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Name: Nicol Siegel

 

Nationality: German

Institute:

Medical University of Vienna Medical Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology Währinger Gürtel 18-20 1090 Vienna Austria

 

http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/

 

Qualifications:

Diploma – (equivalent to Master’s degree) at the University of Konstanz, Germany, Department of Biology, Evolutionary Biology, Lehrstuhl of Prof. A. Meyer (PhD)

 

Work being undertaken on behalf of KIDSTEM:

cultivation methods of human amniotic fluid cells

cultivation and differentiation of amniotic fluid cells to mesenchymal, epithelial and renal cell types

 

Previous Experience:

Undergraduate work (HiWi) at the Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany; supervision: Dr. Walter Salzburger

Diploma thesis work at the Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany; supervision: Prof. Axel Meyer

 

 

Interests:

Scientific:

Stem cells, Regulation, Cell Signalling, Molecular Biology

Other:

history novels (mainly England from 1000 to 1500 AD), cinema, music

 

References (please provide a link)

Lang, M., Miyake, T., Braasch, I., Tinnemore, D., Siegel, N., Salzburger, W., Amemiya, C. and A. Meyer. 2006. (with cover). A BAC library of the East African haplochromine cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni. Journal of Experimental Zoology: Molecular Development and Evolution 306B: 35-44.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112137471/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Luo, J., Lang, M., Salzburger, W., Siegel, N., Stölting, K.N., & A. Meyer. 2006. A BAC Library for the Goldfish Carassius auratus auratus (Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes). Journal of Experimental Zoology (Mol Dev Evol) 306B: 567–574

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112626744/ABSTRACT

Siegel N, Hoegg S, Salzburger W, Braasch I, Meyer A. 2007. Comparative genomics of ParaHox clusters of teleost fishes: gene cluster breakup and the retention of gene sets following whole genome duplications. BMC Genomics 8(1):312 [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/8/312

Siegel N, Rosner M, Hanneder M, Freilinger A and Hengstschläger M. 2007 Human amniotic fluid stem cells: a new perspective. Amino Acids DOI 10.1007/s00726-007-0593-1; [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.springerlink.com/content/9284238q1q06k226/

Siegel N, Rosner M, Hanneder M, Valli A and Hengstschläger M. 2007 Stem Cells in Amniotic Fluid as New Tools to Study Human Genetic Diseases. Stem Cell Reviews DOI 10.1007/s12015-007-9003-z; [Epub ahead of print]

http://www.springerlink.com/content/5r73q1k70744h357/?p=d65891888bab48e8b3c8a3731a9c55ae&pi=0