Germany
Phone:
E-Mail:
+49 (0)241-80-89249
cliedtke@ukaachen.de
Current Position
Research group leader and Scientific Associate in the Clinic of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Metabolic
Disease and Intensive Care (Department of Medicine III, Director: Prof. Dr. C. Trautwein)
Research Areas
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Cell cycle control and liver regeneration
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Tumor biology of the liver
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Mechanisms of programmed cell death
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Gene regulation and signal transduction
Scientific and Professional Career
07/2014
apl. Professor appointment, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen
since 01/2013
Member of the scientific advisory board of the Transregional Collaborative
Research Center 57 (SFB/TRR57)
since 01/2009
Principal investigator, SFB/TRR57 „Organ Fibrosis – From Mechanisms of
Injury to Modulation of Disease“.
04/2009
Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Molecular and Experimental Medicine
2006-2011
Principal investigator, SFB 542 „Molecular mechanisms of cytokine-mediated
inflammation“
05/2009-06/2011
Member of the scientific advisory board of the SFB 542
since 10/2010
Scientific associate at the University Hospital Aachen, Department of Medicine
III (Head: Prof. Dr. C.Trautwein).
10/2002 – 09/2005
Research assistant (C1) at the Medical School of Hannover (MHH), Department
of Gastroenterology, Hepatology und Endocrinology (Head: Prof. Dr. M.P.
Manns).
01/1999 – 09/2002
Postdoc at the Medical School of Hannover (MHH), Department of
Gastroenterology, Hepatology und Endocrinology
01/1998 – 12/1998
Postdoc at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusatts (Dept. of Yeast
Genetics, Head: Prof. Dr. James E. Haber)
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Christian Liedtke
Education and Degrees
01/1998
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Genetics, Technical University Braunschweig (Mentor:
Prof. Dr. H. Gutz)
04/1993 – 12/1997
Ph.D. student, Technical University of Braunschweig, Dept. of Genetics (Head:
Prof. Dr. Herbert Gutz)
10/1986 – 02/1993
Technical University Braunschweig, studies in Biology (main focus on
Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Genetics)
Diploma (February 1993)
1978-1985
Cäcilienschule Wilhelmshaven (Gymnasium)
Abitur 03.06.1985
1972-1978
Primary school, Schortens
Further Qualifications
- Expertise in radiation protection („Fachkunde im Strahlenschutz gemäß Strahlenschutzverordnung“)
- Training in Biosafety („Gentechnische Sicherheit“) according to the German legal requirements
(GenTSV)
Scientific Awards
2008
Poster award, 63rd Annual Meeting of the DGVS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und
Stoffwechselkrankheiten).
2005
Poster award for Basic Science, 11th Winter Course of the AGO (Arbeitsgemeinschaft
Gastroenterologische Onkologie).
2004
Poster award, 59th Annual Meeting of the DGVS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verdauungs- und
Stoffwechselkrankheiten).
2003
Presidents Choice Poster, 54th annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases (AASLD).
2003
Presidents Choice Poster, 58th Annual Meeting of the DGVS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Verdauungs- und Stoffwechselkrankheiten).
Review Activities for Organisations
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Reviewer for the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG)
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Member of the EASL Abstracts Scientific Review Committee for the category „Cell Cycle and
Apoptosis“ (2012-2015).
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Reviewer of the Internal Funding Program (START) of the Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen.
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Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Christian Liedtke
Review Activities for Journals
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Gastroenterology
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Hepatology
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Journal of Hepatology
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Food and Chemical Toxicology
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BMC Gastroenterology
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Liver International
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Liver Transplantation
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World Journal of Gastroenterology
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Tumor Biology
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Apoptosis
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