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Center of Molecular Biotechnology
The Center of Molecular Biotechnology (CEMBIO) is a research and co-operation focus on projects in molecular biotechnology from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Bonn.
Some of the common goals for the groups organized in CEMBIO are to
- identify, characterize und evaluate target molecules (screening for therapeutic and technological effects),
- implement and optimize biotechnological production systems (bacterial, yeast, fungal, plant, animal),
- produce target molecules in vitro.
In 2004 the University of Bonn - supported by the CEMBIO - launched an International Masters Course in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. This ECTS credited course, taught fully in English, is aimed at graduate students (from such fields as biology, nutrition, agriculture, chemistry, food chemistry, pharmacy, medicine and dentistry) with a strong background in biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, and cell biology. The program has been accredited in 2005 and re-accredited in 2009 by the German Federal Council for Accreditation.
Members
Prof. Dr. Uwe Deppenmeier
- Head of his CEMBIO project group
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie (IfMB)
Prof. Dr. Peter Dörmann
- Head of his CEMBIO project group
- speaker (chairman) in the executive committee,
Institut für Molekulare Physiologie und Biotechnologie der Pflanzen (IMBIO)
PD Dr. Gerhild van Echten-Deckert
- Head of her CEMBIO project group
Life and Medical Sciences Institute
Prof. Dr. Matthias Frentzen
- Head of his CEMBIO project group,
- member of the executive committee,
- chairman of the board of examiners to the Molecular Biotechnology M.Sc. program
Poliklinik für Parodontologie, Zahnerhaltung und Präventive Zahnheilkunde
Prof. Dr. Dieter Fürst
- Head of his CEMBIO project group
Prof. Dr. Erwin A. Galinski
Head of his CEMBIO project group
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie (IfMB)
Prof. Dr. Volkmar Gieselmann
Head of his CEMBIO project group
Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie
Prof. Dr. Olga Golubnitschaja
- Head of her CEMBIO project group
3P Medicine, Klinik für Strahlentherapie und Radioonkologie
Dr. Udo Hölker
- Guest scientist from industry,
- head of his CEMBIO project group
Prof. Dr. Gabriele König
- Head of her CEMBIO project group,
- vice-chairwoman of the board of examiners to the Molecular Biotechnology M.Sc. program
Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie
- Head of his CEMBIO project group
Institut für Nutzpflanzenwissenschaften und Ressourcenschutz (INRES)

Prof. Dr. Marco Oldiges
- Associate member and head of his CEMBIO project group
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften

PD Dr. Rainer Probstmeier
- Head of his CEMBIO project group
- Head of her CEMBIO project group
Institut für Tierwissenschaften

Prof. Dr. Walter Witke
- Head of his CEMBIO project group