Steffen Klaus Meurer

Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry
RWTH University Hospital Aachen
Pauwelsstr. 30
D-52074 Aachen
Germany

Phone: +49 241 80-88682
Telefax: +49 241 80-82171
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Education and Degrees:

(1977-1981) Primary school, Grundschule Frixheim (NRW)

(1981-1987) Secondary school, Realschule Dormagen-Hackenbroich (NRW)

(1987-1990) Secondary school, Bettina von Arnim Gymnasium (NRW)

(1990-1991) Military service, repair company, Hamburg

(1991-1992) University of applied sciences Cologne, Studies in Mechanical Engineering

(1992-1997) University of Cologne, Studies in Biology (1997-1998) Diploma thesis at the Institute IBI 1 (Institut für Biologische Informationsverarbeitung 1), Forschungszentrum Jülich

(1998-2002) Doctoral thesis (PhD) at the Institute IBI 1 (Institut für Biologische Informations-verarbeitung 1), Forschungszentrum Jülich

(2003) PhD thesis

Professional Positions:

(2003-) Scientific staff member (Post-Doc), Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, RWTH University Hospital Aachen

Main Research Areas:

- Functional analysis of PDGF-BB and TGF-beta1 signaling in hepatic stellate cells (HSC)

- Analysis of the interplay of TGF-beta1 and BMP-7 and its role in the modulation of HSC transdifferentiation

- Structural and functional analysis of the accessory TGF-beta transmembranal receptor endoglin, its soluble form and the splice variant in HSC

Themes/Funding

-The Cross-talk of BMP-7 and TGF-ß: Is BMP-7 the natural antagonist of TGF-ß in inflammatory liver diseases?

SFB-542 (TPA9) to RW and SKM

- Antigenpräsentierende Funktionen von hepatischen Sternzellen (HSC) in der akuten und chronischen Leberschädigung

START Aachen to SKM and RW

Sponsors

- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn, Germany

- START Programm, Aachen, Germany