Fackel
Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
FORTH Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Greece
Biography
Frank O. Fackelmayer is a member of BRI-FORTH since 2007. He has a Biology Diploma from the University of Konstanz, Germany (1991) and a Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude) from the same university (1995). He worked as a post-doctoral fellow and later assistant professor at the Chair of Genetics (Prof. Rolf Knippers) at the University of Konstanz, Germany. In 2000, he was appointed Head of Department for Molecular Cell Biology at the Heinrich-Pette-Institute in Hamburg, Germany, where he also was elected Chairman of the Scientific Board of the institute from January 2002 to December 2004, a position involved in the general management of the Heinrich-Pette-Institute such as the optimal distribution of human and financial resources, purchasing capital equipment, and edition of the yearly scientific progress reports of the institute. In early 2007, he moved to BRI-FORTH, Ioannina, Greece. He has published 37 papers with over 1.000 citations.
Research Interest
Molecular Epigenetics and Chromosome Biology
