Excellence and networks

Prof. Dr. Christian Bär

• M.D./Ph.D. commission “Molecular Medicine” of the Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS) of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Ph.D. examination board for “Anatomy and Cell Biology” at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Nucleus member of the working group on »Myocardial Function« (WG 4) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• Member of the working group “Cardiovascular Regenerative and Reparative Medicine” of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
• Nucleus member of the working groups on myocardial function and energetics “AG 13 Myokardiale Funktion und Energetik” and on cardiovascular regeneration “AG 31 Kardiovaskuläre Regeneration” of the German Cardiac Society (DGK)
• Program Committee “Medical Scientist Programme” of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Member of the editorial board of the international journal “Molecular Therapy Nucleic Acids“
• Reviewer for numerous national and international organizations and foundations, incl. German Research Foundation (DFG), German Cardiac Society (DGK), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF), Irish Research Council (IRC) and AFM-Telethon, Horizon 2020 (HADEA)
• Reviewer for international journals in cardiovascular diseases and therapies (incl. “Nature”, “Nature Medicine”, “Nature Communications”, “Nature Reviews Cardiology“, “European Heart Journal“, “Circulation Research“, “Cardiovascular Research“, “npj Regenerative Medicine“, “Advanced Science“, “ESC Heart Failure“, “Basic Research in Cardiology“, “Molecular Therapy“, and “Circulation”)

Dr. Annette Bitsch

• Working committee on probabilistic exposure and risk assessment “Probabilistische Expositions- und Risikoabschätzung”
• Board member of the German Toxicology Society (GT)
• Expert panel 110 on cooling lubricants “Kühlschmierstoffe” of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) Technical Division 1 “Production Technology and Manufacturing Methods”
• Interim Scientific Adisory Council (iSAC) for the reorganization of the Evidence-Based Toxicology Collaboration (EBTC) at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Mentor in the Fraunhofer career program for female scientists TALENTA
• Reviewer in the peer-review process for the German Federal Health Bulletin “Bundesgesundheitsblatt”
• Reviewer for international journals published by Elsevier (incl. “Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology”)

Katharina Blümlein Ph.D.

• Working group on analyses in biological materials “Analysen in biologischem Material” of the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Prof. Dr. Armin Braun

• MD/Ph.D. commission “Molecular Medicine” of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Scientific advisory committee of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)
• German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• External assessor for international foundations
• Reviewer for international journals in respiratory medicine and immunology (incl. “Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology”)

Dr. Gustav Bruer

• Working group “Respiratory Toxicology” of the German Toxicology Society 
• Reviewer for international journals in pharmacology and toxicology (“Nature Research – Scientific Reports”)

Dr. Otto Creutzenberg

• Reviewer for international journals in particle and fiber toxicology (“Particle and Fibre Toxicology”, “Inhalation Toxicology”)

Uta Dörfel

• Working group on GLP analytics “GLP-Analytik” of the German Quality Management Association (GQMA)

Dr. Sylvia Escher

• DFG Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK Commission): working group on carginogenic substances 

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Fiedler

• Program committee for the Ph.D. program “Regenerative Sciences” at the Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS)
• Reviewer for international journals in cardiovascular research

Dr. Ulrich Froriep

• Member of the Focus Group Medical Technology of the IVAM Microtechnology Network
• German Neuroscience Society
• MDR Competence

Dr. Jens Gerdelmann

• Working groups on GLP quality assurance/monitoring “GLP: Qualitätssicherung/Überwachung”, GCP quality management “GCP-Qualitätsmanagement”, and medical devices “Medizinprodukte” of the German Quality Management Association (GQMA)

Dr. Stefan Hahn

• Chair of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
• Working committee on chemical risk assessment of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) division of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology “Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie”
• Working group “Exposure models” of ISES Europe (Europe Regional Chapter of the International Society of Exposure Science)
• Reviewer for international journals in environmental and exposure sciences (incl. “Environmental Science & Technology”, “Annals of Work Exposures and Health”, and “Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology”)

Martina Heina

• IT division of the International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology (APV)
• Working groups on archiving “Archivierung” and information technology “IT” of the German Quality Management Association (GQMA)

Dr. Christina Hesse

• Member of the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research e. V. (DZL)

Dr. Martin Hoffmann

• Working group on bioinformatics at Comprehensive Cancer Center Ostbayern (CCCO)

Prof. Dr. Jens Hohlfeld

• External assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Steering committee of the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• Board member of the interdisciplinary allergy center of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Reviewer for international journals (incl. “American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”, “European Respiratory Journal”, and “Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology”) 

Stefanie Katzensteiner

• Working group on GCP quality management of the “German Quality Management Association” (GQMA)

Dr. Rupert Kellner

• Councilor for electronic communication and member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
• Global Editorial and Steering Committee (GESC) for the initiative “International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria for Lesions in Rats and Mice” (INHAND)

Prof. Dr. Christoph Klein

• External assessor for numerous national and international organizations and foundations: German Research Foundation, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Wilhelm Sander Foundation for Cancer Research, ERC, Deutsche Krebshilfe, Christian Doppler Research Association, Dutch Cancer Society, Association for International Cancer Research, EU-FP7, MRC, Cancer Research UK, Kegg-Foundation
• Deputy chairman of the scientific committee of Comprehensive Cancer Center Ostbayern (CCCO)
• Deputy spokesperson of the “Lighthouse Group – Omics, Genomics and Liquid Biopsy” of the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BKFZ)
• Member of the advisory board of Bioᴹ Biotech Cluster Development GmbH
• Reviewer for international journals in oncology (incl. “Nature”, “Nature Biotechnology”, “Nature Cell Biology”, “Nature Medicine”, “Cancer Cell”, “Science”, “PNAS”, “American Journal of Pathology”, “Cancer Research”, “Clinical Cancer Research”, “International Journal of Cancer”, “Nucleic Acid Research”, “European Journal of Immunology”, “Lancet Oncology”, “European Journal of Cancer”, “PLOS ONE”, and “Oncotarget”) 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Koch

• Reviewer for international journals in aerosol physics and aerosol technology (incl. “Journal of Aerosol Science”, “Aerosol Science and Technology”, and “Annals of Work Exposures and Health”)

Dr. Imke Korf

• Reviewer for international journals on bacteriophages

Prof. Dr. Norbert Krug

• Chair of the Clinical Trial Board of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• Steering committee of the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• External assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Steering committee of the Fraunhofer Research Cluster “Immune-Mediated Diseases” (Fraunhofer CIMD)
• Scientific advisory committee of the German Society for Allergology and Clinical Immunology (DGAKI)
• DEAL project group of the Alliance of Science Organisations in Germany
• Working group “Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Deutsche Hochschulmedizin”
• Reviewer for international journals in allergology, immunology, and respiratory diseases

Prof. Dr. Nico Lachmann

• Extended Board of the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN)
• EU Deputy Representative of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Senate Section II of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Spokesperson and coordinator of the Medical Scientist Kolleg “Regenerate Organ Function; nextGENERATION” at the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Steering Committee REBIRTH – Research Center for Translational Regenerative Medicine at the Hannover Medical School (previously REBIRTH cluster of excellence “From REgenerative BIology to Recontructive THerapy”)
• External assessor for numerous national and international organizations incl. the European Research Council (ERC) and the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Reviewer for numerous international journals (incl. “Nature”, “Nature Immunology”, “Nature Reviews Immunology”, “Nature Reviews Disease Primer”, “Nature Communications”, “Nature Communications Medicine”, “Nature Biomedical Engineering”, “Cell Stem Cell”, “iScience”, “Stem Cell Reports”, “eBioMedicine”, and “AJRCCM”)

Dr. Oliver Licht

• Working group on sustainable chemicals policy “Nachhaltige Chemikalienpolitik” of the 8^th Lower Saxony Governmental Commission on sustainable environmental policy and digital change
• Working committee on regulatory toxicology “Regulatorische Toxikologie” of the German Toxicology Society (GT)
• Public relations delegate of the German Toxicology Society (GT)

Fabian Müller

• MDR Competence

Dr. Meike Müller

• Network of ombudspersons in Lower Saxony

Dr. Gerhard Pohlmann

• MDR Competence

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Bernhard Polzer

• External assessor for the Wilhelm Sander Foundation for Cancer Research
• External assessor for the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
• Reviewer for international journals in pathology and oncology (“Cancers”, “Chemical Science”, “Cytometry A”, “International Journal of Cancer”, “Journal of Visualized Experiments”, “Oncotarget”, “Scientific Reports”, “Expert Reviews of Molecular Diagnostics”, and “Molecular Oncology”)
• Member of the clinical study groups on “Primary and Secondary Malignant Brain Tumors in Adults” and “Central Nervous System Tumors in Children and Adolescents” and member of the “Lighthouse Group – Omics, Genomics and Liquid Biopsy” of the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BKFZ)

Prof. Dr. Antje Prasse

• External assessor for the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Board member of the Scientific Working Group for the Therapy of Lung Diseases (WATL)
• Board member of Deutsche Atemwegsliga e. V.
• Board member of the World Association of Sarcoidosis and other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG)
• Coordinator of the ILD group in the European Reference Network on Respiratory Diseases ERN-LUNG
• Spokesperson for the disease area “DPLD” in the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• Deputy member of the Ph.D. admissions committee of the Hannover Medical School (MHH)
• Reviewer for international journals (incl. “American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine”, “European Respiratory Journal”, “Journal of Clinical Investigation”, “JCI Insights”, “Nature Communications”, “American Journal of Respiratory and Cell Biology”, and “Thorax”)
• Associate editor of “PLOS ONE”

Prof. Dr. Tobias Pukrop

• Chairman of the working committee on malignant tumors of the CNS “ZNS Malignome” of the German Society of Hematology and Oncology
• Board member/deputy speaker of CCC Alliance WERA
• Steering board of the working panel on CNS/leptomeningeal spread “ZNS/Meningeosis” of the working group on internal oncology “Arbeitsgemeinschaft Internistische Onkologie (AIO)” of the German Cancer Society (DKG)
• Steering board of the Collaborative Reserach Center/Transregio (SFB/TRR) 305: Striking a moving target: From mechanisms of metastatic colonization to novel systemic therapies
• Steering board of the Molecular Tumor Board of the University of Regensburg
• Steering board of the Brain Tumor Center (ZHT) of the University of Regensburg
• Executive Board of the Bavarian Center for Cancer Research (BKFZ)
• European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Susanne Rittinghausen 

• “Guess What” committee of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
• Global Editorial and Steering Committee (GESC) for the initiative “International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria for Lesions in Rats and Mice” (INHAND)
• INHAND (International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria) organ working groups “Respiratory System”, “Endocrine System”, “Special Senses”  and “Soft Tissue”
• Wissenschaftliches Mitglied der ständigen Senatskommission zur Prüfung gesundheitsschädlicher Arbeitsstoffe (MAK-Kommission) der DFG
• DFG Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK Commission)

Dirk Schaudien Ph.D.

• INHAND (International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria) working groups “Non-rodents: Minipig”, “Respiratory System”, and “Skeletal Tissues (Bones, Joints and Teeth)”
• “Pathology 2.0” committee of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
• “Guess What” committee of the European Society of Toxicologic Pathology (ESTP)
• Examination board of the European College of Veterinary Pathology

Dr. Stefanie Scheffler

• Working group on e-cigarettes and liquids for e-cigarettes of the DIN Standards Committee “Food and Agricultural Products”

Dr. Sven Schuchardt

• Treasurer of the German Society for Metabolome Research
• Working group on air analyses “Luftanalysen” of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e. V. (Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences)
• SAE AC-9M Cabin Air Measurement Committee

Dr. Florian Schulz

• DFG Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area (MAK Commission): working group on the definition of threshold limit values for dusts
• Committee on Hazardous Substances (AGS) under the German Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs: Subcommittee III for the evaluation of hazardous substances “Gefahrstoffbewertung”, working groups on metals and fibers/dust
• Advisory Board of the European Certification Board for Mineral Wool Products (EUCEB)
• External expert in the quality control committee of the mineral wool quality assurance association “RAL-Güteqemeinschaft Mineralwolle” (GGM)

Dr. Katherina Sewald

• Steering group of the workshop “Respiratory Toxicity”
• German Center for Lung Research (DZL): Young Scientists committee
• Member of the official ATS Workshop „Guidelines for Precision-cut lung slices“
• Co-chair of the expert group Human Tissue of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), Europe
• Executive committee on basic research in the research network “Biomedical Research in Endstage And ObsTructive Lung Disease Hannover” (BREATH) within the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
• Mentor in the Fraunhofer career program for female scientists TALENTA
• External assessor for international research grants
• Reviewer for the international journals “Toxicology Letters”, “Toxicology in Vitro”, “Nanotoxicology”, “ATOX”, and “PLOS ONE”

Charlotte Sielaff

• Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

Dr.-Ing. Ute Urban

• MDR Competence

Dr. Jens Warfsmann

• Working group on bioinformatics at Comprehensive Cancer Center Ostbayern (CCCO)

Prof. Dr. Lena Wiese

• Special interest group “Digital Health” and working group on “Data Science and Data Engineering” of the German Informatics Society

Dr. Dorothee Winterberg

• Working group on respiratory toxicology “Respirationstoxikologie” of the German Toxicology Society (GT)
• Association of Inhalation Toxicologists (AIT)
• German Center for Lung Research (DZL)

Dr. Christina Ziemann

• Chair of the working group on statistics of the German Society for Environmental Mutation Research (GUM)
• Working group on “Genotoxicity” of the DIN Standards Committee “Water Practice”
• Working groups on carcinogenesis “Kanzerogenese” and on respiratory toxicology “Respirationstoxikologie” of the German Toxicology Society (GT)
• Member of the program committee for the annual Germa Pharm-Tox Summit (GPTS) of the German Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (DGPT) for contributions from the German Society for Toxicology (GT)
• OECD pool of experts of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment
• Reviewer for international journals in genetic toxicology, nanomaterials, and quartz

Prof. Dr. Christian Bär

Hannover Medical School

• Graduate school Hannover Biomedical Research SchoolLecture: “Non-coding RNA in the cardiovascular system”
• Graduate school Hannover Biomedical Research School

Lecture: “Telomeres in Health and Disease”

• Study program “Biochemie”, elective course: WP13

Prof. Dr. Armin Braun

Hannover Medical School

• Lecture: “Immunology”

Dr. Gustav Bruer

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

• Lectures: “Allgemeine und speziellen Toxikologie“
• Course: “Therapie von Atemwegserkrankungen” as part of the lecture: “Klinische Pathologie und Pharmakologie”

Dr. Sylvia Escher

University of Milan

• Lecture: “Prediction Methods in Toxicology”

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Jan Fiedler

Hannover Medical School

• Graduate school Hannover Biomedical Research School

Lecture: “Non-coding RNA”

• Master´s program “Infectious Diseases and One Health”, lecture: “miRNAs in cardiovascular disease”
• Practical training: “Pharmacology and Toxicology”

Imperial College London

• Lecture: “miRNAs in cardiovascular disease”

Prof. Dr. Jens Hohlfeld

Hannover Medical School

• Practical block course: “Innere Medizin”

Dr. Stefan Kirsch

University of Regensburg

• Module “Molecular Oncology”, lecture in undergraduate and graduate programs: “Molekulare Medizin“
• Practical training: “Datenbankrecherche”, study course: “Computational Science“

Prof. Dr. Christoph Klein

University of Regensburg

• Current scientific work of the LEX (PR)

Dr. Imke Korf

TU Braunschweig

• Lecture: “Angewandte und Technische Biochemie I“

Prof. Dr. Nico Lachmann

Hannover Medical School

• Lecture: “WP235 Gen und Zelltherapie Humanmedizin“
• Ph.D. program “Regenerative Science”, lecture: "Human Hematopoiesis from pluripotent stem cells"
• M.D.-Ph.D. program "Molecular Medicine", lecture: "Modelling Congenital Diseases with pluripotent Stem Cells"
• Master's program "Biomedicine", elective course: "Human Hematopoietic Development"

Dr. Oliver Licht

RWTH Aachen University

• Lectures: “Toxicology for ecotoxicologists” and “Toxikologische Grenzwertsetzung“

Leuphana University Lüneburg

• Lecture: “Toxicology and Ecotoxicology”

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Bernhard Polzer

University of Regensburg

• Module “Molecular Oncology“, Bachelor's and Master's programs, practical training and lecture: “Molecular Medicine“

Prof. Dr. Antje Prasse

Hannover Medical School

• Main lecture and seminar: “Innere Medizin”, seminar for clinical year students

Prof. Dr. Tobias Pukrop

University of Regensburg

• Lecture: "Grundlagen der Onkologie"

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

• Lectures: “Chemotherapie“, Master's program “Informatik – Schwerpunkt Medizininformatik“

Luis Schroer

TU Braunschweig

• Practical training: “Angewandte und Technische Biochemie für Biotechnologen“

Dr. Claudius Seitz

TU Braunschweig

• Lecture: “Angewandte und Technische Biochemie I“

Dr. Katherina Sewald

Hannover Medical School

• Lecture and practical training: “Pharmakologie und Toxikologie für Biomediziner“

RWTH Aachen University

• Lecture: “Immunotoxicology”

Dr. Christian Werno

University of Regensburg

• Lecture: Module “Pathology”, Bachelor's and Master's programs “Molekulare Medizin“

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg

• Study program “Medizininformatik“, seminar: “Wie funktioniert Metastasierung?“

Prof. Dr. Lena Wiese

Goethe University Frankfurt a. M.

• Lecture: “Databases 3”
• Lecture: “Data Challenges”
• Practical course: “Data Science: Database Management Systems (DBMS)”
  
• Lecture: “Data Science 1”
• Seminar: “Data Management”

Dr. Ariane Zwintscher

Leuphana University Lüneburg

• Lecture: “Law, International Regulations and Chemicals Management”