Maria Leptin
German developmental biologist and immunologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Leptin (born 1954) is a German developmental biologist and immunologist, and the current President of the European Research Council. She was the Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization from 2010 to 2021.
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Maria Leptin | |
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President of the European Research Council | |
Assumed office 1 November 2021[1] | |
Preceded by | Jean-Pierre Bourguignon (interim)[2][3] |
Director of the European Molecular Biology Organization | |
In office 1 January 2010[4][5] ā 30 October 2021 | |
Preceded by | Hermann Bujard[6][7] |
Succeeded by | Fiona Watt[8][9][10] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1954 (age 69ā70)[11] Hamburg, Germany[12] |
Spouse | Jonathan Howard[13] |
Children | 2[14] |
Alma mater | Basel Institute for Immunology Heidelberg University University of Bonn[15][16][17] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Developmental biology Immunology |
Institutions | European Molecular Biology Organization European Molecular Biology Laboratory University of Cologne Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology[17] |
Doctoral advisor | Fritz Melchers[17][18] |
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