Position: Director of the Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiochemistry, Molecular Diagnostics at the University Hospital Giessen and Marburg

Main research areas:

• Chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g. asthma, allergies)
• Immunoregulation
• Molecular diagnostics

Publications: Over 340 scientific papers
Citations: More than 20,000

Position: Medical Director and Managing Director of the LADR Laboratory Centre Bremen

Main research areas:

• Laboratory medicine
• Microbiology and infection epidemiology
• Transfusion medicine

Publications: 67 scientific papers

Position: Chief Physician at the Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics at Ludwigshafen Hospital

Main research areas:

• Mitochondrial genetics
• Molecular diagnostics
• Laboratory management

Publications: Over 70 scientific papers
Citations: More than 4,900

Position: Senior Consultant at the Institute of Haematology and Oncology, University Medical Centre Göttingen

Main research areas:

• Molecular haematology
• Myelodysplastic syndromes
• Leukaemia diagnostics

Note: Active research and publications in the field of haematology

Position: Head of the Clinical Mass Spectrometry Section, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, Leipzig University Hospital

Main research areas:

• Mass spectrometry
• Metabolomics
• Newborn screening

Publications: Over 320 scientific papers
Citations: More than 9,700

Position: Director of the Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Cologne

Main research areas:

• Clinical chemistry
• Laboratory diagnostics
• Quality management

Publications: Over 210 scientific papers
Citations: More than 5,500

Main research areas:

• Metabolomics mit Schwerpunkt  NMR-Spektroskopie
• Epidemiologische und klinische Studien mit hochgradig standardisierter Laboranalytik (z.B. SHIP, NAKO Gesundheitsstudie, NUM, GANI_MED, DZHK, NUM)
• Qualität in der Laboratoriumsmedizin (Bundesärztekammer, Inquam e.V.,)
• Wissenschaftliche Infrastruktur für Klinische und epidemiologische Studien (mit Workflow basierter IT zur Probengewinnung und Biobanking; z.B. DZHK, NAKO Gesundheitsstudie, NUM)

Publications: Over 710 scientific papers
Citations: More than 35,000