作者: Eckart Meese

Andreas Keller studied Computational Biology at Saarland University in Saarbrucken (Germany), completing his Ph D in 2009. He joined Febit Biomed Gmb H in 2008 where he directed the biomarker discovery effort. In 2011, he joined the healthcare division of Siemens AG in Erlangen as director diagnostic innovation. In 2013 he became professor for Clinical Computational Biology at Saarland University. Dr. Keller has published more than 80 peer-reviewed manuscripts and field more than 30 patents in the area of biomarker discovery and molecular diagnostics. Eckart Meese is Professor of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology at Saarland University Medical School in Homburg (Germany), where he directs the Institute of Human Genetics. He obtained his Ph D in biology in 1987 and did postdoc work at the Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson (USA). He then joined the University of Michigan Medical Center as Assistant Professor, before joining Saarland University in 1992. His scientific focus is on mi RNA and autoantibody profiling for the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases.