Всички Потребители

2017: GoodClinical Practice Certificate, Clinical Trial Unit Course, Swiss ParaplegicCentre, Nottwil, Switzerland.

2016: Course in Randomised Controlled Trials (20 CTS), Department of FurtherEducation, University of Oxford, UK

2015: Habilitation as a Privatdozent in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at theUniversity of Bern.

2010-2013: M.Sc in Translational Medicine, College of Medicine at University ofEdinburgh, UK

1998-2001: Ph.D. in Molecular Microbiology, School of Biosciences, University ofBirmingham, UK: “Functional Studies and Mutagenesis of CueR, a MerR-likeTranscriptional activator of CueR, a Copper Exporting ATPase of Escherichiacoli.”

1991-1996: M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology, University of Sofia, Bulgaria.M.Sc.Thesis “Isolation, Screening and Taxonomic Identification of Fungi withOil-Degrading Ability”, Potential Application for Bioremediation.

Employment and institutional responsibilities

2016 – present: Head of SwiSCI Biobank – Swiss national biorepositoryfor samples of persons with spinal cord injury.

2008– present:Group leader at the SpineInjury Research Unit of Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil. Supervising staffscientists and students at PhD, MD, MSc and BSc level.

2007–2008: Staff scientist at the Swiss ParaplegicResearch. Established a new laboratory focused at the use of mesenchymal stem cells for intervertebral disc repair.

2004–2007: Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Surgical Technology andBiomechanics. Work on basic and applied projects related to intervertebral discbiology.

2001–2004: Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Clinical Pharmacology,University of Bern Molecular biology of copper homeostasis. Co-supervisor ofM.Sc. and Ph.D. students on projects in Molecular Microbiology.